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What's your babies bedtime routine and in what order / time?

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ILikeYourSleeves · 14/08/2008 21:00

Hi, I am just curious to see what others do in the run up to putting their baby to bed at night. My 9.5 month DS is starting to get a bit unsettled when I'm putting him to bed and I wonder if I'm giving him his dinner too close to bedtime? I am used to settling him with a breastfeed just before bed but he's often not that interested in it (perhaps as he's not hungry enough?) so therefore doesn't settle and ends up wailing after being in bed for 5 mins. He only just got his first teeth and I did try to brush them after his last feed but that TOTALLY wakes him up so I am doing this before his last feed now.

So our routine is roughly:

5pm- dinner
530pm- play
6pm- run bath and brush teeth while waiting for bath to fill plus naked kick about
610pm- bath
620pm- massage and bedclothes
630pm- milk feed

What you all do re your routine? And when do you clean the teeth and when do you give the last milk feed? Should I give the milk feed before bath etc?

Thanks

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cupcake78 · 17/08/2008 21:58

10.5mth old been followinf routine from 6 weeks old. with slight variations on feeding etc due to age.

Tea 4.45-5.00
Play till 6.15
Bath 6.20ish, spends a good 15mins having lots of fun
Nursery blinds down, no music etc, very calm.
Dressed 6.40ish
Then 8oz bottle and cuddle

Straight in cot in sleepbag, kiss goodnight, mobile on, dummy in, wine poured .

And pray he goes to sleep!!

cupcake78 · 17/08/2008 21:58

10.5mth old been followinf routine from 6 weeks old. with slight variations on feeding etc due to age.

Tea 4.45-5.00
Play till 6.15
Bath 6.20ish, spends a good 15mins having lots of fun
Nursery blinds down, no music etc, very calm.
Dressed 6.40ish
Then 8oz bottle and cuddle

Straight in cot in sleepbag, kiss goodnight, mobile on, dummy in, wine poured .

And pray he goes to sleep!!

Greatfun · 18/08/2008 16:52

Typing one handed so excuse typing. I have a DD aged 2 and DS aged 4 months.

6PM- Greatfun feels inner glee. Now on the home straight. Runs bath.

6.05 - DD in bath. DS dunked in quickly.

6.10 - DS dried and dressed on changing mat on floor.

6.20 - DD out. Nappy and PJS on. Told to go her rom to pick stories.Feed DS and out him to bed.

6.30 Read story to DD. Brush teeth. toilet and bed by 7 ( excat time depends on how much DD is messing about)

7- I am on the sofa. In theory.

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