What's your bedtime routine?

[susmamma]

And does it change with daylight savings?

Ie:
In winter both my kids are in bed by 6.30pm but in summer i find it really hard to get them to bed much before 7.30pm, lately it's been 8pm and I really need to move it back.

so what's your routine?

you know
5.30pm dinner
6pm bath
6.15pm take 50mg valium
6.30pm books
7pm pass out from the valium

[Zada]

yea in winter my kids were asleep by 6:30pm (ahh those were the days!)

Now its more like this
6pm - tea
6:20pm - bath
6:30pm - get dressed
6:30-7:30pm - quiet play/books etc
7:30 - DD lays down and I start putting DS to bed which can take up to 1.5hrs cos he keeps coming out of his room!

[LilMissnBoo]

Valium :laughing: I think I need some too!

DD is 15 months and her routine is like this:

5.30 - Dinner
6.15/6.30 - Bath
6.45 - Books with DH
7pm - BF and bed

Sometimes she does go to bed a little later(7.30) but I find if it's that late she is so wired it takes ages for her to go to sleep.

[Pinkarella]

Wow, I wish mine were in bed so early! Ours go more or less like this:

5.00 - bath (DD1 normally stays playing in the bath while I get DD2 dressed and dinner ready
6.00 - Dinner, the whole family
6.30 - Feed DD2

Then we all sit on the carpet in the lounge, the girls play quiet games with us like building blocks or drawing, we chat and relax from the day

7.15 - DD2, nappy change, cuddle and bed, DD1 has a cup of milk and biscuit
7.30-8.00 (depending on if DD2 had a lunchtime nap or not) teeth brushing, stories and bed

So far nothing hasn't changed with daylight saving, I suppose as the light last longer it will be a challenge to convince DD2 is bed time...until now we just close the blinds so she doesn't notice there's light outside

[cja]

5:30 DD and DS eat dinner
6:00 both have a bath
6:30 story and bed by 6:45

This is with daylight saving, without daylight saving they were going to bed by 6:15 or so. Although we do get up at 5:30am everyday because it is light where we live by that time. When we were in Perth for holidays and it got light in the mornings much later I found that kids were waking up later, but going to bed at the same time and having less sleep during the day.

[~Temet Nosce~]

LOL valium

DD's goes like this most days
5pm dinner
5.30 bath
6-6.30 play and daddy time
6.30 bottle
6.50 brush teeth, nappy change and in bed by 7

and she will chat/yell/protest some nights for a while but is usually asleep by 7.30pm.

I have just put up sheets over the curtians to help block out some of the light.

[Deserama]

Dinner is anywhear between 5.30 - 7.00ish.
Baths all in between there somewhere.

The youngest is usually first in bed when she is tired...then we say 'nigh nighs' and get iggle piggle and put her to bed...usually this is around 7.30ish that she's showing signs of tiredness.

The next two up - go to bed at 8pm

The older two go at 9pm.

[bootiful]

ummm im confused :confused:

can someone explain this so called 'Bedtime Routine' deal to me :laughing:

okay..ill give it a go

dinner - anywhere between 5.30 and 7pm
bath - if she needs one (sometimes has shower during day) - after dinner.
story - if she wants one otherwise cuddles with daddy
bed - usually 8pm but can be 8.30...later on weekends.

[Areca]

Ours is
dinner 6pm.
bath 6.30-7pm (depending on miss 3's eating schedule)
miss 3 learns spanish with her dad until 8-8.30pm. miss 14 months stays in there if she has enough energy.
miss 3 on her on around 8.30pm...generally asleep by 9.30pm, if she had a nap not until 10.30pm.
miss 15 months generally down by 8.30pm. sometimes not until 10pm...every now and then she'll be up after midnight.

Daylight's savings has no effect. It amazes me that some kids are capable of a 6.30pm bedtime!

[SmileyBJ]

DS is just over 4 months & his bedtime routine is...

6:30- Organise stuff & have bath alone/ or shower with mummy.
6:50- Massage & get into fresh pjs
7pm- Bottle & bed

:sleeping:

[Pices_79]

DD is 23 months this week - its been the same routine for quite a while...

6pm - Dinner
6.30pm Bath - if not every second night
7pm - Books / Singing Nusery Rymthes
7.30pm - Bottle Milk
7.35pm - Kisses Goodnight and into Bed

[peanutbutter&jelly]

I agree with those who do not seem to understand this routine you speak of...

Ours is something like this though...

6pm, dinner... after that, whenever he finishes, bath, massage and jammies... then attempt at BFing, and bed... when that fails go back to quiet playing and reading books... half hour or so goes by, try and put him to bed, comfort feed if possible.. most of the time cracks the sh**s and we go back to playing and reading books... repeat over and over. Sometimes this includes going for walks outside to see the moon and stars, sometimes it means having a shower at 10pm... Usually he manages to drift off by about 11, last night he slept for a blissful 5 hours after he went to bed at 10!! :smiliedance:

This has been my boy for the last week anyway, our routine changes all the time!

[guerin]

6:30 to 7:30 give her last feed.
Hopefully she will want to go to sleep unlike tonight because she was full of baby beans.

crawling around, ripping the news paper up, harrassing the cat. If I had put her in bed she would have just stood in the cot and practised her sounds. She does that starts with A; "A" then "aaaaaaaaaa" the "bbbbb" Oh she has learnt five so its five said in a normal voice then loader. Then she begins the prison routine of banging her dummy against the cot. then its the throw the dummy.

If I go in its all smiles walk along the cot usign the edge for support.

Get her out no good being in the cot, harrasses cat, we sit her on the coach and she climbs all over us. put her down and she whinges so we pick her up for a cuddle. Once up facial expression changes. Yes her dumb parents have fallen for her trap and she eyes of her real target the remote control. climbs over daddy to get it and then pulls the back of as this back is not hard to get off and then attempts to take the batteries out so I take it off her and yes she whinges, Sees cat decides to climb down from coach head first.

I take her to her room as it is quiter so she pulls the cord out of the vacuum cleaner which I had left there earlier and then presses the recall button (why I thought that was fun to teach her I do not know). So I leave her to play and go into the next room with computer as I can see her and there is nothing that she can get in trouble with.

She crawls into to the next room and starts to fiddle with her dads guitar and manages to knock it over. I pick it up and she knocks it over again so I lay it flat. It is an electric guitatr and not breakable by her standing on it. She plays with the strings making various sounds for about 10 minutes.

So I'm thinking is this baby taking speed or something.

That appears to be my latest routine with a 10.5 month baby. Oh and no she doesn't cry in bed,.

[JJJ&D'sMum]

DD's bedtime routine is something like this :

6-6:30pm Family dinner time
7pm or thereabouts Bath time - usually with DS2
7:30-8pm Bottle of milk and bed time

This doesn't change at all during daylight savings times and as long as I remember to close the rollershutters in the lounge room (she has her bottle on the couch on my lap) it works.

Now, if I don't remember to close the rollershutters it goes like this :

6-6:30pm Family dinner time
7pm or thereabouts Bath time - usually with DS2
7:30-8pm Bottle of milk and bed time
8:05pm DD comes tearing out of her room on her trike, slams open the sliding door and proceeds at full speed along the dining room tiles until she comes to a skid and does a burnout at the entrance to the lounge room. She then gets off her trike, stands up and grins like a cheshire cat. I pick her up and put her back in bed and approximately 5-10mins later she comes tearing out of her room on her trike again. I pick her up and put her in bed again. 5-10mins later she sneaks out on foot and stands at the other entrance to the lounge room again with a grin like a cheshire cat. I put her back to bed and she does it again and again until I growl at her to "STAY IN BED or we won't go shopping tomorrow!!!" (or whatever else I can use to bribe her with). If that doesn't work then I pick her up once I'm totally over it and put her back in bed without speaking to her at all and I shut the door completely so that she can't open it. 10mins later I open her door as she has stopped screaming and I use a nightlight to check on my darling DD who is finally sleeping soundly!

DS3's night time routine is generally as follows :

7-9pm Last BF with a bath afterwards, a cuddle and then bed. He's too young to fight sleep atm but I'm expecting it when he is older. :laughing:

[janness]

6.00 - bath
7.00 - Dinner, the whole family
7.30 - Feed
8.00-8.30 teeth brushing, stories and bed

[reAllytee]

Our routine is :

5pm - Dinner
6pm - Downtime
6.30pm - Bath
7pm - Story & Bed


Or should that be ' Thats what our routine should look like '.

Its more like :

5pm - Mummy doesnt want to organise dinner so procrastinates ( boys eat earlier than us btw ! )

5.30pm - If mummy hasnt taken the initiative as to what to make asks Boof what he wants for dinner.

5.31- 5.40pm - Mummy still standing ground refusing to take "toast" or "cake" as an answer.

5.45pm - Mummy caves but wins with Boof agreeing to something with his toast HAH ! Then cooks while spending the next 15mins with G begging, pleading, praying for him to eat something.

6pm - Boof eats ... Mummy still tries chasing G around stating her case that he really does need to eat to survive & that food is a necessity ! " SEEE that growl is your tummy sweetie you need to eat PLEASE !!!!! "

6.10pm - Mummy realises Boof is actually smearing more of his dinner than wearing it so gives warning about going straight to bed. Watches as G happily eats fluff/ dirt/ leaves off the floor while 4 varieties of food sit waiting.

6.20pm - Boof finally finishes & daddy tries to get G to eat while mummy runs a bath & tries not to jump off balcony after her day.

6.30pm - Bathtime. Mummy still isnt sure why she cant just sit & watch the kids bath while drinking a bottle of wine ... Something about safety & water ... Pffft !

6.45pm - Using a row boat to get out of bathroom mummy gets G into jammies, reads his little story then pops him down with a bottle.

7pm - Promptly fall a$$ over tit getting into bathroom to get Boof out then try yet again instilling in the child the wonders of keeping the bath water in the bath. Beg numerous times to help mummy put away all the bath toys so that her back doesnt completely snap.

7.10pm - Check in on G to take away bottle, give kisses & cuddles then put down for the nite. Watch Boof run feral around the rooms yelling "rudie nudie!!!!!!!!"

7.20pm - Spend time between banging head against wall & getting Boof into his jammies then sit on bed staring off into the distance dreaming of what life without children would be like as daddy deals with feral child.

7.40pm - Listen as daddy reads story & Boof butts in numerous times to advise that it isnt correct or it should happen a different way. Then talk about our day & listen to how "boring" it was for him ( yessss my 3.5yr old already thinks life is boring ! ).

8pm - Daddy says goodnite, kisses, cuddles etc while mummy lays down next to Boof.

8.05, 8.07, 8.11, 8.12, 8.15 - Boof keeps trying to get out of bed.

8.20pm - Boof asks the same question repeatedly while mummy really wonders whether it was possible he was swapped at birth.

8.40pm - Mummy is trying not to strangle herself as she asks Boof to lay quietly & not kick her.

9pm - Mummy again wonders why she cant drink on the job while Boof makes noises & tries to pull covers on & off.

9.15pm - If mummy is lucky Boof is asleep otherwise this is where mummy gives up.

9.16pm - Boof screaming round upstairs because mummy has left him.

9.20pm - Daddy puts Boof back to bed.

9.30pm - Boof runs around some more while mummy rocks herself into insanity in the corner.

9.35pm - Daddy gets fed up & joins mummy.

Then at some stage after 10pm not sure when things finally go quiet & Boof can be found in various places .... In his bed, on his floor, our bed, our floor, G's floor or the hallway.

G mostly sleeps through it all !!!!!!!

Some nites there is a break through ... But chaos seems to reign around here !