Bedtime routines for young babies

[littleboysblue]

Ds2 is 16 weeks old so I know he is way too young to respond to any kind of routines or sleep triggers etc, but I am pretty sure I had ds1 upstairs, in bed on his own at 7pm from about 2/3 weeks.
Ds2 (due to there being a crazy toddler) is also spending alot of time during the day in his basket as he is safer there than on the floor, so he is asleep most of the day and awake from now til 2am (catnaps).
I plan to buy an activity chair or play mat in the week to encourage him to stay awake in the day and once he settles to sleep properly in evening instead of catnaps, I want to get him in the bedroom and to bed at about this time.
At what sort of ages has everyone put baby in another room to bed in evenings?

I started a nanny position where the 4.5 month old had the same night routine as the older ones = tea 5pm, bath 6pm, bottle 6.30, bed at 6.45/7pm and slept through - she had had the same routine from a young age.

Thanx twins.
It's hard to remember details from last time, it wasd only 18 months ago!
I think once he gets his days and his nights the right way round I'll do it then. I def want it starting by the 1 month mark.

I think both of our ds's were about 3 months when we started getting our evenings back!

i put ds who is now 4 months in his cot at 6.30ish. dd is 2 and she has always had a bet=dtime routine, it's the one thing i really insist on, and when ds arrived after a week or so of being with me and dh downstairs on an eb=ve i then bathed him with dd, got him in pyjamas / fresh babygro, milk (even before he established any sort of feeding pattern i alweays give him a bedtime feed) and then bed. everyone will have their own opinions but i do think the earlier you start the easier it is to get them into the idea of and used to bedtinme. plus they would be driving up wall if still downstairs now!!! just have monitor n t check ok.

you said it yousaidit
Bedtime routines are v important to me too, and that's how I felt with ds1.
I find I'm being a bit more precious in certain ways this time

ds was a sleeper during day and awake at night, so very meanly i spent a couple of days constantly waking him when he fell asleep in the daytime and not letting him have a proper sleep ... he was so pooped by the evening it only took a couple of days for him to start sleeping longer at night. he does still wake for one or two feeds at night but he does go straight back ff so i'm happy with that.

don't fall into the trap of cooing at the new baby and decising they can stay up with you,LittleBoysBlue, you know you'll regret it!!!

No danger of me falling into that trap, I know what it'll lead to....

I just don't really want ds2 in living room all evening for much longer.....I want a glass of wine without feeling guilty because he's in the same room you know?

oh god yes. the first night when they go in their cot and it is a kid free zone.... utter bliss!!!

i have just started to try and get DS (6months) into a night time routine, not going great ... he has always co slept and kind of stayed up and played till our bedtime, i am desperate to break this and get him down early, not easy as i also have two teen Dd's nearly 16 and 18, so i have the music, the walkin around with mobile melted onto ear chatting continually, oh and of course the nightly sibling rows which are usually followed by slammed bedroom doors, i want to sit and have a glass of wine too , lol, he is also a little miserable because he's teething, any tips or suggestions would be really appreciated...

Hi Leenie It's hard isn't it? When ds1 started teething, he was already in a really good routine so don't know what to suggest.
When ds1 was teething he was already in a good routine, but I hate leaving them when I know they are in pain so what I did was the triggers like normal, bath, story, milk feed etc, also gave some calpol and sat with him, moved my chair a pace away every 5 mins til out the door. When I knew he was ok and no pains I did CC