We have been able to let
my husband put her to bed now, but that wasn't possible until after she was 2 yrs.
The funny thing is my daughter will fall asleep in her own bed, but only if
my husband puts her to bed.
Not exact matches
«I'm lucky that my
husband has a flexible schedule — one we've shifted
to accommodate his love for the early morning hours and my preference
to stay in
bed... Even if I'm not
putting my work at the center of this time, starting out with quiet time always pays dividends later in the day.»
I was
put on
bed rest and my poor
husband was left
to fend for himself.
It arrived quickly and was easy for my
husband to put together and install onto the side of the
bed.
I couldn't have written it without the support of my lovely
husband who
put the kids
to bed and looked after them on weekends so I could write in relative peace and quiet.
We often co-slept when they were younger, but years of surgeries (for me), where I even kicked my
husband out of
bed put a stop
to it on a daily basis.
My
husband and I each pick a kid and chase them down with forkfuls of whatever they don't gag on, and if we're lucky, there's enough time
to grab a few forkfuls of our own (likely burned) dinner, before
putting the kids
to bed.
walking into the kitchen after
putting my kids
to bed only
to realize my
husband has already cleaned it up.
My
husband would lie in
bed and cuddle with the baby while I
put my robe and slippers on and dragged myself downstairs
to my pump.
My
husband does the bathing, While I cook dinner, and the
putting to bed.
My
husband tried
to settle him and
put him
to bed instead of me when he turned two years old.
- At the age of two my
husband started
to rock him
to sleep,
put him in his own
bed (because the transition from arms
to cot would wake him up so we would lay down with him in a toddler
bed instead - worked brilliantly!)
When baby # 1 was about two years old my
husband started
to put him
to sleep for the night in his own
bed, in his own room.
However, with my second, my
husband started
putting her
to bed sometimes when she was around a year old.
Rebecca writes: «Well when we got home, we were going
to lay our little girl out on our
bed and my
husband put her on a pillow in the middle of the
bed and she instantly rolled over and landed on her face.
Any suggestions??? My
husband and I are both very light sleepers, so I am reluctant
to put the baby's
bed in our room at night.
They were consistently 6 minutes apart while my
husband put Rowan
to bed, and kept coming.
I would
put the kids
to bed, and as soon as my
husband got home, I would go out for a run.
And, there are times in the early morning when because it's light out, and because I know how
to co-sleep safely, and because I don't want
to start the day so exhausted that I won't be fit
to take care of my children or drive safely or remember my
husband's name (or that I have a
husband), I
put her into
bed with me.
My
husband and I bought an extra-long twin - sized
bed to put beside our king - size
bed to accomodate the 2 of us, our 5 year old daughter and our toddler son (and our two cats sometimes too).
About that time I made my
husband commit
to coming home on time one day a week, I
put DD
to bed, and then I went out and took a class.
We know another rookie mom who took a painting class while her
husband put the baby
to bed during cry - it - out sleep training.
I happily used this system on my daughter for months, but eventually decided I wanted something else 1) because if my
husband or a babysitter
put her
to bed, they had
to use disposables, and 2) I didn't like that her skin was soaking in so much wetness in the morning.
Between 7 - 8 pm we
put on PJ's, brush teeth, read books, then straight
to bed for our son with my
husband to sing him a little son & give him a kiss goodnight.
I then told my
husband that in order for me
to relieve my pain is
to put her
to bed when SHE is ready
to sleep and not at
bed time WE set.
I will know immediately if they have health problems like breathing with difficulty or stuffy nose, cough, mosquito bites, etc... The older one is almost 7, going
to elementary school this year so we have started
putting them in their own
beds though both my
husband and me go
to bed with them and move away after they fall asleep.
I try
to have quiet time before
putting them down
to bed, but can't always follow the same routine because I don't always have help due
to my
husband's occupation.
My
husband gets off at 3:30 so I can still work easily in the late afternoons and still
put our angel
to bed.
Of course, this started in the midst of some super stressful work times for my
husband and I, and getting sleep is the only way we are able
to get through it all right now, so we started just giving him a bottle in his crib, which
puts him back
to bed (longest sentence ever).
I've brought up trying
to put our youngest into his own
bed and my
husband has objected, saying he likes waking up
to our son's little smile in the mornings.
CHRISTINE STEWART FITZGERALD: We had a system where my
husband you know, if you heard the baby storing, he would get up, he would diaper them and then he bring one
to me because I wasn't really doing tandem nursing at night but he'd bring one
to me and then I'd kind of do the sideline thing, nursing her in
bed and then, after that, she was done then we just switch and he'd you know,
put that one down, get the other one.
I LOVE this my
husband still
puts our 17, 13,11, 1 and a half year old daughters
to bed because they like his soothing gruff voice and way behold if he forgets me.
That night, my
husband and I were watching TV after
putting our son
to bed.
Then when my
husband gets home from work, he graciously takes care of the kids and
puts them
to bed while I get some more work done.
At night, only do feedings.Have your
husband get the baby, change the diaper, and
put her
to bed after she's eaten.
My
husband is
putting pressure on me
to get our son out of
bed and into his own.
i only bring my daughter into the
bed after my
husband leaves for work because i'm
to lazy
to gtet up and
put her back in her crib after her early feeding
My
husband was the most supportive ever and began
putting our son
to sleep and switched sides of the
bed with me so he was next
to our son in his sidecar crib.
About a year ago I began working 4 nights a week, which meant that my
husband started
to put the boys
to bed.
My
husband was able
to stay home and get the kids breakfast two mornings and their dinner three nights a week while I trained; I would get all the boys their dinner and then dash out
to the gym and be back
to help
put them
to bed.
Enthused, I brought it home
to my
husband and coaxed him into trying it on the den floor after we
put our 3 - year - old
to bed (you don't want a kid around those spikes, believe me).
Time
to reflect on the adventures from the day, give the baby a bath,
put him
to bed, and then enjoy dinner with my
husband and maybe even a glass of wine.
After
putting my daughter
to bed, I hang out with my
husband a bit and then focus on my beauty routine.
We decided
to put my
husband's parents in the double
bed, our boys in the second bedroom in the bunk
beds, and my
husband and I and our older daughter in the
beds in the main living area, so we could reasonably stagger our bedtimes.
My
husband and daughter was so
put off by their food that they went
to bed hungry and my child was ill that night and following day after eating raw fish.
She said that Mulcanyandwi could remember that it was late at night and she felt rushed
putting the children
to bed, and that she was not even at the table while most of the papers were reviewed by her
husband.
One more thing — one crazy night early on last fall my
husband and I literally felt that we were wrestling with «powers and principalities» not of God (Eph 6:12) while we were trying
to put the boys
to bed.
I don't have
to put up with my
husband not doing his fair share of the housework (actually, we were both equally crap at that), not being involved enough as a parent (erm, I was the one being caned for not doing enough craft with the kids), leaving his fingernail clippings piled on the arm of the sofa (geez that used
to get on my goat) and hogging the
bed covers (that wasn't a problem either, he was a lizard shivering under the doona while I constantly had a bare leg sticking out
to cool down).
My
husband doesn't want me
to put the big print I have waiting over our
bed because we do not have a headboard yet.