nighttime routine?

MrsNJSwimmer · May 2010

Can you all share what your bedtime/nighttime routine is?

Married2MrWright · May 2010

We're just starting to get into one...

I get home around 4 p.m. and will nurse Libby. This is her longest feed of the day and she nurses off and on for about an hour. Sometimes we doze off together.

5:30 p.m. play or bath (we bathe every other day unless there's messy reason to do it on the "off" day)

6:00 p.m. change into PJs, quite play, books, lullabies, etc.

6:30 p.m. swaddle and rock to sleep (usually in her crib)

8:30 p.m. diaper change and feed, back to sleep (in her crib)

10:30 p.m. change into "nighttime diaper", nurse in bed (we bed-share)

11 p.m. sleep (some nights we move Libby into her co-sleeper, most nights not though)

2:00 a.m. nurse in bed, fall back to sleep side-lying

4:30 a.m. diaper change, nurse in bed, fall back to sleep side-lying

5:00 a.m. get up for work (Libby stays and sleeps with J until about 8:30 a.m.)

sanae78 · May 2010

After her last nap, we feed, play a little, bathe, read (if she'll sit still for it), then nurse again before putting her down in her crib. If I'm working, B will feed her 4oz before bath and top her off with 2 more just before bed. We try to get her down around 2 hours after she wakes from her last nap.

myday1708 · May 2010

6:30 p.m. -- Get home from work. Quick play time.

6:45 -- Dinner

7 or so -- Bath time!

7:15 -- Towel, diaper, lotion, sleep clothes and sleep sack. Brush hair.

7:20 -- We read the "Going to Bed Book" then DH kisses her goodnight, dims the lights and turns on her sleep sheep while leaving the room.

7:30 -- Nurse, usually 8-10 mins. Paci. Cuddle. Put down in crib and quickly leave room! She'll crawl around, sit up, then go to sleep.

We aim to have her down between 7:30 and 8.

mrspresley · May 2010

we don't really have much of one right now but i want to start soon...i read that even after just 2 wks of a routine they sleep better.

currently she wakes up from her nap, nurses...then plays a bit...then i change her into her overnight diaper, read to her, then nurse again and then put her in her crib to sleep.

i'm going to try bathing her every night now, even though i sometimes feel too tired to do it...i probably won't lather her up and wash her every day b/c i don't want to dry out her skin but she enjoys it a lot... so it'll probably be the same as what we do now except i'll nurse her, give her a bath, put some lotion on, then PJs, then read to her and then nurse one last time before putting her down for the night.

she currently goes to bed around 10-11pm but i think i'm going to try to slowly creep it back to 9pm and once she gets used to that i'll try 8pm. it's just hard b/c i feel like if i put her down earlier she wakes up earlier and i still go to bed late so i get less sleep...but i recently read that putting them down later doesn't mean they'll sleep in later so we'll see. i see some people put them down at 8pm and they sleep until 6am and i would love for that to be the case w/us...

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