Co-sleeping and bedtime ?

knelli · May 2010

If you sleep with LO in your bed, or I guess anywhere in your room, when do you put them to down for the night?

We have a co-sleeper that we are using for now and since we aren't really on any "real" schedule yet we just take her into bed with us when we go. She still falls asleep around 7:30 or 8:00 ( its different every night) but we just have her out in the living room with us. Then when she wakes up (or we are ready to go into bed around 10:00) we change her and feed, if needed, and all head to bed.

What do you do?

hikerbeth · May 2010

That's what we did for a few weeks with DS (and with DD when she was little). However, it's apparent that DS gets better rest in his bed rather than in the living room, so I put him in his crib for a few hours of sleep between 7:30 and 8 pm (when I put DD to bed) and then get him up for one last feeding around 10:30 before I go to bed. . . and then he goes in his co-sleeper for now (Grandma is using the guest room/nursery).

anabell0920 · May 2010

We started a bedtime routine about 2 weeks ago and at around 8:30 he gets a bath from his daddy and then I nurse him and depending on how long he nurses for he is done by 9:30 - 10. We then all go lay down together (we bed share). If it's the weekend we keep him asleep laying on one of us in the living room or in his FP rock and play sleeper till we go to bed then we go lay down.

We have noticed after having his bedtime routine he usually is ready for his bath and night time nursing around the same time everyday so I think it's good for him.

snickerdoodle27 · May 2010

I did the same thing you're doing.

sweetestlove · May 2010

anabell0920:
We started a bedtime routine about 2 weeks ago and at around 8:30 he gets a bath from his daddy and then I nurse him and depending on how long he nurses for he is done by 9:30 - 10. We then all go lay down together (we bed share). If it's the weekend we keep him asleep laying on one of us in the living room or in his FP rock and play sleeper till we go to bed then we go lay down.
We have noticed after having his bedtime routine he usually is ready for his bath and night time nursing around the same time everyday so I think it's good for him.

love your new siggy pic Big Smile

lulupinkerton · May 2010

anabell0920:
We started a bedtime routine about 2 weeks ago and at around 8:30 he gets a bath from his daddy and then I nurse him and depending on how long he nurses for he is done by 9:30 - 10. We then all go lay down together (we bed share). If it's the weekend we keep him asleep laying on one of us in the living room or in his FP rock and play sleeper till we go to bed then we go lay down.
We have noticed after having his bedtime routine he usually is ready for his bath and night time nursing around the same time everyday so I think it's good for him.

This is what we do too. Except, we put her to sleep in her crib while we are still up. When DD wakes up I bring her into bed with us for the remainder of the night. Usually, I just go into the guest room with her so daddy can get some good rest. He's the one who has to go to work.

blckwhtyllwgirl · May 2010

He naps wherever (in our arms, the swing, etc) until around 10pm when he gets changed, fed and then we go to bed.

mrs_sisco · May 2010

I put Jianna in bed at 9:30-10p every night, right after her last feeding. Then I stay up til 11:30-12, and when I get to bed she stays asleep.

anabell0920 · May 2010

sweetestlove:
anabell0920:
We started a bedtime routine about 2 weeks ago and at around 8:30 he gets a bath from his daddy and then I nurse him and depending on how long he nurses for he is done by 9:30 - 10. We then all go lay down together (we bed share). If it's the weekend we keep him asleep laying on one of us in the living room or in his FP rock and play sleeper till we go to bed then we go lay down.
We have noticed after having his bedtime routine he usually is ready for his bath and night time nursing around the same time everyday so I think it's good for him.
love your new siggy pic

Thanks it was on mothers day! Your puppy and Lo are so cute!

KittyKatMom · May 2010

DS starts out the night in his co-sleeper. I "swaddle" him in the Woombie and put him down around 9:00. I usually stay up for another hour then go to bed. After his first waking (usually about 3-4 hours after he goes down), I unswaddle him and bring him into bed with me to nurse. Then he stays in bed for the rest of the night.

blissfully_caffeinated · May 2010

We do the same thing you do.

yourmomwreckedmybike · May 2010

Charlie naps in his Portable mini crib until 10 or 11 in the living room with us , and then I feed him and we go to bed. At the next feed he stays in bed with us.