What's your bedtime routine?

mandeline21

DD has been pretty fussy at night for the past few weeks, so our pedi suggested we start a whole new bedtime routine with her, and put her down on her stomach, since she sleeps better that way.  So, what's your routine?

kellialayne

Cereal, Bath, Bottle, Swaddle, Bed... We start around 730...

blckwhtyllwgirl

At 7:30 DH gives him a bath, dresses him in his pjs, reads him a book, I feed him, then he goes to sleep.

EllasMommy2010

DD takes a bath at 6:30pm.  After her bath, I put lotion on her and put her in her pjs.  I turn the lights down low and give her a final bottle.  She gets drowsy at this point and I lay her in her crib and pat her back.  She is usually asleep by 7pm.

MrsRebecca

Bath, then diapered and jammied, sing a song, read a book, nurse and then he goes down.

He usually nurses to sleep or I rock him to sleep.

MamatoJackson

Bath, lotion/quick rub-down, put on PJ's while he watches his Glow-Worm.  Bottle, paci, to bed on his side.

Also - He falls asleep on the bottle while I rock him.  I then replace it with a paci and put him down, still asleep. 

LaNegrita

start around 8:00. bath. book. nursing session/bottle. bed. she's been sleeping on her tummy/side since she came home. in bed by 9:00pm. We wake her up around 7am and she's usually still sleeping.

smittendorff

Diaper, jammies, Halo sleepsack, lullaby music, nurse, and if he doesn't fall asleep while nursing, then rocking.     

MFalor

DD eats at 5pm, then takes a nap from about 6:30-7 (either in her swing or in her stroller if we go for a walk).  Bath every other night around 7:15, or if she's not due for a bath I'll just wash her face, neck and hands.  At 7:30 or so we'll give her her last bottle.  Read a story, kiss and love on her, wrap her up in her Summer swaddle (one arm in, one arm out) while singing to her and set her gently in crib in a sleep positioner.  Lay her slightly on her side, give her her Flamingo to snuggle and a pacifier.  White noise.  As dark as we can get the room.  Ceiling fan on.  Little fan clipped to the side of her crib to blow her mobile so she has something to look at when she wakes up at night.  She's in bed by around 8 and asleep by 8:30. 

This is the culmination of several weeks of experimentation, and it sounds like we jump through a lot of hoops, but it's worth it:  baby girl has been sleeping from roughly 8pm - 8am for over a month now! (and she can put herself back to sleep when she wakes up at night so mommy gets un-interrupted sleep, yay!!)