Let’s talk about bedtime routines with Sky Broadband

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The bedtime routine is one that we are constantly trying to perfect, whether it’s our own, our baby's, our partner’s or our teenagers’, it can feel like a bit of a battle of trying to wind down, relax and drift off into a deep sleep for the full 8 hours that’s recommended to us. Which is why Sky Broadband would like to know all about your family’s bedtime routine and how you all try to wind down.

Here’s what Sky Broadband have to say: “As part of our new Sky Broadband Boost pack, we have launched a brand new app called Sky Broadband Buddy, which gives parents the ultimate level of control over their family’s internet usage. Buddy takes parental controls to the next level with its market leading features such as being able to pause your internet and filter sites on devices on WiFi and mobile data You can even keep tabs on screen time by setting regular time limits and bedtimes.”

Do you have a family rule of no screen time an hour or so before bed? What are your teenager’s sleep routines? How do you battle with the late nights and early school mornings? How about yourself? What helps you get to sleep and what time do you go to sleep? Is it story time before bed that really help your children wind down? Or what about your partner, do you try to sync into each other's sleep routines?

Whatever your tips, tricks and experiences are of your family’s sleep routines, share them on the thread below and you’ll be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

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all tech is turnnd off 2 hours before bed we have bathtime and sit at the kitchen table to have a drink/ lavender tea together and chit chat until its tim for reading them bed lights out!

when they were younger we had set times for bath story and bed and think it has helped as they have grown to have a routine

Have a good routine which includes a warm bath and wind down time before bed.

the only real routine is teethclean and story before bedtime. Sometimes the kids are a dream and crash out straight away but my daughter is a nightowl and battles to stay up talking for as long as possible some nights. I find it jading not to get time to myself in the evening- just an hour will do! on occasion I end up crashing out the same time as the kids though

There have been shorter and easier military campaigns compared with getting my kids into bed

My three children all have different bedtimes but all start the wind down time together and can play quietly in their rooms while I listen to each of them read before lights out.

Having 3 children aged 4, 8 and 10 we start baths/showers first all together. Then concentrate on the 4 year old. He likes to have milk and biscuit then bedtime story and in bed by 7.30. The older two are later and normally do bedtime story and up in bed by 8.30 where they can read in bed till 9 and 9.30 at the weekends. I'm Normally in bed shortly after that.

We try to keep it as simple as possible. No TV after 7pm then bath, pj's and teeth cleaning before songs and bedtime story.
It seems to work :)

we have teeth brushed, final bathroom and then a story and bed, my 4 year old usually goes with this routine but my 20 month old means this process can usually take up to 2 hours, hoping soon she will get into the routine better!

Bath, pyjamas on, drink of milk and a story :)

I read them a story befire they go to bed

We always Bath her then she has half an hour chilling out on her bed with tv then she has her teeth done, has a wee etc. We then read her a book or two before having her cuddle and back rub before sleep.

Everyone in bed by midnight

My son is 22 months and bedtimes can be a bit of a struggle. There's no more TV after dinner and then it's up for bath, book and bed.

Once he's settled, I like to go to bed at around 10pm, read for half hour and lights out. I keep my phone at the other side of the room so I'm not distracted by it at night.

My 2 year old has some iPad time before milk and bed. It doesn’t work for everyone I know but it means my daughter is sitting calmly in one place rather than running about everywhere.

My daughter usually has some down time after dinner and homework. She will listen to music, sing or play some games. She gets a shower or bath around 8:30, some supper then bed by 9:30. She is 10. Always been a late nigher! My baby boy has bath bottle and bed routine which starts at 7pm. He sleeps till midnight, has a bottle then thats him sleeping till 7am :)

Whether you're a baby or an adult, a good bedtime routine tells your body and your mind that it's time for sleep. I think the secret is to make this as positive and enjoyable time as possible.

When the baby is very little, I don't think there's any harm in a bath each night in a 'bathtime' scented bath. From the point of drying the baby off continue to talk and sing to them but make this whole process quite and soothing, including soft lighting. Once they are in fresh bedclothes then read a story or sing a song as you breast or bottle feed their last feed. If this is done every night the baby's body will start to know that this is a daily routine and will start to get into a good sleep mode.

We have set bedtimes which get later as they get older. We always have a bath, story then bed!

We don't have much of a routine now that my daughter is older. She tends to play with her toys pretty much until its time for bed and then its get changed into PJ's if she hasn't already, toilet, brushing teeth then straight to bed. When she was little we always used to read a story to her but she's not too fussed about that anymore.

When ours were younger it was dinner, bath, cebeebies, teeth, story bed and it hasn’t changed much!

My little boys have a strict routine wich they like and I'm proud of: at 7pm after dinner I ask my kids ( 2 and 4 years old) to switch the tv off , it's story time and they go straight away to the bed . Their favorite book is their motivation . Even though they are warching their favorite cartoon they stop everything and they go to the bed to lesson to mummy telling the story . There is no magic rules but I make sleep time enjoyable : tasty dinner, nice book , warm bed and job done !

Our routine is roughly the same except for weekends when they might stay up a little longer but usually start to fall asleep anyway. The routine is after we have eaten, some family time, then a bath, then bedtime with a story! :)

Lavender bath - story bed!!! Always done it x always works x

We have TV off by 6pm, then dinner. Half an hour of quiet play then teeth, pjyamas and stories in bed.

Ours are 5 and 2, we go up at 6.30, get pyjamas on, do teeth, and then two stories each ,lights out 7pm and the 2 year old usually sleeps straight away , my 5 year old takes a little longer but she is usually asleep by 8. We don't mind if she plays quietly in her bed as long as she doesn't keep getting up or shouting (which obviously she still does sometimes! )