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The 3.5 year old, sure. D works a flexible out second shift so he's almost never home for bedtime, but when he is we do it together. Some things change if he does it on his own...he has his own books to read, for instance.
The 8 wk old gets nursed to sleep, though.
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Oh absolutely! I would go nucking futs if we didn't alternate nights. After spending the day with them, I appreciate the break. Not that we don't get the mini fits for mommy preference, but negotiating with the little terrorists over bedtime is wearing. The nice thing is that on the few nights a week I work, they are perfectly fine with him.
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Wow, I didn't realize I was so in the minority! I think will we work on him being able to put her down. For now I don't mind doing it (in fact, I love it because she's all sweet and cuddly), but I'm sure there will come a time when it's much harder and I'll want to trade off!
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Not 100% solo since she likes to nurse before bed. But sometimes I nurse her and then hand her off to him and he does the whole bedtime routine from that point on. He is totally capable of the non-lactational bedtime stuff.
If it were necessary, he probably *could* put her down with a bottle instead of nursing, but I just normally make sure to get home before her bedtime.
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Not really. He's only done it a handful of times and it hasn't gone very well. He's a big part of the routine when he's home, but nursing/songs/snuggling is the last thing we do before she goes in the crib and so its just been easier for me to do it. Plus, I'm always home and he often works late. She's 11 months and I'm not sure it'll change much until I stop nursing.
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He actually does bedtime almost all the time. DD goes down pretty easy, though, so we've never had any trouble with either one of us OR anyone putting her down, as long as the routine is followed.
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Yep, we usually trade off since bedtime has become a hassle lately. No matter which one of us does it, there's always crying though because Xander's trying to delay bedtime as long as possible. Neither of us have issues putting the baby down though!
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He rarely did for dd1, but since the arrival of dd2, he's done it every night. I really think it's helped their relationship (dd1 is a strict mama's girl)! Dd2 is only 10 weeks, so for now, it's me due to nursing.
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We each take one kid (ours are 3.5 years and 3 months).
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Either we put DS to bed together, or DH does it.
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Yes. He does older DS every night and both every Wednesday which is my night to get out of the house solo and do something fun.
ETA: I started working nights when LO2 was 4 months old. So he had to do both. That really got him up to speed!
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The oldest yes, youngest no. We just had a talk about how I want to wean and I need him to step up. He didn't get it.
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Not really because I nurse her right beforehand. Not quite to sleep but halfway there. He can get her to fall back asleep though when she inevitably wakes up a couple hours later - that is a new development though so I'll take it!
I'm sure he could do it though if I were gone (and he has a couple of times) but those occasions are rare.
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Yep. DH has put her to bed every night (unless he's out of town, of course) since she was about 4 months old. Around that time, we started giving her a bottle of pumped milk before bed because she slept better that way.
Now that she's 13 months old, they have a hilarious routine where he plops her in the bed and hands her her blanket and then about five stuffed animals, announcing each one: "Here's Teddy, here's Piggy, etc..." and she grabs them for a squeeze and then just tips over and goes to sleep when he leaves the room. It's adorable!
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