Post by ellewills618 on Jan 17, 2015 20:22:28 GMT -5
30-40 minutes. We change diaper and put on jammies, bounce on the bed and play with books, offer to nurse (though he usually refuses), brush teeth, paci him, give him a blanket and mickey mouse, read 2 board books, and then kiss goodnight and leave. He fusses for a few minutes and then usually drops off.
Post by kimmerz424 on Jan 17, 2015 20:25:41 GMT -5
I just have her ready about an hour before I know its bedtime, then when she starts acting like its time(or I'm getting impatient)it's just a quick story and goodnight to daddy and upstairs. Time is kinda inconsistent here it goes anywhere from 6-730, and some nights right to sleep, other nights I think I listen to the seahorse about 10 times.
I mean sometimes it's bath, Jammie's, bed. Sometimes it's bath, nonsense, pjs, nonsense, bottles, nonsense, sleep. I have no clue how to predict a bed time, and if I predict too early, it's a clusterf.
20-25 min. Bath, jams and sleep sack, songs, bottle and down. (We don't do books at bedtime, we do them between dinner and bath.) She goes down drowsy but awake, usually asleep within 5 min.
FFSC: we don't brush teeth after bedtime bottle... so bad! That's a huge goal for when she turns one... off the bottles and adding a toothbrushing to the routine.
Post by bepandnick on Jan 17, 2015 20:33:47 GMT -5
30 min-1 hour, bath nights take the longest. He has a bath, we brush his teeth, get jammies on, read a story and then snuggle with the lights off for a few minutes (depending on how awake he is, this could last up to 30 min). We're working on putting him down drowsy but awake. So then he cries for a couple minutes and usually falls asleep prior to the 5 minute mark. If he's still crying at 5 minutes, we start the snuggle process over again.
Post by beachgrl0127 on Jan 17, 2015 20:36:22 GMT -5
Now that DH does it about 45 mins. After dinner she plays and DH reads her a few books then I nurse her while he gets everything set up. Then its bath followed by lots of screaming for jammies and sleep sack and sometimes the screaming continues while he rocks her to sleep which normally takes about 15 minutes. When I nursed her to sleep it could take me an hour or more to get her down.
Post by hashtagrainbow on Jan 17, 2015 20:36:42 GMT -5
EEEEP, I may be the anti MOTY here. We usually eat by 7-7:30, take a bath, jammies, bottle, play/nonsense, read a book, and then I put her down in the crib and let her put herself to sleep (which usually takes about 5 minutes but can take 20--hence why i say anti MOTY). I'm not a ferberizer, but I do let her CIO in bed because by that point, she's usually fighting sleep and just being a diva. On most days, she's asleep by 8:30.
ETA: she gets a bath every 3 days. so on the off days, sub play/nonsense for bath time.
Post by rachaelmary on Jan 17, 2015 20:37:48 GMT -5
Usually about 30 minutes. We do a bath, brush teeth, Jammie's/diaper, sleep sac, story and then nurse/bottle then in bed where she falls asleep pretty quick.
Post by dizzycooks on Jan 17, 2015 20:41:19 GMT -5
Depends on the night if we dawdle and play or if it's straight to bed. Between 20 and 45 minutes but typically no crying nonsense when I lay her down. Change, teeth, Jammie's stories/nurse, prayers, kisses and bed.
Post by carissalynp on Jan 17, 2015 20:45:07 GMT -5
Generally about 30 minutes (40 with bath), he definitely thrives on routine. I'm at my parents tonight and it took about an hour, and fought it hard. I suspect it might get longer when we move the bottle to not be last, but I'm too scared to do that still.
Change diaper, put into jammies, nurse (which could be forever). Then breathing treatments with the hopes he doesn't wake up from all the noise. That can take 30+ minutes. Then try to walk him to bed while finishing "pat-pats" (CPT chest physical therapy) on his back. Turn on the iPod for low music as I place him in his crib. I know I'm probably breaking him with some of that routine, but it beats him waking up the minute he touches the sheet. As far as start time- well it can range from 8pm to 11pm (MOTY). Depends on what time we get home that night.
Bath at 6:30ish. Diaper, jammies, read a book or two at 7ish. Then he will either play a little while or crawl up on the mattress. When he crawls on the mattress, it means nurse and sleep. I *usually* wait for him to do so. I am back down between 7:30-8ish depending on when he actually goes down or if it is a rougher night to get him to sleep. So, if you include bath 1 - 1 1/2 hrs.
30-40 minutes. DH runs the bath while I do story with her. Then he gives bath, does lotion, and pjs. I do bottle. Then she goes in her crib and she stands and talks to the door, plays with her hands, or kicks the headboard of the crib for about 5-10 minutes then she's out. We usually start between 7:30-8:00 depending on when she woke up from her evening nap (usually 5-6).
We are a PJ early house once we know we're staying in for the night. DD has had her jammies on since 5:30. Our routine starts around 7:10. I change her diaper, sleep sack her up, pop her on the boob until 7:30ish or whenever DS is done with his pre-bedtime pottying, then take her up to bed. She usually puts herself to sleep in 1-8 minutes.
We don't do baths as part of bedtime and no books either unless you count her listening to DS's book.
We have a pretty strict schedule at night. I didn't mean for it to be that way, it just kind of happened and it works for us. Dinner @6. Bath is 10-20 minutes starting from 6:30-6:45. Then lotion/jammies/diaper. Then we play in her room until 7:30 or so and then Dh gives her her bottle and out. Some nights she plays longer or bath is shorter so the actual bottle taking time can vary, but the order and routine is really nice. She very rarely has problems going down. (Knock on wood)
Post by tenniscourt on Jan 17, 2015 21:58:25 GMT -5
TOO LONG! We usually start bedtime at 6 sometimes earlier if it isn't bath night and LO is an emotional mess. Most days he's asleep by 7 but sometimes not even until 7:30. Very rarely it's earlier and that apparently happens when DH is on duty.
Then after all that he will wake up at one hour on the dot and continue waking up too many times to count the rest of the night. I feel you!
Still pretty variable here. We usually do dinner together around 6:00 or 6:30 then bath. He plays in the bath for 20 or even 30 minutes ( he reaaallly likes bath time) and then bed. We still cosleep though and it may take 15-30 min for him to fall asleep. Goal is to be asleep between 7 and 8, but sometimes later if he took a later afternoon nap
annie0714 since you cosleep, does that mean you also go to bed at 8? I'm always curious as to how that works.
I do. I will usually read in bed, but honestly will fall asleep before 9. This is great most of the time since I'm tired anyway. It gives me an excuse to go to bed early. Less great when there are things that i want to do and LO will only sleep with me there
I don't have enough parenting skillz to even guess on an answer. #unpredictable #inconsistent #whyareyoustillawake
+1
LOs bedtime routine is really just participation in DD1s. DD1 is three, and acts her age, so some nights are drastically different than others. We sometimes, but not always do a bath both girls together, then always do teeth, jammies, diaper, two books in DD1's bed while LO hangs out. After I tuck DD1 in I bring LO to the couch to nurse until she falls asleep. I have no idea how long this takes! I can say I find it stressful to be too rigid and am much more relaxed when we just roll with it.
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