I got into Montagne because I wanted Le Labo Matcha dupe. I love it, and I’d like to try some other stuff that is similar. I got imaginary, but that has become my wife’s scent, and I don’t mind layering it with whatever I choose. What samples would you recommend I try out? I was thinking the below scents as a start. Other suggestions?
Tyger
Wild Vetiver
Afternoon Dive
Herb Garden
Struggling with bedtime for 4.5 y/o son. He dropped nap right when he turned 4 but still naps at school sometimes. He begs for mommy at bedtime, and when mom puts him to sleep, he is guaranteed to wake up and call for her in the middle of the night. Mom struggles with sleep, so she doesn’t have it in her to hold boundaries in the middle of the night, and she ends up in bed with him. At bedtime, we often tell my son that mom is going to workout, so I put him down. But he still begs and screams for mommy for 30 min to an hour even when she is out the house.
Tonight, I tried the robot parent method where I returned him to bed after cuddling. I returned him to bed about 50 times, and he got more and more worked up, crying, hyperventilating, and yelling at me “answer me!”
At that point, I felt like this method was doing more harm than good. Felt like the still face experiment from the 70s. And felt like I was associating bedtime with immense anxiety and stress, so I caved. I caved a couple times after that too. So reinforced a huge fit I guess. Didn’t feel right in my gut to continue this til exhaustion. He needed help to regulate.
Anyway, we feel stuck and hopeless with bedtime. Looking for advice. We want to move his bedtime up from 8:15 to 7:30. Today, we started at 7:30 in his bed, and I was finally out of there at 8:30. One problem tho is that my wife gets home late, and they want time together. Recently read about the “2-min trick,” which sounds nice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Struggling with bedtime for 4.5 y/o son. He dropped nap right when he turned 4 but still naps at school sometimes. He begs for mommy at bedtime, and when mom puts him to sleep, he is guaranteed to wake up and call for her in the middle of the night. Mom struggles with sleep, so she doesn’t have it in her to hold boundaries in the middle of the night, and she ends up in bed with him. At bedtime, we often tell my son that mom is going to workout, so I put him down. But he still begs and screams for mommy for 30 min to an hour even when she is out the house.
Tonight, I tried the robot parent method where I returned him to bed after cuddling. I returned him to bed about 50 times, and he got more and more worked up, crying, hyperventilating, and yelling at me “answer me!”
At that point, I felt like this method was doing more harm than good. Felt like the still face experiment from the 70s. And felt like I was associating bedtime with immense anxiety and stress, so I caved. I caved a couple times after that too. So reinforced a huge fit I guess. Didn’t feel right in my gut to continue this til exhaustion. He needed help to regulate.
Anyway, we feel stuck and hopeless with bedtime. Looking for advice. We want to move his bedtime up from 8:15 to 7:30. Today, we started at 7:30 in his bed, and I was finally out of there at 8:30. One problem tho is that my wife gets home late, and they want time together. Recently read about the “2-min trick,” which sounds nice. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.