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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - I was just curious how many nights you personally aren’t doing the drudgery of bedtime regardless of why or who else is doing it.  I have a 1 and 2 yo and 5 nights a week i do their bedtime on my own and it’s a 1.75 hour endurance event of forced cheer.  The other two nights I participate in one or both nights still. On any given day it’s fine, but by the 5th day in a row on my own I’m practically fantasizing about my sisters life (she has a 6 and 9 year old and spends tons of time with her kids but only personally does their bedtime 4 nights a week and it’s a much easier and shorter process at that stage)[/quote]

OP what is your bedtime process? What's included in the 1.75 hour endurance event?[/quote]

I give it a LOT of time b/c 1) they both enjoy bath time and it prevents the house getting messed up again after dinner and 2) the 2 year old stays much happier if i'm not rushing him through it but leave plenty of time for him to be silly.

6:00 - warning we're going upstairs soon, usually do some last minute dancing / running etc 
6:10 - upstairs undress everyone for shower / bath and select bath toys for the night
6:30 - bath over and dress everyone (i know all of this seems so padded, but within this is giving toddler a few minutes to decide on his pajamas without caring its taking him 3 minutes to do it
6:40 - get baby's bottle, get toddler on couch for screen time, take baby upstairs for bottle and books
7:00 - baby down, go back downstairs and turn off screens for toddler, let him play a few minutes to decompress from screen
7:10 - upstairs with toddler, teeth, books, talking, bed
7:30 - downstairs and see if everyone is actually asleep
7:45 - usually done with any toddler requests / "needs" and actually have everyone down[/quote]

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