those who have fed babies alone at night - bedtime ?

janjag

dh might be doing bedtime solo once this week... while i go drink wine with local MoMs.  i'd like to set him up for success, so he'll let me out of the house again

how do you recommend doing it?  in high chairs, or in boppy pillows (like when they were little)?  usually we do bath or clean-up, pj's, and then bottles in almost dark room.

we're doing bath MWF, instead of everynight now (thanks goldie, for the suggestion), so we'll skip bath the night i'm out.

thanks!!

Fa1ryG0dm0ther

In Boppys!  That way, if one falls asleep, he can continue to feed the other and pick each one up without disturbing the other. 

GL!

lgurian

have him do a 'dry run' with you there but not helping so that he feels comfortable with everything and can ask any questions he may have but then feel like he has already done it by himself. have fun!

janjag

lgurian:

have him do a 'dry run' with you there but not helping so that he feels comfortable with everything and can ask any questions he may have but then feel like he has already done it by himself. have fun!

i told dh what you suggested, and his reply to me (not you!) was not polite.  ha ha...

groovygrl

I prefer high chairs personally, esp at 10 months old- mine would just roll right off those boppies & try to get away... when I do it alone, I feed them both in the high chairs & then we have a jumper upstairs that I will put one in while I try to put the other down & then go & get the other one (as long as you have somewhere safe to put the 2nd one down unless you're ok w/ putting him/her in the crib for a few minutes, depends on your kids I think- to mine, crib=sleep & they'd probably meltdown & be confused) if we stuck them in there without feeding them). It's not easy & prob will involve some crying if theyre used to having both of you there & holding htem, etc but it's doable!

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glad you like the bath suggestion no need for daily- we only do it 2x's a week (unless there is a NEED like poop everywhere!)

we have been dropping their bedtime bottle - they eat dinner at 6:30 and as long as they eat a lot - I don't give them a night time bottle anymore and they STTN just fine - so you might want to start dropping it if you think they can handle it - not the first night DH is alone- but soon... if they are eating a lot of solids.

We feed them laying on the couch (we have the cusion next to my seat propped up from underneath- they nap there often, too) with Gibby on the boppy and gray laying next to him. Gibby holds his own bottle- so we just have to hold Gray's for him.... if you need to do it in their rooms- i'd do 2 boppies.

 

jenn_darrin1515

since you do the bottles last as part of their routine in a darkend room I would go with the boppies...good luck!  My DH has only done the bedtime routine a few times on his own...but it's not so bad (and oh so good for mommy to get out!  ENjoy!)

jbl126

The nights I do it myself I usually feed them in the high chairs.  But this week I started feeding them on their boppies.  Lauryn can hold her bottle so that helps.  I just have to hold Ava's.  And when they are done eating, I carry them upstairs and put them in their cribs.  Good luck to your DH so you can get out a little.

mmbench

Boppys.

Jenniepenny11

when I have to do it alone, I use their boppys