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Bedtime Routine
Asked by T.B. from Evansville
on March 30, 2009
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My daughter just turned 12 weeks old and she will begin attending daycare full time in another 2 weeks. I am looking for input on a bedtime routine. I would like to ...
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- Honestly, you may have to work with this and find out what works best for the two of you. What works with one doesn't necessarily work for another. You need to take ...
- My daughter is 9 weeks old and I have a bedtime routine down-pact! She usually falls asleep between 10:00-10:30 PM every night but u may choose earlier. First, startin...
- My son is 10 weeks old and we have had the same routine since week 6. We give him a warm bath, then put on a fresh diaper and pj's. Then I nurse/feed him. After tha...
Bedtime Routine???
Asked by T.L. from Fresno
on December 30, 2008
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My daughter is two, and normally for bedtime, I would change her for bed, have her pick her books, read for a half hour, turn off the lights, and lay with her until sh...
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- I definitely agree with the moms that mentioned giving choices. My son was tricky that way, but it really helped to say, do you want the red pjs or the blue ones? In f...
- At this age the sense of control is key for her, so I would add in lots of little choices you can live with. Do you want to wear these PJs or this nightgown? Put the p...
- My daughter LOVES bed time. She gets excited about it and I think it's mostly because I'm consistent with what happens and when it happens. She likes to know what's ...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by S.S. from Nashville
on February 6, 2008
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What is your child's bedtime routine?
We have a 15 mo old boy and he wakes up around 6:30 am. He still takes two naps a day (around 9am and another around 2pm.)We s...
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- My son is four, and we do bath then, depending on time, he has play time with Daddy and/or a movie. Then Daddy brushes his teeth and Mommy reads a Bible story. We al...
- I have a 17 month old. She will be 18 months on the 15th of this month. Our routine is basically the same. We don't have music in her room at night. We still have he...
- I have a similar routine. I put my daughter(2 yrs) and son(11 months) down around 9pm, sometimes alittle early if they did not nap. They get a bath, my daughter loves ...
Bedtime Routine?
Asked by A.C. from San Diego
on July 29, 2009
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I've let my kids stay up as late as they want because I'd rather have them sleep later in the morning. My oldest will be starting Kindergarten soon, and we will all h...
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- as a mom of five who has done things both ways, I think you would be better off giving them more of a schedule and working gradually towards an earlier and earlier bed...
- Wow, been there, done that...I'm not a morning person, either. And my kids have always wanted to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn, anyway. We had a really lose nigh...
- Aloha A., It is important for them to work on a bedtime routine now instead of waiting for school to start. That will help them build good habits and it will help ...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by H.G. from San Francisco
on December 6, 2007
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My 8 month old has been, up until now, very good about going to bed. In the last month, however, she hasn't been responding to the way I would just feed her, sing to h...
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- I can understand what you're going through since I have a 10-month old baby who also loves to play with the blinds and chew her books. Your friends are right. Try to...
- Although my 15 month old still sleeps in bed with me I feel that children should be guided not trained, they are not dogs. Besides trying to get on a routine especiall...
- our routine is: a little play after dinner, a few stories, a bath, a quick bedtime massage with bedtime lotion, a small bottle, then bed with his binkie and his puppy ...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by C.J. from Detroit
on June 24, 2008
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I am a little embarrassed to be sharing this with everyone, but I think my bedtime routine has gotten a little out of control. I have a 5 year old, a 3 year old, and ...
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- Hi C., from reading your post, I get the impression that you don't want to change the routine. It will be very hard for you to commit to something if you really don'...
- Don't be embarrassed. My husband and each layed down with our kids when they were little. We still do with our 10-year old and sometimes with our 12-year old. They ...
- Reading your explenation of the night I would do several things different. I also have 3 kids 7, 3, and 1... They share a room. But have seperate beds. We always too...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by K.W. from Abilene
on November 13, 2008
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My daughter is 5 weeks old today. She is our first born child, so we're very new at this whole parenting thing. In the last 5 weeks, we have begun a bedtime routine ...
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- Wow! You are doing this early. Most babies don't know how to "soothe" themselves until about 3-4 months so I think that is the time when to establish the serious bedti...
- Congratulations!!! I am a first time mommy too but my little darling is now 16 months old. Can't believe how fast the time goes. Enjoy every minute you have with her...
- It seems like our doctor started preparing us for this around 9 months or so, but I can't remember. (Our daughter is 14 months now). I can tell you this -- I'm probabl...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by R.Y. from Detroit
on March 18, 2008
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My son is almost 10 mos old and we've had the same bedtime routine since birth, dinner, bath, book, and bed. But a couple of months ago he started screaming once i wou...
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- We're having the same problem and I wrote in and recieved a ton of advice. My son is 16 mos. now but I remember him going through this around 10 mos. too. What we're f...
- R., Bedtimes are definitely important, so starting your son out on a routine is GREAT. Although, it has been q few years since my two daughters were 10 months old, ...
- Stop being frustrated by it. It is normal for his age. Just continue with your routine, you are a great mom.
Bedtime Routine
Asked by A.H. from Dallas
on October 24, 2009
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My son is about to be a year old in 2 weeks! yay. His bedtime routine is he gets a bath and then I make him a bottle and I rock him to sleep while giving him his bott...
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- Around my boys' first birthdays, we replaced the bedtime bottle with a cup of yo baby yogurt and changed cuddle time to just cudding and talking or looking at a book t...
- Going to sleep drinking milk, formula or juice will very likely lead to cavities and dentists advise against it. Put water in a sippy cup and that should work. If he...
- I would start weining (SP?) him from the bottle. Start by reducing the amount in each bottle every few days until you just stop the bottle. You don't have to stop gi...
Bedtime Routine
Asked by S.N. from Chicago
on June 6, 2007
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I have a six month old who is still nursing and typically wakes up once or twice a night to nurse, I get home from work typically about 5:45 and he will nurse eat dinn...
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- Hi S.~I started working my daughter into a schedule when she was about 1 month old. I started by letting her sleep in her own room at 4 wks. Before then she was in a b...
- This sounds pretty typical to me (based on my experience with my son, who's now 12 months and still nurses). Your boy is probably not actually hungry at midnight, tho...
- My daughter is older now (almost 2) but I remember this. What I did was put her to bed at her normal "bedtime" of 7, and then nurse her just before I sent to sleep. ...
