https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 02:30:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018406 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:19:44 +0000 blackbird 2018406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: an hour is great!!! I bet in a week, it's a lot less! Just stay consistent!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018404 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:19:15 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2018404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: Hey, you're awesome too, mama. We are all awesome and we all have our struggles! Max, my 13-month old, is a very, very high strung little girl. Horrible colic as an infant, and then she mellowed out for a bit, at least I thought she did, but now she has discovered her will. Man, that will is strong! She screams not because anything is wrong, but simply because she doesn't want to sleep. She also throws herself on the ground and rolls around in these crazy tantrums. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018401 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:14:19 +0000 Cherrybee 2018401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: My hat goes off to you. E has always been, umm, highly strung. Colic turned into teething turned into toddlerhood. But dealing with that when you already have a toddler must be so draining. You're obviously awesome! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018397 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:06:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2018397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: she's been a screamer since she was born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018393 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 15:04:40 +0000 Cherrybee 2018393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: That must be really hard for you when you have an older LO to worry about waking. </p> <p>@blackbird: She's asleep!!! Yippee! Only an hour today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018378 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:54:09 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2018378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>32 months old:</p> <p>pajamas<br /> books while drinking milk (either in bed or on the couch)<br /> brush teeth<br /> potty<br /> get in bed and tell stories, sing songs<br /> i love you and good night!</p> <p>13 months old:</p> <p>pajamas<br /> books<br /> nurse<br /> (usually hours of screaming occur here)<br /> nurse again<br /> finally asleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018375 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:52:32 +0000 Cherrybee 2018375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Do you think?? Tell me it will work!! She's currently stood in her cot yelling. </p> <p>At least I know from this thread that her routine is sufficient and its not that I don't give her enough of an easing into bedtime. She just needs to learn to sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018370 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:48:24 +0000 mrsjyw 2018370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath, lotion/brush teeth/trim nails (weekly), brush/dry hair, Jammies</p> <p>Books, prayer, kisses, lullaby then bed! </p> <p>We skip baths sometimes during the winter due to his seasonal eczema. We start usually at 7 and he's passed out by 745. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018369 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:47:46 +0000 blackbird 2018369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: we play the ignore her game in the evening, too! She'll eventually figure out that Her protests are futile </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018365 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:45:30 +0000 Cherrybee 2018365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: yes! I HAVE got this! </p> <p>Only..... I did the routine we always do (its pretty similar to most of yours really), left the room, she jumped up and started screaming - nothing unusual there. Then half an hour into screamagheddon, she turned the monitor off!! So I had to go in (she was crashing about). I barely acknowledged her, lay her down, turned monitor on and left. While in there I noticed she has drunk the entire cup of water I left in there (for the first time)???? So I just brought it out again???? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018271 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:26:41 +0000 loveisstrange 2018271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner<br /> Watch a movie and snuggle<br /> Jammies<br /> Brush Teeth<br /> Book (we read in her bed now that she has a twin, but we used to put her in her crib and lean over her while she laid down)<br /> Kiss and goodnight<br /> Turn on her sleep sheep<br /> Bedtime</p> <p>If she gets up or comes out of her room after bedtime, we just put her back in bed, say goodnight, and leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018268 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:23:37 +0000 Smurfette 2018268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dinner<br /> Play/watch Mickey/drink milk<br /> Bath<br /> Jammies<br /> Brush teeth<br /> Books<br /> Bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018250 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 13:09:20 +0000 Cherrybee 2018250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: Y'know I did buy some when she was a few weeks old but DH refused to use it because it made her too slippy! He did all baths then but now she is older and I do most baths I might get some more! Good idea. </p> <p>@Mrs squirreld: Its pretty similar to most of these!! Although we don't bath every night because her skin is sensitive. But I might start. She just gets more and more wired during the routine! We give her some milk, bath her (she loves splashing but freaks when I try to wash her hair), do teeth in the bath, then dry her and get her into PJs (usually a battle while she wails from tiredness and tries to jump off the table into bed!). We dry her hair, during which she gets super wild and runs off repeatedly, jumps on the bed! Then we do stories but she's so wild and grumpy from tiredness she tries to grab the book repeatedly, frequently throws it away, runs off but falls over from tiredness. Then we put her into bed, projector on, lovvey and dummy, say night night - cue three hour scream fest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018237 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:54:39 +0000 birdofafeather 2018237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: @Applesandbananas: we use lavender essential oil and lotion and she loves it!</p> <p>We typically do:<br /> Dinner<br /> Bath immediately<br /> Brush her teeth/hair<br /> Lavender essential oil with lotion<br /> Potty<br /> Jammies and night time diaper<br /> A couple books (she hasn't started asking for a million yet so we just cap it off after a few)<br /> A quick song and prayer<br /> Turn on white noise, put her in crib with her pillow and blanket</p> <p>Also, after her bath, we make a point to turn off extra lights through the house to keep the mood. We just use a reading light for books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018235 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:52:36 +0000 wonderstruck 2018235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>19 month old:<br /> Bath<br /> Dry him off, put on a fresh diaper, and read a book (this happens in the living room)<br /> Go into his room and put him in his PJs<br /> Say night night and put him in bed (doesn't make a difference if we put him in bed or he climbs in on his own.)</p> <p>3 month old<br /> Bath<br /> Diaper/pajamas/sleep suit<br /> Sit in the rocker in his room and feed while singing a couple of songs<br /> Put him in his crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018234 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:51:52 +0000 Anagram 2018234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is short, just:</p> <p>Put on night time diaper and pjs<br /> Put on sleep sack<br /> Drink milk<br /> Give lovey blanket and paci<br /> Put in crib awake<br /> Say "night night" and "love you"</p> <p>And leave. She's generally standing in the crib at this point, but we leave anyway. Then she cries for a few minutes, lays down and passes out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018223 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 12:38:16 +0000 Eminthevalley 2018223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My twins are almost 2 years old, and the routine has been the same since they were 3 months old with little tweaks here and there. This is what it has been the last year, pretty much:<br /> 5:15 dinner<br /> 5:45 milk &amp; either stories at the table or dancing in their room, depending on their energy level<br /> 6:05 brush teeth<br /> 6:10 Baby A into bath, I either read or continue dancing w/ Baby B in their room<br /> 6:20 Baby B into bath, I put pj's on Baby A and read story in their room (2 books max)<br /> 6:30 I sing a lullaby, turn out lights, turn on sound machine &amp; put Baby A down. Dad continues routine w/ Baby B in living room.<br /> Some thoughts--since we switch order of babies each night as to who bathes first, they either get books in their room or living room. It doesn't seem to bother them to change places, as long as the routine is consistent. Also, right now they are really into light switches so I let them turn off the light in their room or living room before putting them into crib. I think that helps them understand it's bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018111 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:38:13 +0000 blackbird 2018111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! You got this! </p> <p>-Dinner 5/530ish<br /> -Bath (immediately)<br /> -New diaper, lotion, jammies<br /> -We stay in her room and play blocks and read or whatever she wants to mess with...until about 645/7. Sometimes she plays until bedtime. Sometimes she runs into the living room for Mickey<br /> -An episode and a half of Mickey before bedtime. We just cuddle on the couch and sometimes she wants to do the seek and find book with the characters. She has milk<br /> -tell her it's time to brush teeth<br /> -715/730: bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018109 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:37:48 +0000 Applesandbananas 2018109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: have you tried a lavender bath? We use Johnson &amp; Johnson bedtime bath, which is lavender scented and make the water very warm (not too hot, but a nice relaxing warm temperature) and make tons of bubbles so the whole bathroom has a nice cozy lavender scent. He loves bath time and plays and splashes but ultimately it does relax him. </p> <p>We're having some bedtime struggles right now too, so sending lots of hugs and wine your way friend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018100 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:26:59 +0000 Greentea 2018100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After dinner we do bath and then kid is hyper from dinner. We play and read all together in her room. When she is tired, she goes to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018089 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:13:51 +0000 photojane 2018089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a bath almost every night (but don't always wash her hair), and I use lavender-scented bubbles a few nights a week. Now that it's winter, I blow her hair dry after the bath, then brush her teeth. We do lotion/massage and jammies, then pick a couple books to read. After we read we cuddle for a few minutes, and say our bedtime prayers, then she I put her in the bed with a kiss. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018088 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:13:47 +0000 Espion 2018088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>+/- bath<br /> Brush teeth<br /> (Lights in room is just a small lamp)<br /> Jams/diaper<br /> Read a book with me or DH in the glider<br /> Lamp goes off<br /> One song<br /> In the crib he goes</p> <p>If he doesn't want to read a book or rock with a song...into the crib he goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018087 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:09:05 +0000 Foodnerd81 2018087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't do bath every night so that isn't technically part of bedtime for us. And she always nurses before bed, but it isn't part of the very specific "bedtime routine". So our night is:<br /> Nurse in the living room</p> <p>(This is where I consider bedtime starting)<br /> Brush teeth<br /> Diaper change, pjs<br /> At this point I dim the lights and turn the sound machine on low.<br /> Stories on the bed in her room- we have a pile of books in there, she gets to pick which ones we read, I've started limiting it to three. She calms down while we read and is pretty snuggly.<br /> Pick her up, sound machine volume up a little, lights down low, nightlight on, sing twinkle twinkle.<br /> Put her in her crib, say have a good night, I love you, see you in the morning. </p> <p>Before these last few weeks, she used to reach for her crib while I sang and turn right onto her belly to sleep. Now... She cries as soon as she hears twinkle twinkle, stands up in her crib and clings to me and screams. So, yeah. It's awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018010 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 06:26:32 +0000 Mrs squirreld 2018010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 16 months old....<br /> 6pm dinner<br /> 6.30pm bath<br /> 6.45pm brush teeth ( attempt!), get dressed whilst singing his bedtime songs ( and giving him random things to look at so he doesn't try and jump off the change table. haha)<br /> 6.50pm Gets his Owlie ( lovey..which he only gets at sleeptime so once he has this he usually starts to calm down) we sit down together and read a book.<br /> 6.55pm Lights out and cuddle with mumma, rock him a little, have his bed time music playing &amp; give him his milk in his straw sippy cup if he wants it.<br /> 7pm Bed time... white noise on, into his bed, blanket on. Tell him "time for nigh nighs, love you, see you in the morning" ( say the same thing every night ) leave the room.</p> <p>We have been doing a version of this since he was 4 weeks old.. a few things has altered slightly but not much at all... always sang him the same songs, always had the same music playing whilst he breastfeed/now drinks on his own, always had the white noise.... we are about to wean him off the white noise next month. </p> <p>I am sorry you are having a rough time.... what is your current routine? Or is it just chaos? :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2018005 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:56:00 +0000 AprilFool 2018005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: They happen on a chair in her room. We have a rule though, if she wants to get down then it's bed time. Does E still get milk? Could you give her milk or even water after her bath to get her sitting still and start reading while she is drinking?</p> <p>I put her into her cot. Sometimes she reaches for it before I am done saying goodnight but maybe only 50% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2017988 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 05:10:40 +0000 Cherrybee 2017988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@AprilFool: @regberadaisy: Where do books happen? And our your LOs calm after their stories? We currently do books in our bedroom but she just wants to bounce on the bed or run away! She's always super excited after her bath! </p> <p>Also, do they get into bed themselves? E is still in her cot but I wonder if she would fare better if it was her choice to get into bed?? Or not!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2017983 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:52:37 +0000 regberadaisy 2017983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD 1 is 32m and we've been doing this for ages. She gets bath, pj's / lotion, story, then we turn on nightlight, sound machine and sing a song then say night night. Sometimes she might get a little play time between PJ and story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2017975 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:18:03 +0000 AprilFool 2017975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do bath, bottle, teeth, books, cuddles, turn on nightlight/seahorse and then bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/describe-your-bedtime-routine#post-2017974 Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:05:40 +0000 Cherrybee 2017974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I'm going to sleep train this little tinker I'm going to need to implement a reliable bedtime routine so she doesnt feel abandoned and really understands that bedtime means bedtime!</p> <p>Share yours please! </p>