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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 6mo and 2yo and am on my own most nights.  It got SOOOOOO much easier when I slept trained the baby - it was a total shit show when I couldn't put him down quickly.  This is the routine and it runs smoothly but the 2 key pieces are 1) slept trained baby and 2) 2yo that generally cooperates with bedtime

5:50 - warm up something for toddlers dinner
6:00 - toddler starts dinner
6:15 - baby starts first half of last bottle
6:30 - both in bathtub together
6:45 - baby has last half of bottle and books, in crib at 7 on the dot.  meanwhile toddler gets ipad time in his bedroom wrapped in his towel
7:00 - toddler gets dressed, teeth brush, and books
7:30 - toddler down
8:00 - kitchen clean up is done

Its an endurance event but isn't very stressful at this point.  Before the baby was slept trained I put him down after toddler so that I could spend as much time as needed with him[/quote]

Also some tips on the food - I buy precooked chicken, fishsticks, sausage etc and the toddler generally gets that for a protein, a pasta i made earlier in the week, and veggies / fruit.  Nothing is cooked most nights.  If it's just me home I make myself a sandwich for dinner, if DH and I are both home then we eat prepared food from a grocery store or one of us cooks a little b/c we have more capacity with 2 of us home.  Do not even attempt to cook a full hot dinner at this stage, its not worth the effort and just creates more clean up work[/quote]

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