Bedtime Battles ("Losing Myself in Motherhood")

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

A parent writes that the bedtime routine with her 5.5 year old daughter has become an all-consuming marathon, and she feels exhausted, frustrated, and disconnected. "I don't enjoy motherhood right now," she says, "and that's painful to admit because I love my daughter so much." She describes a typical evening that begins calmly enough with snacks, bathing, teeth, and a book, but inevitably her daughter sidetracks the process with demands to go pee, first-aid for a booboo, and sometimes declaring that she's scared. "She knows exactly which needs I'll respond to, and I end up stuck in the loop again." Janet offers insight into this parent's dynamic with her daughter and why this 'loop' continues. She then makes some suggestions as to what her child might need in their relationship for this frustrating merry-go-round to finally stop. Janet's "No Bad Kids Master Course" is available at ⁠⁠⁠NoBadKidsCourse.com⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠JanetLansbury.com⁠⁠⁠. Her best-selling books ⁠⁠⁠“No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline without Shame”⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠"Elevating Child Care: A Guide to Respectful Parenting"⁠ are available wherever books are sold. Please Support Our Sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Sainsbury's. Any way you can save me a few quid on my weekly shop?
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0:19.1	food for all of us. Jamesbris.
0:21.3	I mean Sainsbury.
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0:24.4	Unlock up to 10 your nectar prices weekly,
0:26.4	available in supermarkets online and in locals with smart shop.
0:29.2	TNCs apply.
0:30.3	I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to do.
0:32.2	Dominate your finances.
0:34.4	Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his social feed.
0:41.0	Drowning in green.
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1:02.5	Hi, this is Janet Lansbury.
1:04.5	Welcome to Unruffled.
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