Do you count down till nap and bedtime?

I was talking to a friend saying how some days I’m looking at the clock waiting for nap or bedtime and apparently they don’t do that. I love my kid but i like my breaks haha especially cause she’s never asleep too long and has grumpy days.

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Am I being selfish by putting my baby to sleep by 8pm and having a strict routine?

My baby goes to sleep between 8 - 8.3 depending on his last nap and I am strict by it as he is goes over its difficult to put him to sleep. It's the same thing with stimulation near his bedtime. It's taken me over an hour to put him to sleep because he fell asleep in the car my husband woke him up and when we walked into the house my in-laws straight away grabbed him and stimulated him. I
Told my husband specifically I need to put him to sleep so take him straight to the room.

I put him down at this time, as 1 he's tired but also after he goes to sleep I get
To shower, make food, eat and have some me time. Whereas for everybody else they want to spend that time with him but I'm the one that has to suffer after.

Am I selfish for wanting some me time in the evening and putting him to sleep and essentially taking away that time with my in-laws? (They work and often back late evening)

Problems

I’ve been with my husband for a long time, and lately I’ve been questioning whether what I’m feeling is normal or a sign that something is missing. He’s a wonderful provider and an amazing dad, and we do have genuinely happy moments together. But I often don’t feel emotionally safe, valued, or respected during conflict. I’m usually the one trying to talk things through, while he gets defensive or shifts the blame, and it leaves me feeling unheard. I love our family, which is why this is so confusing. Has anyone else been in a relationship where the good moments are really good, but the hard moments make you question everything? How did you know whether it was something you could work through or something that wasn’t enough anymore?

Bedtime routine/times

Hi mamas! Just wondering what bedtime your May 2026 babies have?

I’m feeling a bit guilty because my LO is usually in bed quite early now and it means his dad only gets about 1.5–2 hours with him after work before he’s asleep.

At the moment, his 5th and final nap finishes before 6pm, then he’s awake for around 1.5–2 hours. During that time we play, have some quiet wind-down time and get ready for bed. He’s exclusively breastfed, so I do his feed and bedtime. Dad has suggested I should add in another nap so he can go bed later (when he was a newborn he’d go to sleep around 10pm) but he’s naturally shifted into an earlier bedtime and selfishly I finally get some time to myself but I can’t help but feel guilty.

Does anyone else’s baby hysterically scream every time they get out of the bath?

My baby is coming up to 5 months old and ever since her first ever bath, she has always screamed her lungs out after about 10 seconds of being in her towel. When it was colder weather, we tried to warm the towel up a bit and have the heating on so she wouldn’t have such a shock in the temperature change but this didn’t work. We tried drying and dressing her in different rooms, putting on calm music/favourite songs, keeping her in the towel for a bit and trying to distract her but it always ends up in tears.
Does anyone else have this problem? Is there anything you find helps or why she may be getting in such a state?

Rotating carseat

What’s the best one?

Over nights

Am I bad In saying I don’t want anyone having my baby over night until they are about 6months old- a year old, I’ve had some people say that if my mum wants to look after baby over night that I’m being horrid saying that I don’t want my baby to stay out overnight