All your reasons are totally valid - I couldn't think of any more to add. Is your DH the sort of person who would agree not to do these things if a professional told him its bad (eg if you went to a doc or something together to discuss this). Or would he realise its detrimental if you showed him some articles on the topic? It sounds like he's making things very difficult for you!
How much time do you spend together at bedtime? Most kids need quite a long lead-in time to settle down for bed. so there's bath and teeth etc, but after than books, and cuddles/songs/whatever they like to settle off to sleep. So, is he handling the bedtime or the both of you? It kind of sounds like he can't really be arsed doing it... am I reading that right?
My DD often fights nappy and PJs - I just insist on a nappy before she gets into bed, and she has gone with PJs before
Re your husband... um. that sounds very frustrating. You're obviously not quite reading the same page here. Perhaps if you guys work on an entirely different bedtime routine and agreed to stick to it for a week - giving your DD time to get used to it - then he might see that there are better ways of doing it than just dumping food and running.
chody, I've started sending him articles to read, but I honestly doubt he'll read them. I don't know about whether he'd listen to a professional, but I'm willing to try it if we can't resolve the situation ourselves.
MadB, you're probably right on all counts. He usually does bedtime because when I start telling him to do things differently he just yells at me to leave, so I have given up trying. I will need to work on it.
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