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Hellobee Boards Topic: At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:36:48 +0000 winniebee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-260000 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:43:51 +0000 winniebee 260000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Looking for more feedback here - LO is 3 months and we are trying to establish some semblence of a routine but it is hard since he is pretty unpredictable in his sleeping these days. Freckles on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-242719 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:46:11 +0000 Freckles 242719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started at 8 weeks. It wasn't until 12 weeks that an actual morning wakeup pattern started to naturally emerge. Her bedtime varies, from 6:30-7:30pm, depending on her last nap. cvbee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-242637 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:31:55 +0000 cvbee 242637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My guy 'expires' (Expires = risk of inconsolable crying that can only be settled by nursing to sleep) at a certain time every night and we know that it is therefore bedtime. He's been doing this for at least a month, so, at 2.5 months. It is a fairly consistent 8pm and we do our best to support this, so, to put him to bed before he expires. Sometimes he expires earlier and we recently clued-in that his bedtime is directly related to the time he woke up that morning. He needs a bedtime about 12 hours after he woke up, generally. stiffaknee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-242536 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:36:17 +0000 stiffaknee 242536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started our routine at 2 weeks, but it didnt start to stick until 4 or 5 weeks. We start her bath at 8, then swaddle, then bottle, then bed. We had trouble at first getting her on a set feeding schedule (since we make sure to keep at least 3 hours in between her dinner feeding and bedtime feeding) but now that she's sleeping consistently until 8:00 am, its gotten much easier! winniebee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-242013 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:24:02 +0000 winniebee 242013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Nskillet: Sounds like it is working! Our routine right now is just bottle, swaddle, pacifier, rock in bedroom with nightlight on. DS enjoys baths so I do them a lot of times during the day. But I think when I go back to work it will be a good thing to do right before bed. emahlee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-241349 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:59:02 +0000 emahlee 241349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started when he was about three weeks, but that's because he went down at around the same time every night by himself- we just added a bath to the routine. Andrea on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237432 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:16:46 +0000 Andrea 237432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think she was around 4 weeks. Nskillet on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237424 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:13:18 +0000 Nskillet 237424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Abbey suddenly gave us an indicator of her patterns at around 10 weeks of age. We do the 3 B's Bath, Bottle, Bed. Lately, she has dropped her 2 feedings before bed to 1. She usually eats between 330-4pm at daycare and used to take a bottle around 6ish and then 8-9ish following bath. Lately, she wants a bottle at 730-8ish bath and then bed. We started this and she has slept from 9-5 two nights in a row. She sounds like your son and will only eat if hungry! meredithNYC on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237371 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 05:58:17 +0000 meredithNYC 237371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started around 5 weeks, but it helps that we do formula at night. We typically give her a bath and put her pajamas on around 6:00/6:30, give her a bottle around 7 or 8. Then she will sleep until my husband wakes her for a feed around midnight. During this feed she barely wakes up for her diaper change and bottle and pretty much instantly goes into her bassinet afterwards. She tends to sleep until 6 or 7am now at 9 weeks old. Like I said, it's much easier with formula. I have supply issues and was having trouble producing enough milk for her at night. I hated going to formula, but I suppose this is one of the unexpected benefits. loveisstrange on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237335 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:59:09 +0000 loveisstrange 237335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started at like 4 weeks, but that was because she had a clear time she would get sleepy every night. She actually started sleeping longer when we put her down earlier. We start bath at 5:45 and she's asleep no later than 6:30 every night. She does SO well with bedtime. At 4 months, we can put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep without crying and will STTN. Mrs. High Heels on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237306 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:40:46 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 237306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we started around 6-8 weeks Sweet T on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237305 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:35:01 +0000 Sweet T 237305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Around 4 and a half months. We quit swaddling cold turkey and transitioned to a sleepsack at the same time. autumnlove on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237302 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:30:11 +0000 autumnlove 237302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started when LO moved out of our room at 4 and a half months! Rainbow Sprinkles on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237291 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:45:51 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 237291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started at around 6 weeks but by 9 weeks it started sticking and now she has a very strict bed time. She is very crabby if we put her down late. calsmom on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237006 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:25:18 +0000 calsmom 237006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's a work in progress. We put him down between 8-9. He wakes up at 7am most mornings, no matter the time we put him to bed. mrsjazz on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-237000 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:21:45 +0000 mrsjazz 237000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is 3 months. She has a bedtime range :) She used to fall asleep between 10:30 and 11:30 but a couple of weeks ago we decided to do more of a daily routine and she is usually asleep by 9:30. Sometimes she'll be asleep by 9 but sometimes later. Tonight she stretched it to 9:45. winniebee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-236685 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:13:24 +0000 winniebee 236685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mediagirl: that's our MO! @rubies: I'm thinking 4 months is a good time to start too...since I'll be going back to work shortly thereafter. Rubies on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-236679 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:11:21 +0000 Rubies 236679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I started when LO was 4 months old. mediagirl on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-236675 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:09:31 +0000 mediagirl 236675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Good question, I'm wondering the same myself. M is the same way right now. I'm feeding her every 3 hours at this point and just hope her feeding times correspond with a good bedtime. I am totally subscribing to this thread. :) winniebee on "At what age did you establish a bedtime/bedtime routine?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-you-establish-a-bedtimebedtime-routine#post-236651 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:01:10 +0000 winniebee 236651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS is 10 weeks and still doesn't have a set bedtime. I really want to establish one, but he's not the type of baby that will have a "last feed" just because it's offered. He really only eats when hungry so I have to time bedtime around a good, last feeding. usually bedtime is around 9/10. Tonight, he had a really good feed and was super sleepy at 7. But I chickened out and put him in his swing. Partly because I am not ready for bed and do NOT want to miss out on his long sleep stretch. I half-swaddled him and am going to attempt to feed him again before I go to bed. Prolly will backfire!