Bed time

I just want to know if anyone feels the same as me because I genuinely feel awful about it.

My lo moves into his room this week though! Duh duh duhhhh!!!

So I absolutely LOVE spending the days with my little man and I go back to work in a few months. Boooooo!

But I’m at a mental barrier, I absolutely hate doing the bedtime routine. I actually have nothing to moan for about it because majority of the time he does go straight down but if he doesn’t it’ll take ages and every night when I know bedtime is coming my mood just plummets. I hate it, I hate the routine (it isn’t actually bad tbh) but I just hate bed time and I don’t know how to make myself feel better about it. I’m going to try stick an AirPod in one ear and start listening to something but I just want to if anyone else feels the same or if I’m just being weird. Maybe a little PPD coming in or something. I really don’t know.

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I hated bedtime with my first, it was a huge chore! He resisted every nap and bedtime for 18 months of his life. So I did have that to contend with.
BUT, I found a large portion of my hatred for bed time was actually because I knew my tiny slither of free time in the day was just within grasp.
Try the airpod thing, you might be able to find peace that way xx

My husband does most bedtimes. We share nappy/bath/massage/book/bottle but my husband is 5 out of 7 days physically putting him to bed and doing the last stretch. It keeps me sane.

Yeah I agree with I used to count down the hours and if he even went a minute over “bed time” I’d be thinking why aren’t you sleeping I want me time!!

This stopped when we went on holiday because he just slept when we slept and I just had to let go of feeling like he had to go to sleep and accept in a way that sometimes he won’t (which took me 2 years as we went away for his second birthday)

Id feel awful the next day or when he went to sleep feeling this way but I think it’s because we give every second to them and you just need time to yourself!

Actually the other month I had a DAY with my daughter and got her to sleep and then him and I ran myself a bath half an hour later in he comes asking what I was doing 🫩 and I FaceTimed his dad and went please entertain hahaha!

It’s not criminal to want alone time and it is difficult when you don’t have it

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