With Kameron I was pretty set on routine. He would be fed around 6-7pm and then I would go to his room, open the blind a bit as it was DLS and wrap him up and put him straight into his basinette (and then cot), pull the blind down and then I would say "Night Night, Sweet Dreams, Love You, Seeya in the morning" and then walk out with leaving the door half open. (nearly 4 years on I still say it). When he woke at 11pm for his next feed ..... a 4hr feeder from day 1..... I would change his nappy, rewrap him, feed him in the lounge so I could watch tele and then burp him and put him back to bed.

Kameron slept through the night from 14 weeks, sometime when he was 1 (from memory) he would grizzle when I put him to bed so we brought the fisher price aquarium that hangs on the cot and he soon got the gist of turning it on himself, so if he was unsettled he would pop that on and re-settle himself

4 years on, Kameron still goes to bed between 7pm and 8pm, but now he occasionally has stories read before going to sleep.

Lachlan was pretty much the same, although the was a 2hr feeder for the first 4 weeks which did my head in as I was too tired from having to chase after a toddler as well. So i put him onto formula and he went out to 4 hour feeds. His routine was slightly different than Kamerons to start off with for the fact that he slept in the basinette by our bed for the first few weeks cause of the 2 hr feeds. But as soon as he was on formula he went into his own room. We have found though that Lachlan hasn't needed music to help him drift off. He fell in love with a Teddy that was given to him at birth thanks Cailin and even now 18mths on as soon as he has that teddy he is out like a light within minutes.

I do have to say though I never went in there if they started to cry, I would let them see if they could settle themselves back down first. Moreso with Kameron. With Lachlan I probably went in there a bit quicker than what I did with Kameron as I didn't want Lachlan to wake Kameron up.

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