What's your bed time routine?

[KingKhazi]

Just curious! And because I need to get into a better routine.

Read a book until I get sleepy.

About 10.45pm, DP and I will head upstairs to get ready for bed.

DP has a long, luxurious sit-down wee while I brush my teeth and wash my face.

Then DP brushes his teeth and washes his face while I go and get the beds ready - cushions and throws moved, blinds drawn, lamp on.

Then we go back downstairs together and bribe the dog outside for a wee. Once she's wee-d, I carry her upstairs. I stand in the bathroom doorway holding her while DP does another wee and we both song her a song.

Then we go into our bedroom. I place the dog in the middle of the bed and get into the right handside of the bed. DP looks at himself in the mirror for a while and moans about how fat he is while I lie to him tell him he's not.

While he's doing this, the dog moves from her position in the middle of the bed onto DP's side.

Then DP does a playful argument with the dog which she loves. Eventually he shoves her over into the middle and gets into bed.

We chat for about half hour, DP goes for a final wee. Then we turn the lamp off.

Have a bath, watch love island, then I get into bed and read mumsnet, check the daily news and normally fall asleep doing that 😬.

DH goes to bed.
I laze about enjoying the peace for about 30 whole mins.
Get water, go upstairs.
Kiss the kids.
Oil cleanse face.
Whitening toothpaste
Hair tonic that doesn't work.
Niacinamide & retinol on face.
Gradual tan moisturiser on body.
PJs
Doom scroll.
Book.
Sleep.

Your post has made me feel so warm. 🥰🥰🥰

Turn off TV at 10, let dog out, let dog back in again, give dog some biscuits and say goodnight, go upstairs, say goodnight to DC’s, go to bed, try and read, put something mindless on iPad and fall asleep

11pm. Wipe down kitchen sides. Dh gets dog and we look at her and call her forlorn. We kiss her and the put her in bed.

he does 50 pushups and I brush teeth and do face moisturiser/cleansing.

i wee. He wees. I kick off my pants and put on fresh ones and a vest. He laughs at me catching my pants.

get into bed. Scroll. Read. Hand cream and lip balm on. Put ear plugs and eye masks on. He scoots into me and I spoon.

love you

night

have you set an alarm?

night pig

Get our 3.5 month old DD bottles ready at 10, up to bed at 10:30. Whoever is doing the night shift will get DD changed while the other goes into bathroom and gets ready for bed. Once DD is changed she's lay down on our bed with whoever's got ready for bed first while the other goes into bathroom and gets ready for bed. Then whoever is doing the night shift feeds DD bottle in bed while the other lays in bed on phone. DD goes into her cot and off we all go to sleep ❤️

Wake on sofa about 7pm having sat down for an hour after work. Fast forward to 10pm, decide am not tired, drink tea. Watch crap on TV. Have argument with self about 11, more tea. Intend to be in bed by 12, rarely am. Get cats in. Bathroom, feed cats, bathroom again, bed. If even a minute before 12 am delighted, 2 am is not unusual.

10.30 ish start preparing ASD and PDA teen son for bed
11 help him into pjs, remind him to go to bathroom
11.15 remind him what he needs to do in bathroom
11.20 remind again
11.30 encourage him to get into bed
11.40 try again
11.45 give him meds. Try to get him to take them
11.55 try to settle him with gentle music and go and look at the mess in the kitchen
12 midnight decide to ignore mess and carry airbed into living room, make my bed
12.10 check on son, put pjs on, toilet, teeth
12.20 try to find cat to shut in kitchen
12.30 meds and check on son
12.35 sit on floor of son’s room hoping he falls asleep soon
1 if son is finally asleep- emergency slice of toast, cup of tea and a little cry
1.15 me to my airbed, put audio book on, fall asleep before 5 minutes in
3 ish check on son, resettle if necessary, have a wee
5.45-6 let chickens out and get the coffee on. It’s a whole new day

Ah, thank you! We're like clockwork.

Tonight I'm MN-ing at midnight because DP is away with work which means I've no-one for a pre-sleep chat with. So I start MN-ing, intending it to be for half hour and then suddenly it's midnight 😮

I wouldn’t recommend my routine as one to aim for though!

Collapse on sofa around 9:30pm. Contemplate doing some work.
Dick about on phone ignoring DH.
DC1 sleepwalks down 2 flights of stairs for a wee (every night) and then panics and I take him back to bed.
Sit with DC1 while his night terrors subside.
Watch crap on TV waiting for either DH to go to bed so I can have 10 minutes of silence, or DC3 to wake up and want to get in my bed.
Stumble up to bed around 11:30. Contemplate brushing teeth and washing face. Teeth win but face is too much effort.
Lie in bed worrying and doom scrolling for a couple of hours.

Wash baby bottles and any pots left over then get the steriliser going. Make final bottle for the night, put fresh water and some biscuits down for cats tell them goodnight as they sleep downstairs. Then feed my daughter her last bottle for the night at 10:30 change nappy and put her back in cot. Wash face, brush teeth and go for a wee. Get pjs on, take meds, plug in my baby monitor and phone and then scroll till I get tired.

Around 10pm I turn pool filter off, let dogs out . Load and start dishwasher. Brush teeth. Let dogs back in. Lock living room door . Dogs sleep in hallway/stairs. Go up to my room. Go on mumsnet YouTube FB till I'm ready to sleep 😴

Go up about midnight, usual stuff in bathroom, plug in phone, do blood sugar reading and nighttime insulin (type 1 diabetic), lights off, kindle on and read until I can't keep my eyes open.

DP has a long, luxurious sit-down wee while I brush my teeth and wash my face.

This must take all night!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Probably about half hour or so!

7pm skincare + pj’s on
7.10pm-8pm get in bed + scroll
8pm-10pm trashy tv on own or movie with hubby
10pm brush teeth, read until 11pm

Let dog out back door, go for a wee, let dog back in, brush teeth, check back door is locked, kiss dog on head, check front door is locked, go for another wee, check front door is still locked, set alarm, get into bed, get up and check front and back doors are definitely locked.

Every bloody night.

Kids are both very young so in bed by about 7:30-8pm.

8pm one of us cooks tea. DP usually works one of his extra jobs all evening on the laptop.
9pm pudding.

Watch tv until 10:30 - 11ish.
I go up for a shower then laze around on the bed/MN or eBay on phone/get a bit of work done. DP keeps working while I'm in shower.

11:30pm DP comes up for his shower, teeth etc.
DP then goes back downstairs and sterilises the baby bottles and empties/re-fills the dishwasher. Deals with cat litter tray, covers the sofas and shuts cat in living room. Then he brings us some drinks up.
Sometimes I help if I can be arsed. Usually I'm putting washing away or getting nursery bags ready.

12:30am DP usually straight to sleep
Anywhere between 1:30 and 3am I go to sleep after doing teeth, drying hair etc.

Usually me up first in the mornings as I work 5 days. DP works shifts so doesn't always have to be up early.

We've tried to sort out the crappy routine before but it only ever seems to take longer and longer 😑

Electric blanket on half an hour before bed ( it's winter here). Put Himalayan salt lamp on and light my scented candle beside my bed.
turn off all lights aside from my reading light.
Have a shower and get into clean PJs and into bed
Take a couple of calm and sleep gummies
Read my book about half an hour
Switch off lights and candle
Put headphones and eye mask on and lie on my shakti acupuncture mat for half an hour listening to an audiobook.
Fall asleep on my mat listening to my audiobook and fall into a deep sleep for minimum 8 hours
Check my sleep tracker the following morning on my Fitbit

I'm a little bit obsessed with sleep.. can you tell?! 😬

Get my mother to take her medications, have a hot chocolate, and go to the loo, then get her to her unit (they're adjoining) and into her pajamas and bed. Takes the better part of an hour. After that I may sit up knitting if I'm trying to get something finished, but am more likely to go to bed and read or play freecell. DCat2 tends to come out and head-butt me if I stay up too long. She knows her rights and they include nighttime pets and scritches!

Love these! They've made me all warm and fuzzy!

So for me. I live alone no pets.

I finish work at 10pm where I've been on my feet for 8 hours, working in a care home. I get home around 10.20pm and straight into the bathroom for a shower. I don't go into any other rooms with my work clothes on as even though I wear PPE there is still a chance I've got bodily fluids on my clothes!
So into shower for a very quick wash. Don't do hair.
Then into pyjamas. Make myself some toast and a cup of hot chocolate and get into bed. Mumsnet/read daily news/check social media's. Suddenly realise it's nearly midnight! Go for a wee, brush teeth, put phone on charge. Then get back into bed and read for around 15 mins. Then another wee. Eye mask on, ear plugs in and lie there or toss and turn for hours until I go to sleep.