Nightime routines!!

[Cheryl418]

My 3 month old only takes cat naps during the day and then is grumpy all night unti bedtime so me and my partner decided to try establish a routine for bedtime to settle him easier...we usually start with a bath then a bottle and put him in his next to me in our room but it's failing!!

We don't know where we are going wrong and are hoping someone has advice after his bath when we try feed him he takes so much of his bottle then screams and falls asleep...we have tried changing it to give him a dream feed but that's a no go as well as giving him his bottle before his bath and although he did take more of his feed that time he did the same again..were at the end of the rope now as we're not sure what it is we're doing so wrong so hopefully someone sees this and can give me any more advice on what else to try

What time is his last nap?

His nap was at quarter to 7 then he had his feed at 8 and bathed at half 8

And what time does he wake from that last nap?

My ds1 was a great sleeper, ds2 not at all! I think it was because he would just have little sleeps in the day. I got a sling and he spent most of his time in there happily snoozing away. This helped his sleep and for him to be more settled at night.

@Poppet12345 he only sleep for short periods of time so he would get up again at 20 past 7

@spaceghetto that's why we are trying to settle him at night by having some sort of routine...I know it sometimes can be impossible to get babies into routine were just worrying now that because he isn't settling at night and not taking his full feed either it's gonna be bad in the long run

I wouldn’t worry at this age! Sleep patterns change so much with growth spurts, development leaps and sleep regressions it’s not worth the effort (in my opinion!). Just follow your baby’s lead, they will usually fall into their own routine x

Mine used to be so grumpy in the evening - I tried an earlier bedtime and it’s worked a treat. I started doing her bath at 6pm at the latest at 2/3 months, sometimes even at 530 if she was struggling, and then feed and bed after that. She settled into it well and we’re still going a few months on.