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[quote=Anonymous]Your main problem is actually with your husband. Since it's his mother, the burden of communicating the expectations should be mostly his. If he is not able to be clear with her, then you should talk to her together, but either way, your first conversation is with him. My rules in this situation would be:

1) Kids cannot come back downstairs when finished with bath. Good night and goodbye with Nana should happen when they go upstairs. 
2) If you are okay with managing the bedtime routine on your own for this night, then the expectation should be that you do the bath and then your husband comes up to say goodnight. That should be his mom's cue to actually leave, and that needs to be communicated to her directly until it is ingrained in the process.
3) When they are in bed, if you have made all the dinner and done all the childcare, that is your time to do whatever you want. Your husband should be cleaning up the mess from the evening.

What is the division of labor on other evenings?[/quote]

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