bedtime routine

sands3sands3
edited September 2012 in Sleep
I need to figure out a new bedtime routine. Mine obviously isn't working. Jack is 10 months and still wakes up several times a night. For those who's babies sleep they the night, please give me your routines so I can alter mine to see if that helps jack. I'm so tired!!!

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  • bertrang14bertrang14
    Around 7 or 7:30 we give her a bath then she gets jammies and her brace on. Then she has a bottle and when she's finished we put her in her bed with her blanket nuk and music and she's usually sleeping in less than 5 minutes of being in her bed. She's 10 1/2 months now.
  • sands3sands3
    @bertrang14 that's very similar to what I do now. He's usually in bed by 7:30. Maybe I need to get a sound machine for his room and see if that helps.
  • natashalynnnatashalynn
    McKinley is 14 months, but her routine has been very similar since 10 months.
    Well, we don't let her nap past 430, so we play until 530-600 then we eat dinner. After dinner, dad plays with her, either running around the house, or he takes her outside to play with bubbles or something. Around 7-730 we feed her a snack yogurt oatmeal or apple sauce) then its bath time.We let her play in the bath for a while, then we dry her off, get her dressed with the lights low, and her music on, and then we all read a story together. By 8-15 she's in her crib, and is usually asleep within 10 minutes and sleeps until 7-8am.
  • sands3sands3
    @natashalynn yea he doesn't nap late either. We usually have dinner around 6, then go on a walk or play outside with the neighbors. He bathes at around 7, has a bottle, sometimes we read. I think my main problem is..I rock him to sleep then lay him down. I probably shouldn't do it but I love to. I did it with my first and he was a great sleeper. Maybe I'll try rocking him until he's real drowsy then put him in the crib.
  • 2ndtimearound2ndtimearound
    Do you have any white noise in the room? That really helped our daughter to sleep through the night. She had eczema when she was a newborn so we got a humidifier for her room. It has an option of using the fan only, that's what we use now that her eczema is gone. It's loud, you can barely hear any noises in the house over it.
  • sands3sands3
    @2ndtimearound I'm going to look into getting something. He has a humidifier we use when he's stuffed up but its not very noisy. I think they sell sound machines at bed bath and beyond and I have a $5 off coupon i've been holding on to. I might go this afternoon
  • natashalynnnatashalynn
    Don't spend a ton of money on a white noise machine!! I just bought a cd player and a cd with nature sounds for total of like $20 at Walmart!!
  • natashalynnnatashalynn
    Also, you could rock for a bit then put him down, and rub his belly/back for a bit. That's what we did and now she's great at putting herself to slee.
  • sands3sands3
    @natashalynn I think the one at bbb is $20 then I have the coupon. I'm going to get it and pray it helps! Lol
  • MommyLovesSparkleMommyLovesSparkle
    I feed Alana in her high chair, usually some mac n cheese or what we had for dinner again at 11pm. Then when she gets out of her high chair at 12am we feed her a bottle and I rock her while she watches nick jr. She also needs the fan to be on she can't fall asleep without the sound.

    Btw I know it's late but it works out perfect for us because we sleep late and she wakes up 9am for a bottle then at 12pm and stays up until her nap at 3pm
  • 1stWoodsBaby1stWoodsBaby
    a noise machine or fan really may help. Keegan sleeps better when she can hear the box fan in my room running. Also, definitely try laying in down drowsy adter rocking, not fully asleep. I started doing that with Keegan and she's gotten a lot better about falling back asleep in her crib if she happens to wake up. Sometimes I'll have to go pat her back a few times to assure her she's ok, but thats better than having to get her up and rock her. I love rocking her too.
  • starrxoxo9starrxoxo9
    Ever since I put a fan in Tessa's room, she sleeps great!!! She also has the graco cool mist humidifier and it helps too.
  • MrsStanley_x2MrsStanley_x2
    We have a humidifier that projects moons and stars in rotating colors on the ceiling. Bedtime is between 8-9 (usually 8:30) and we get baths, butts changed, jammies on, and a little playtime then we get our cups (if they get milk they drink then bed, but we let them take water to bed). Both are tucked in, I sing the "bedtime song" and out they go. Been sleeping through the night since 2 months old, and they are going on 15 months now!
  • trixiesmom8trixiesmom8
    I am so jealous of you all! We need to get something to make noise too and see if that helps.
  • sands3sands3
    So tonight, he had a bath, then I rocked him while he drank a little chamomile tea. After he was finished, he looked real sleepy so I only rocked him for a minute then kissed him and told him it was time to go night night. I laid him down and sat in the rocker. He sat up and tossed around for about 10 minutes then fell asleep on his own. Will update in the morning on how it goes thru the night.
    @trixiesmom8
    @natashalynn
    @MrsStanley_x2
    @starrxoxo9
    @1stWoodsBaby
  • 1stWoodsBaby1stWoodsBaby
    Sounds like it went well! Hope he has a good night!
  • sands3sands3
    @1stWoodsBaby well...he woke up at 1am and didn't want to go back to sleep. I ended up putting him in bed with me. He did sleep in there until 6:30, which is better than the usual 4am.
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