When do you start with bedtime?

[Sparrowlegs248]

I keep reading posts with people putting their baby to bed. My DS is only 11 days old so realise I'm getting ahead of myself, but wondrous when you start putting to bed? Currently DS is up with us until we go upstairs anytime between 9 - 11pm. I feed him around 10 - 11 and he goes in his basket. I feed him as and when he wakes (2.30 - 3 & 4 - 5 on a good night!)

From the day we got home from the hospital we nudged each dd towards routine. It would not have been possible any other way with dd2, since she had to fit around dd1 to a certain extent.
Largely it started with an evening bath, feed, sleep routine. We always put them down in basket/cot at night only bringing them back downstairs if they wouldn't settle. We never expected it to work young so we're flexible, but in the long term it has resulted in good sleeping. Both were normally sleeping through by 6 mo and still do so far!

At 16 days old. The same routine every night. Milk, wash, massage, more milk, put to sleep in cot.

Tonight me and DS have been upstairs since about 7.30. DH is out and I am shattered after two rough nights. DS has slept but I am rather nervous that he has slept too much! I didn't manage to sleep. I am yet to perfect the art of sleeping when he does.

i don't think I would like to leave him upstairs alone at this stage.