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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I split bedtime duties. One of us handles the "getting ready" part, which includes pajamas, brushing teeth, and reading a book or 3 in the living room. The other one handles the 'tucking in" part, which involves actually getting into bed, usually a short bedtime story and a song, and then some quality time, which varies depending on who is doing it. We alternate each night. Each phase takes about 20-25 minutes.

I love it because if it's my night for getting ready, I don't get as frustrated if there is lots of stalling because I know I will be able to hand the kid off before actual bedtime. And when it is my night to do the tucking in, I actually enjoy that quality time because I haven't spent the last half hour trying to finagle the kid into bed.

It also creates a little sliver of personal time for each of us before we do our one on one time with each other after the kid is tucked in. My husband uses his to watch cooking videos on YouTube or play video games. I use mine to run or read. It's really nice.

Kid's been pretty challenging around all transitions lately, but we've been doing this routine for over a year and it really works for us.[/quote]

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