How does your 1 year old fall asleep?

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Just that really, how does your LO fall asleep?

And what about if you co-sleep?

I don't co-sleep - there's only one person getting any sleep so not a sleep solution in this house!!

DS is 2 now but has gone to bed after a routine of pjs, milk, teeth and book since about 3 months old. From around 4 months we have put him in his cot, said goodnight. He then goes to sleep in his bed on his own.

Sometimes he will cry but has usually stopped by the time I get to the bottom of the stairs.

Boobs, pretty much always boobs!
We sometimes co sleep but he's starting to spend more time in his cot.

My ds used to be boobs then Co sleeping until 19 months. It really wasn't working for either of us.
We changed his routine so now he settles him self to sleep and he's finally starting to sleep through.

DS1 used to fall asleep on boob (co-sleep) which progressed to cuddles and story with breastmilk (but no longer breastfeeding) in his own bed by 2-3yo upto where he is now at 6yo where he can just lie down and two ticks later he's asleep!

DD1 didn't really need boob but had to rocked or have her stomach rubbed (co-sleep) upto where she is now at 3yo which is bath, quiet time (due to night terrors), breastmilk, cuddle and story.

DS2&3 were always tandem fed and were always nursed/fed to sleep (co-sleep) now at 23mo they still tandem feed (bf) with story but in a shared cot.

DD2 can either be rocked, breastfed or just swaddled and she'll fall asleep (co-sleep). She's 11mo.

DS4 has to be swaddled, vigirously rocked while I breastfeed him until he's asleep (hammock by our bed) or he will not settle for hours. He's 11mo too.

Milk and a story on the sofa, bed into a grobag with a goodnight kiss. Given soft toy and teddy and told night night. Lights off and left to it. Could count on one hand the ampunt of times weve had tears, and even then, they stopped after about a minute.

My DS is 12 month. Every evening-
Diaper change
Pj
Grow bag (sleeping bag)
Warm Bottle of formula
Dummie with his plush elephant
And 2-5 min later he is asleep. Wakes up around 7/8 am

Oh and I should mention he sleeps in a toddler bed since 10 month old..

Crazy half hour of 'rough' play and a cup of milk
Nappy, pjs
Put in his cot with the radio on
(no bedding or socks as they make him really cross!)
He then attempts to bury himself, wriggles around loads so we leave him too it. Normally carries on with that and talking to himself for 20 min and falls asleep. Sometimes shouts but only for a min or so ans stops.

My DS is almost 12m. Night time sleep, it's bath PJs bottle, sometimes a story then bed. He sleeps after about 25-30mins at most. He doesn't take a dummy but has a muslin doudou. We started that routine at like 2-3 months and he's slept like that since 4-5months.

We tried co-sleeping early on and no one got any sleep

Both fell asleep on the boob at one.

day time its up to bedroom, in gro bag, stories, in cot with blinds down - he pootles around a bit then drifts off (sometimes mid crawl in cot)

evening its up to bedroom, in gro bag, breast feed, stories, in cot with blinds down - again he sometimes protests or other times rolls straight over to go to sleep - or pootles and falls asleep mid crawl

Do you all stay in the room whilst they fall asleep?

Bath, episode of ITNG with milky drink and dummy, story in bed then light/music thing on, kiss goodnight and door shut.

Sometimes she takes the book we've read and has a look through it on her own, other times she'll just watch the lights and chatter to herself.

I rarely have to go back if. Even if she grumbles it doesn't last longer than a few minutes.

Up until 18 months she was bf to sleep after the story.

Sorry no, I don't stay with her.

DS is 2.5. At 1 he would have milk (was weaned off the breast at that age), then tucked in and I would say night night. Usually needed a hand on the back rather than patting for 2-3 minutes and then I would sit in a far corner of the room till he fell asleep. About 20 minutes in total. Then the hideous 18m sleep regression came and went, nearly taking my sanity with it. But just after that he got quite self sufficient. Had milk, was tucked in, I sat with my iPad for 5 mins, then said, 'night night love you' and left and it has been the same ever since. Now at 2.5 I still sit for 5-10 mins and leave although 99% of the time he is asleep by then. If he is not, he doesn't mind being left alone and falls asleep by himself.

18mo now but its been the same since he had his own room at 6mo.

bath/shower if needs be. bottle of whole milk in my bed whilst i dress him.

daddy picks him up, he kisses me, says goodnight and waves.

OH puts him in his cot, flaps the blanket in his face, DS demands a kiss then waves OH away. lights out, no comforters or anything - just that weeks fave teddy or toothbrush and that's him until morning

Step - Not usually, no. Usually it's milk, story and then we leave them to fall asleep on their own, but if they're still not asleep within half an hour, one of us will go check why and rarely they ask us to stay rather they want 3 more stories .

The ones who co-sleep one can fall asleep without us there, but the other can't.

I co slept till 11 months then moved to a cot. I first broke the feed to sleep habit at 8 months. Used the Pantley Pull Off. Would then tuck him in at arm's length from me and sit there till he fell asleep but not cuddling, rocking or patting in any way. Did this for 4 months and then transferred to the cot at 1. At 1 he did need me to stay till he fell asleep. Now he doesn't at 2.5. Grew out of needing me at 20 months or so, we did a very very gradual form of gradual retreat. Routine is 6:10-6:30 stories, then bath and in bed by 6:50. Is asleep by 7/7:10. I usually sit and answer work emails for 10 mins or so on the iPad. And he is almost always asleep by then.

My 14 month old is a thumb sucker.

So she has new nappy, milk in beaker, brush teeth, into baby grow and cuddle and story whilst she sucks her thumb.

Then put her to bed and she sucks her thumb to sleep.

We don't stay in room although have monitor on incase she doesn't go to sleep.

My 1 year old's nightly routine is: bath, a bit of quiet playtime, nappy and pyjama on, bottle of milk, brush teeth, dummy, read or talk a bit, lights off, hold him and sing to him, put him in his cot, sit in the darkness quietly while he plays around and whinges a bit then lays down on his tummy and falls asleep while babbling and fidgeting. Sometimes I sneak out before he is asleep. The whole thing from bath to sleep takes between 45-90 mins depending on how tired he is.

I only co-sleep with him if he's ill, the routine is the same in those cases as well.

10 month old DD. During daytime, screams like a devil for 5 mins, then drifts off with periodic squawks over next 10 mins or so.

At bedtime (7.00) milk, brush of 2 teeth, bath, plonked into cot bed, and usually straight off without complaint. Sometimes woken briefly by elder sister's bedtime pre-story rendition of 'let it go'...

No I don't stay in the room normally

ha ha jaundice - oh God the post-bathtime "shows" of all songs from Frozen performed by a stroppy school age child whilst trying to get the baby to sleep Yes anyway ...my one year goes down after bath, pjs, story with a bottle on his own..but tends to wake up in the early hours to co-sleep with me.

We do bath and teeth, pjs and sleeping bag, cuddles story and a bottle of formula with fave stuffed toy. She is awake when we put her down and she snufflex and snuggles her toy and is away until morning.

Having a bit of guilt reading those of you who brush teeth after milk. I know its the right thing to do but its a battle at bath time getting her to give the brush a cursory chew and I can't imagine being brave enough to potentially unrage her before she goes to sleep. what a coward! Any ideas how to move the bottle earlier, she definitely relaxes whilst having it.

ready - when the twins act up and refuse to do stuff, I wait until they're asleep to wash their face and dry brush their teeth.

When they brush themselves, they do it in the bath with the "brushing song" and I always wait 20 minutes after feeding food/milk to brush their teeth as recommended.