DS is due in a week and I'm wondering about when people start putting newborns to bed in the evening. Obviously unless you're very lucky they're still going to be waking up for a feed(s) before you go to bed yourself, but is it possible after a few days/weeks (have no clue really!) to try and settle them to sleep in the evening as you would an older baby/child?
Although DS is DC2, the reason I have no idea about this is that DD (now 4) had reflux and screamed all evening every evening for the first few months so there was absolutely no point even attempting such a thing with her. Of course, DS may turn out to be a refluxer/colicky baby too - though I really hope not!
It's not that I want to get DS into some kind of strict, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-type routine, more that it just makes sense to me to try and encourage the progress of the 'nights are for sleeping' development of DS's little body clock, and also, with a 4YO in the picture as well, I think life would be easier for all of us with some sort of structure in the evenings - if possible.
So - am I mad, or can it be done? What sort of age do people start putting babies to bed in the evenings, and can it be done in tandem with a 4YO? DD has bath around 7pm, in bed by 7.30 and then a couple of stories and songs before going to sleep by 8pm.
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putting a newborn and a 4YO to bed - when and how to do?
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bean612 · 26/01/2013 20:22
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