We live 20 mins from my parents and they have been intensely active and involved in DD's life since the beginning. We lived with them for a little while, they see her at least once a week, she LOVES my dad (as in, for a long time would take him over me any day) and my mom, we spend the night there a couple of times a month and they have been her only sitters, ever, on a pretty regular basis.
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DD- 27 mo- has started losing her mind if I don't do bedtime every. single. time. Even with DH, and again, he was a SAHD for a long time, I worked nights for a long time, super comfortable with him etc etc. He can usually fight through it and calm her down, but she has been giving my parents a really tough time lately when DH and I go out for a date night. We can't wait until after bed because she doesn't go down until 9 or 9:30 and we live in a rural area, nothing is open that late! But last night we left at about 8 to catch a late movie and she had a really hard time bouncing in the Ergo with my dad or singing and snuggling with my mom. They are fantastic with her, they will co-sleep with her until we get home and never leave her to cry.
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She is highly verbal so I have tried talking to her about before leaving since leaving and not saying anything also produced disasterous results.
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Any thoughts on ways to get her to sleep with my parents or DH without her losing her mind?
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