how do you put your LO's to bed?

LilCarciofo · October 2011

do you hold them while drinking bottle then put them in crib drowsy? do you put them in crib when they fall asleep in your arms? do you put them in crib with bottle and leave? just curious...trying to perfect our nighttime routine

thanks!

xxyankeegrl823xx · October 2011

I will rock my LOs while they drink their sippy cups then brush their teeth and put them in their cribs drowsy. DD will usually cry for a minute or two but then falls asleep, DS usually falls asleep right away.

pea-kay · October 2011

My goodness, with triplets, none of the above! (You must have more energy than me!)

They always had their last bottle with dinner. We'd put them in bed awake. No rocking, no bottle, nothing like that. Probably a story before turning off the light, but that's about it.

crystina06 · October 2011

We give them a bottle right before bed, which helps to get them nice and drowsy, and then put them in their cribs drowsy but awake. We had to work to this, though, because we used to rock them almost asleep and then put them in their cribs but once they started getting older and more aware, they were fighting sleep when we were around. We did CIO to get them to fall asleep on their own. There is hardly ever any crying now after I put them in their cribs.

Kristen61607 · October 2011

my girls are a lot younger than yours, but we give them their bottle, change the into jammies and their nighttime diaper (we CD) then swaddle, turn on their mobile and let them fall asleep in their cribs. They are usually conked out and fall asleep within minutes.

kafunder · October 2011

Since they were about 6w old, we've brought them upstairs at bedtime, change them into PJs and sleep sacks, and then DH and I each hold a baby and feed them a bottle. We then read them 3 books, put them in their cribs, say goodnight, and walk out. They are usually asleep within 15 minutes of going into their cribs (they are awake when we put them in, usually standing up as we leave the room).

We're getting ready to get rid of this bedtime bottle or at least switch it out for a sippy of milk. We also brush their teeth after the bottle.

If I had triplets (or whenever I'm alone for bedtime), I put the LOs in bouncy seats in their bedroom for bottles/sippies so they feed themselves, and then I read to them while still in the seats. If I had to do this on a regular basis, I'd probably put them in infant-to-toddler rockers for that bottle and book reading or I'd just give the bottle at dinner.

LALASEPT05 · October 2011

We have the infant to toddler rocker so after they get a bath and get changed they have their milk. Then we let them mill around the room and play for 15 minutes or so. At 7:30 we put them back i nthe chairs and read them two books. At that point we shut off the lights and let them watch the projector for a few minutes. By 7:45 they are pretty drowsy and we put them in their cribs. They are usually asleep in 5 or 10 minutes.

babybash · October 2011

Ousr get milk with dinner, then bath & jammies, then we read some books and they are off to bed. It used to be a bit of a struggle with DS, he would stand in the crib and cry but he eventually would fall asleep. Now, we lay them down in the crib cover them with a blanket and kiss them goodnight. They may play for a little bit and sometimes DS still cries, but for the most part they go to sleep. I think part of it is finding the right bedtime. Ours are down at 7pm. Good luck

MrsLnt · October 2011

We've never fed ours to sleep. Sure, they may have fallen asleep while eating during the early days, but they'd always wake up a bit when we swaddled them and then put them down.

Until the last week, we'd give them dinner, a bath, and then a bottle in the nursery while holding them, and put them down awake. We've now moved to all sippies and give them the sippy with dinner. They're not happy when we get to the nursery and there's no bottle but they still go to sleep. After nearly a year of bedtime being a 2 man job by our own doing, we needed to make it a one man process.

lovebugkim · October 2011

My boys last feeding is around 7:45 & 8. We usually let them play for a little bit or I read them a story while they are in bed. Then we put them down with their sound machine on and they are usually out within 5-10 minutes.

Ruby_Tuesday · October 2011

They have their last bottle in their room on boppies while I read two books. They generally drink half of the bottle then throw it down and start to romp around the room. Once all have ditched the bottles we give them hugs and kisses and put them in their cribs and walk out. Two of them generally go to sleep without any fussing at all. One of them fusses a little. We have had a few nights of no one making a peep.. it was heavenly. Occasionally someone is having a bad night and I have to go back and comfort him but that is not the norm.

We haven't worked in the teeth brushing yet I'm embarased to say. I guess we just have to do it while they are romping around after bottle.

ETA: We did CIO with all of them to get to this point. Two of them were at 7 months and we continued to rock one until he was about 10 months old and then did CIO. We didn't do him at the same time as his brothers because he was STTN after being rocked to sleep where as the other two were not.

s270453 · October 2011

Mine are younger, but I give them a bottle, then just lay them in bed immediately after when they are awake. They are tired and full, so they always go right to sleep. I refuse to rock them!

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