My little girl (3 months) usually goes to bed at 8pm however tonight she has already been in bed for half an hour. My big girl (21 months) usually goes to bed at 8.30pm however tonight she is also asleep early, it was a busy day.
We have dinner at about 5.30pm, go for a family walk at 7pm, bath when we return at 7.30pm, my little girl gets her massage while my big girl is still playing in the bath then breastfeed and sleep.
My DD is 4mths..she has a routine starting at 6pm of bath, boob and bed ending in bed at 6:30-6:45pm. Cry free It doesn't really matter what goes on during the day for her.
DS1 and DS2 both have dinner at 5pmish and bath with DD and they got to bed , DS2 between 7-7:30pm and DS1 15mins later. They sleep in the same room and it's easier if DS2 is already asleep by the time DS1 gets there.
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DS has been going to bed at 8-8:30 every night since 5 months old now his night time routine is bottle bath and bed but he hasnt fed to sleep since about 2 months old
Sorry to hi-jack but can I ask all of those with babies going to sleep around 7ish I am assuming they are then going to sleep for the night? Is that something they have done by themselves or have you worked on them going to sleep and staying asleep? My DD goes to sleep at 7 but treats it like a nap and then won't go into her night time sleep until 10 ish so was wondering if other babies develop this earlier bedtime naturally or have some help to get to there?
DD currently goes to bed at 8.30pm - but her bedtime has changed over time, and normally at her instigation. There was only one time when we moved her bedtime, when she was having probs settling, and so we gradually changed it from 9pm to 8pm to stop her getting over tired. For quite a while between 1yr and 18motnhs, her bedtime was 6.30 on the dot!
Lana: I started a routine with all my kids in hospital of bath, feed and bed.
I just continue on and it all seems to fall into place. This may would not work for all bubs, it just depends really.
With DD I let her feed as often as she likes (within reason) during the day, her last feed is at 6:30pm then I pop her into her gro bag and she just seems to know that this is night time and time to sleep. Give her a kiss and say nighs nighs and walk out of the room. She sucks her fingers so that helps alot.
So you could say I have worked on it of sorts, she just follows my lead.
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It doesn't really matter what goes on during the day for her.
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