Bedtime Routine

TiffJ21

At almost 7 months we still haven't really set LO's bedtime routine.

If you do the same routine every night, what do you do? 

I would really like to get a routine down pat so that when I start my student teaching in the fall I will have more of a routine each night with LO. Does your routine seem to work, do they understand that it's time for bed and not play after?

Thanks ladies!

kwinkle1980

We do dinner in his high chair, then bath, floor play (because he is revved up from the bath), jammies, Goodnight Moon, and bed. It seems to work well. He knows it is bed time and usually goes down very easily. He is in bed by 7 and then DH and I can watch a movie! It works pretty well!

michelle142

Bath (every other night)

Bottle

Play for a bit

Take him to his room, change diaper, get into PJ's

Give him a kiss, turn on the Seahorse, lay him down

He puts himself to sleep in about 10 minutes

whirlygirl00

Most nights it starts with a bath, then jammies, bottle, daddy kisses and bed.

On the night's he's not completely exhausted and doesn't fall asleep right away he'll play by himself in his crib and then let out a couple of yells for us to come help him find his paci and he'll fall asleep then.

hlc820

We do the same routine every night.  Bath, lotion, jammies, two books, bottle from DH and then Bed. 

ETA:  He definitely knows it's bedtime.  He cries the second we get out of the bath and he gets onto the changing table for jammies.  He stops after he's all dressed and it's more of a moaning NO NO NO SLEEP!!!!  

Nessie82

Our nighttime routine is:

5:30 solids, then bath, then jammies/playtime on the floor. At 6ish or 6:15 we do a bottle and then in the crib. We use the seahorse only at bedtime (not during the day or night wakeups) while I'm giving him his bottle. He is usually awake when I put him in the crib and he falls asleep about 10 minutes later.

ETA: So glad to see I'm not the only one who does a bottle right before bed!

 

MrsT2008

We get home around 5 from daycare, then she gets dinner (solids) sometime between then and 5:30.  After dinner we play for a bit and then around 6/6:15 she gets a bath if it's bath night.  Then it's diaper, PJs/sleepsack, nurse, crib.

She's usually in her crib and asleep around 6:30/6:45 and she sleeps until about 6:30 the next morning.

ETA:  she gets a pacifier after she nurses and we have a sleep sheep that goes on and the seahorse (lately I've had to leave the seahorse out of the crib though because all she wants to do is play with it)

dbob

• Bath every other night
• Jammies
• Say "night night" while we close the shades in his room
• Read a book
• Turn fan on in his room
• Nurse
• Burp/pick up so he wakes up a little if he falls asleep nursing, then put him down

He knows this all means bed time and goes down really well. Staying asleep for longer than 2 hours in his crib is another story entirely!

 

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alieb82

We've been doing the same routine since DS was 2 1/2 months old.  Bath, lotion, pjs, snuggle time in my bed, bottle, and bed.  It's amazing because he is a terrible napper, but he falls asleep every night without a fuss even though I put him in his crib awake. 

chasensmommy

Target 6pm bathtime, get into PJ's, give bottle (he gets solids & bottle second to last meal of day) and last few ounces are always in his room with curtains closed and fan on and dogs out (so he's not distracted), then strait into the crib. He's usually out pretty quick. Lately he's been fussy and it takes longer for him to crash out but not sure if that is the heat or maybe teething? We used to use the aquarium baby einstein soother which was awesome but it ran out of batteries and he fell asleep without is so now we stopped using that as a sleep tool. We turn on a floor fan for cooler air and white noise. Soon I'd like to add reading a book to the routine but he still seems too young to concentrate on that for long.

buddrfly421

We do 6pm dinner. After dinner we play on the floor with him, or if it's nice out we will sometimes play outside. Around 7pm we do bath. After he gets to have play time with dad for about 10 min just to get those last wiggles out. Next, I nurse him on both sides, bring him into his room, turn on his music player cuddle him for a min or 2 then put him in his crib and walk out. I wait until he is completely quiet (sometimes he stays awake and talks) to check on him.

lovetoknit26

Get home from daycare around 545, nebulizer treatment while we sing to him, solid food, bath if it's bath night, bottle...

Then we go into his room, turn on instrumental music, get into PJs and sleep sack, hold him/sway while standing/kisses, put him in crib, turn on white noise and give him his lovey.

He's almost always out within 10-15 minutes.

Parker16772

We usually get home around 5:15. Solid food at 5:30.  Playtime and then a bath around 6:30 if it's a bath night, lotion and PJ's. We usually do floor play and let him play for a few mintues in his jumperoo (since it wears him out..lol) and then into his room for his sleep sack. We trade off on bedtime so one of us feeds him a bottle while we listen to the soother in his crib. Sometimes he falls asleep after the bottle right away and sometimes he is wide awake. Either way we put him down in his crib after the bottle. If he is awake he will usually fussy for a few minutes and then will play with his soother until he falls alseep. He is usually out within 10 mins.

CountingUp

Quiet down around 8. Bath (3 times/week), pjs. 8:30-9 an evening walk (we carry her). Come home and read 3 books. Say goodnight to the livingroom. Nurse and sing. Bottle. Rock and nurse to sleep. If I crawl into our bed with her she'll sleep without latching until 3. If I put her in her crib, in our room, she'll wake up after 15 min and need to be rocked back down..then she lasts until midnight. It all depends on if I'm willing and ready to call it a night too.

cas7699

Our routine has been the same for almost 3 months now.  He gets solids at 9, then bath (every other night), pjs, lotion, book, and DH gives him his last bottle.  He usually goes down really easily but screams & kicks when getting his pjs on!

Tussie Mussie

Dog park 5:30-6:30 (or later if it's not bath night)

Bath (every other night)

Jammies

Bottle

Daddy kisses

Lay in crib with seahorse (this used to put her to sleep, but hasn't lately)

Rock to sleep when she starts fussing after seahorse shuts off.

I'm hoping that by still doing the seahorse, she will eventually fall asleep on her own like she used to. 

motang

We have a bedtime routine and it seems to help her know it's time for bed. she eats (solids)  and then plays for a bit, depending on the time. Then at 7 she gets her bath, followed by a massage. If she's not cranky we read a story and/or sing lullibies. We say goodnight to daddy and the dog and I nurse her. I also put on her sound machine and that usually knocks her out. 

waiting4bfp2

We still haven't set one yet either....hopefully soon.

brookie9

Solids with us at dinner time, play with daddy, bath around 6-6:30, naked playtime on the floor in his room on an extra large towel (prevents diaper rashes in all his chubby creases!), then Jammie's, nurse, then laid in crib. He's usually asleep by 7:30ish. He used to wake when we laid him down and would scream. We had to rock him to sleep for a long time. He just recently improved and can now most nights be laid down drowsy and he will roll onto his tummy and go to sleep or fuss for less than 10 minutes and go to sleep. Lately he STTN or gets up only once as of a couple weeks ago. He gets up around 6-7am. Not a long napper during the day.