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[quote=Anonymous]OP here again: okay, let's explore this transition time concept a bit more.  We generally eat dinner around 7:30, 7 on a good night, but earlier than that isn't possible.  (Said child is allergic to all the things and I have to cook everything from scratch once I get home from work at 5:45ish.  Nanny doesn't cook, nor do I want her to given the allergies.)  When I get home, the kids are already at home with the nanny, having played outside on the playground at school for about two hours most days, expending lots of energy as I understand it.

They're generally playing around the house as I cook dinner; my husband gets home and then we eat a leisurely dinner (omg, so leisurely due to the snail's pace at which my eldest eats).   By the time we finish with dinner its around 8 and up to bed to get my eldest to sleep so he can be functional for school in the morning.  It takes at least half an hour to do the bedtime routine, and hopefully lights out at 8:30.  The older is pretty good at going to bed and ignoring his brother except when the little one is climbing on him.  The little guy then spends the next hour or so climbing all over everything before he wears himself out.

Given all that, I guess I feel like they have plenty of wind down time before/during dinner, and the little guy generally doesn't eat much at dinner anyway, so I don't imagine there are any digestive issues going on, but maybe I'm wrong.

But I'm willing to experiment and let the little guy stay up later in the hopes that bedtime is less frustrating for everyone, but I'm not sure how well that'll go over with his big brother.  He can deal though.

Anything else I could try?  Am I missing something obvious?[/quote]

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