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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not getting the child down at 1 versus 1:15 that your wife finds stressful, OP. It’s the downstream consequences. Like he won’t nap well or sleeps too long, and then tantrums all afternoon and evening, and then has trouble going to bed, and it’s all miserable. You haven’t been the primary parent long enough to have been responsible for him through all of that mess, so sure, it doesn’t bother you if he goes down a bit late. Grandparents are famous for having the same attitude you do. “What’s the big deal if she has only ice cream for lunch?!” And “it’s a special occasion, she can stay up a couple of hours late tonight!” Stick around for longer as the person who deals with it when the $&@? hits the fan, and you will see what the big deal is.[/quote]

Exactly. And if OP is anything like my DH, it’s not actually the difference between 1 and 1:15. It’s that DH when I tell him at 1:15 and there’s no indication that he’s getting baby ready to nap, “DH, baby naps at 1 - are you going to put him down?” DH will respond nastily “Why are you so rigid about naps? It’s fine. He doesn’t need to nap.”[/quote]

Yuck.

That’s how he “responds” to a reminder? [/quote]

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