I was thinking more for malibu's sanity. If she's a little less burned out, she may be better prepared to take on a new approach
I get it, but her sanity will be better served, IMO, by not going back on something she has started. Kids thrive on consistency, and shoving the kid off to someone's house. She and her H can tag team it. Hell, they can each take a night at the grandparent's house if they need to or a hotel or a tent in the backyard.
There are, as you have elaborated, multiple ways for her to get a break. So, you're arguing with me on a point that we both agree on
So am I, but doesn't your kid still have a bedtime? It's still a thing for us.
We do have a bedtime, but she doesn't try to get out of bed if I am in bed with her. She does stay awake late if she has had a nap during the day, but it doesn't bother me and the baby as long as she is quiet.
I was thinking more for malibu's sanity. If she's a little less burned out, she may be better prepared to take on a new approach
I get it, but her sanity will be better served, IMO, by not going back on something she has started. Kids thrive on consistency, and shoving the kid off to someone's house. She and her H can tag team it. Hell, they can each take a night at the grandparent's house if they need to or a hotel or a tent in the backyard.
LOL at the tent idea...it's snowing here. It'd be a cold night in a tent
We did this. Our pedi actually suggested it. It worked well enough at getting him to stay put that we don't have to do it anymore because he finally stopped trying to get out of his room.
One thing we did was unlock the door before we went to bed. Would this make you feel better or do you think your kid would try to get up in the middle of the night?
Thanks you guys. I do feel better about it all. It's worked two nights in a row, she cries for a while then eventually goes to her bed. I felt just awful locking her in her room, like I was putting her in jail.
Not horrible. I didn't think to turn the doorknob around, but I did put one of those child-proofing doorknob covers on the inside of his door during naps for a few weeks last fall when he was fighting naps. It worked for us, and as far as I know, he doesn't think of his room as jail, lol. (Seriously, though, he's now at the point where he'll crawl into bed on his own. I hear you on feeling like a horrible parent, but you're doing the right thing.)