Naps and Bed

Does anyone else’s LO just not settle for Dad? My partner works nights so I do bedtime 5 nights per week and most naps. When it comes to the weekend and he wants to do bedtime she just will not settle for him! Tonight she screamed and screamed and as soon as I took her from him she stopped crying. It’s really upsetting him and I feel terrible as our first would settle for him. He is going to carry her comforter around in his top so that it smells of him and she might then associate that with him but other than that we are at a loss 😩 Any advice would be more than welcome!

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It’s the opposite in my house; my husband has been doing the nights/bedtime since my LO was a newborn and he can’t settle with me. If I do nap yes or bedtime it’s a nightmare I’ve simply surrendered 😭 Hoping it’ll get better as he gets older I think it’s simply association.

For my husband it is currently Hard as well, we had different phases but the fewer times he does it, the harder it gets… Currently my husband is doing the first part of bedtime: nappies, changing to sleep wear, signing, reading a book and calm her down. Then I take over and we try to extend this step by step. He spends every second with her during weekends and does naps with a carrier. Hope they get used to each other :)

@Gloria thank you! He does bath and bottle at the weekend but when it comes to going to bed that’s what she doesn’t like with him. It is so hard because he isn’t here for any bed times during the week so I think she is just so used to me! I think we’ll try extended it by steps like you said, thank you that’s such good advice 🤍

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