My daughter is 20months old and it’s becoming impossible for me to put her to bed without her losing her shit (I’m talking bloody murder, screaming “mama” over and over, throwing out all her stuffies and pacis). I used to be able to hold her until she was almost asleep and then put her down. I would say “goodnight, love you” and she would say “night night wuh woo” and she would turn over and sleep. Recently we’ve had days where this is impossible. We started alternating days and having dad put her down and he will read her favorite book and she reads along and when he’s done, they have the same “goodnight love you” exchange and then he leaves and she settles into bed quietly. It’s been a few weeks. She never screams when he leaves. I tried to do a similar routine where I put her down and start a book but she immediately starts screaming and doesn’t listen to a word I say. Is this just due to the firmer emotional attachment to mom vs dad?
Is anyone else’s baby this way?