Joanna Fortune: Children's bedtime routine is upset on nights Dad gets home late 

"With busy working schedules that don’t always lend themselves to the early bedtimes of very young children, we have to get creative with our playful connections and maximise those small windows of playtime we might be getting each day."

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I have difficulty settling my young children at night time because my husband often works late. 

Once they hear the key in the door, they get excited and want to play and have cuddles.