https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 04:01:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695220 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:53:13 +0000 Mrs. Bee 2695220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>charlie and olive share a room. olive tends to fall asleep quickly snuggling our dog. if charlie isn't tired, we let him read a book in bed. sometimes he falls asleep quickly, sometimes if we don't check on him he's reading an hour later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695190 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:33:34 +0000 bhbee 2695190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I mostly solo bedtime and it's often crazy, one key for me is start early so it's not so rushed. I think it will be harder when LO2 is no longer in a crib and contained. Usually I get both completely ready together, read to little one (big wants to listen too) and put him down, then if that works I go read to bigger one and get her to sleep. But 1.5 years ago I was often reading to her while nursing a baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695137 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:53:31 +0000 MrsRoo 2695137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I solo parent most weeknights, my girls are 3 and 10 months. After dinner we come upstairs for bath and i put them both in at the same time, wash them both and then as soon as the baby gets a little fussy I take her out to diaper and put her in jammies while big sister plays a little longer. Then dd1 gets out of tub, we do teeth, potty and hair brushing. Then dd1 puts her pull-up and Jammie's on and picks out her books while I nurse dd2 to sleep, approx 10-15 minutes. Then I finish up with books and song with dd1 in her room. I like doing it that way so I get a little snuggle time with each girl before bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695130 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:45:56 +0000 Bao 2695130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: my youngest doesn't need a lot it's my oldest that requires so much at bedtime! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695126 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 20:44:33 +0000 matador84 2695126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read a book to both kids in my younger ones room then go over to my older ones room and read him a book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695029 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:49:22 +0000 shellio 2695029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have intentionally started putting all 3 of our kids to bed at once because it actually makes it easier for us. There are challenges but I just go in with no expectation of speed and try to savor my time with the kids. To me, doing them all together is much easier than doing each one alone and then having to entertain the older ones while I'm putting younger down. The 2 older ones share a room which makes it much easier actually. </p> <p>Our routine: We all head to the bedroom, each person gets their teeth brushed (I do it, not them, even the 5yo, and we do it in the bedroom, not the bathroom), then jammies on. The other 2 just kind of play while I'm focusing on the teeth/jammies one. Then when all 3 are ready, we read books, each child gets to choose 1 book. After books, if I'm alone, I take the baby to her room and sing to her and put her in bed and head back to the boys' room, I can spend some time with them and take turns lying in bed with each one (sometimes they want "a long cuddle") while I'm singing them songs, sometimes we chat a little bit too. I guess that it helps that the baby is sleep trained so we just have to go in her room, sing a song, and put her in bed so the boys aren't alone for too long, don't know how much 1:1 attention your youngest needs to settle down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695023 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:45:53 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2695023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine are so close in age maybe it's easier. They also share a room. I do solo bedtime at least 3 nights per week. We keep things really simple. I let T finish dinner in his high chair while I give O a quick bath. O gets jammies on and goes in her crib with a few books while I give T a bath. Then they play quietly in their room for a bit. We read books together, then I dim the lights and turn on sound machines. I lay out both sleep sacks on the floor and by that point they're both ready, so they usually go sit on their own sack. I zip them up and put them in their cribs, sing a song and tell them good night. They're usually asleep within 10 min. Sometimes O fusses a bit and needs a check or two before she really settles, but T is used to me coming in and out so he doesn't really wake up much. That's about it. I try to keep the play calm after bath time, and sometimes this requires holding one or setting one in a crib with books to read on their own. I think maybe I'm lucky though...they're both really good about bedtime. Sleep is a whole other ball game with O so don't get too jealous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2695009 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:33:31 +0000 erinbaderin 2695009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only had to do it a few times, but I put the baby in the tub while the preschooler plays upstairs, then when W comes out B goes in while I get W in jammies. We go back into the bathroom to brush everybody's teeth and so B can say goodnight to W, I leave B in the tub while W gets a story and a song and into bed, and then back to B to get him out and do his routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kids-have-the-same-bedtime#post-2693794 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:30:00 +0000 Bao 2693794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you manage it if you are parenting alone? </p> <p>DH works nights several times a week so that leaves me to put the girls down myself. Sometimes if LO2 woke up earlier than normal I can get her down at 7:30 and then put LO1 to bed at 8:00. That doesn't always happen though and I need them in bed around the same time, so I try and do both of their bedtimes at once which can be hard! LO1 will come in LO2's room and get her going wild and then when I ask LO1 to go wait in her room with a book while LO1 is being tucked in she gets mad. If I do books together it still takes time to get them wound down once they are actually in bed. </p>