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Bedtime ritual?

alison2379alison2379 member
in October 2011 Moms

We do bath at 6:30 and then cluster feed from slightly before bath to about 9 or 10. I to do it in front of the TV and then soothe her into sleep but it resulted in multiple wake ups. Tonight we're doing it all in a dark, white noised room that she is used to it's 9:05 and she's still pretty awake. She last napped between 5:45 and 6:15. It just seems like far too long for her to be awake and also an exhausting nightly process for me. Thoughts? I'm not considering CIO, but am putting her down drowsy and tolerating some mild complaining.  

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  • alison2379alison2379 member

    Posting from my phone is always such a disaster. I *used* to do it while watching TV and am now doing it all in her room for these 3 hours. 

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  • TaraDustinTaraDustin
    On the nights when we do a bath, I give him a bath at about 9, do lotion and put on his pj's, then feed him right after that. Between the bath, the massage, the pj's, and the bottle, it usually doesn't take him long to conk out. It works for us, but every baby is different! I always feed in the living room in front of the TV, but then again my LO sleeps better with lots of noise. We do turn the lights off though.
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  • HappyAardvarkHappyAardvark member
    We cluster feed downstairs from about 5 till 8:00. At 8, we go upstairs to the nursery where I change his diaper, sing to him/play with him a little on his changing table, put on his sleepytime lotion, put him in pj's, swaddle, then lower lights. If he's not fussing terribly, we read a book (always Goodnight Moon before bed), otherwise it's lights off, fan/white noise on, and nurse. He falls asleep nursing and I usually lay him down in his rnp a little before 9. On nights where he gets a bath, all that comes after the bath, starting at 8.
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  • peelester429peelester429 member

    We don't have an exact "schedule," but here's what we do...

    DH always gives C a bath, it's his "daddy time."  It's usually around 9:00ish.  Depending on the time, I always nurse right before bath, then he bathes, puts her in pj's and her sleep sack, rocks and sings to her, and puts her down in her crib drowsy, but NOT asleep.  If it's not QUITE time for her to eat, he'll bathe her, put her in pj's, I'll nurse her (but I don't let her fall asleep), he'll put her in her sleep sack, rock and sing to her, and put her down drowsy.  We try to make sure there's very little time between bath/pj's and bedtime.

     Since we've stuck with making bath time and pj's a "signal" for her that it's nighttime, she's been having 5-8 hour stretches of sleep at night.  Now, it may be a fluke, but it's working for us.  Also, during the day I've worked really hard to get her to fall asleep on her own in her crib.  I always put her in her sleep sack for naps, too, and I always make sure she's drowsy and has the "seven mile stare" going - but have tried to get her to fall asleep on her own.  I'll let her fuss/complain - if she starts crying, we go in and soothe her WITHOUT picking her up, whether that be shushing her, giving her a paci, patting her, etc.  Sometimes, if her crying won't stop, we'll pick her up and do a quick rock/soothe, and then put her back down once she's drowsy again.

    Obviously, this is just what has worked for us. 

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  • Soon2BMrsNSoon2BMrsN member

    We don't really have a set ritual with DS2 yet, though I plan to start bathing him in the evenings and doing a "real" routine soon since I go back to work January 2 and he'll start daycare.

    However, he does usually cluster feed in the late afternoon/early evenings (usually eating 3 times between 4 and 8).  We put him in his pajamas and Swaddle Me when we put DS1 to bed (between 7 & 8) and I nurse him one last time, then hold him for 30-45 minutes, and put him in the swing.  He's gradually been going longer stretches... till 2:30 or 3:00am lately before waking again.

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  • cantalopes24cantalopes24 member
    We don't have a ritual but I would try starting yours later in the evening. Maybe give LO some time on the playmat and tummy time, taking a walk, etc before her bath. We don't do baths at night, we do play time for about half an hour 45 mintues after whatever time she wakes up to eat after 7pm (sometimes its 7 sometimes more like 8) and then I feed her if she's showing hunger cues, cuddle her or walk around the house if not for about 15 minutes. After that we do diaper change, swaddle, paci, and put her down drowsy. She is sleeping from anywhere between 8 and 10 until 630 or 7 am, up to feed then right back to sleep until about 9.
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