https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:05:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1794383 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:14:26 +0000 Smurfette 1794383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath, pj's/lotion, milk (if she didn't finish it after dinner), brush teeth, books, song, and bed.</p> <p>Could you read while you nurse? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1794320 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:40:34 +0000 Mommy Finger 1794320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do bathe, books, pj's, more books, milk, brush, songs, bed. We like him to "air dry" a little after bath so we read a few books while he's just in his towel and then he likes when DH reads to him while I'm putting on his jammies. Luckily we haven't had more than a few accidents! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1794150 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:35:16 +0000 pinkcupcake 1794150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: How old is your LO? It wasn't until my LO turned at least 10 months old that I could incorporate a book at bedtime consistently. Our routine then was: bath (every other night), teeth brushing, PJs, 1 book, nursing, bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1794145 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:34:11 +0000 mdf106 1794145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do books first. Then brush teeth, pajamas, and nurse. When I tried to do books last there was a lot of crying, so I did not push it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1793574 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 07:39:20 +0000 regberadaisy 1793574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was still nursing it was after jammies and before nursing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792785 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:19:57 +0000 Pirouette 1792785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do the rest of bedtime routine, then a book, then nurse, then sleep. She's too tired after nursing for a book, but she's only 7.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792721 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:38:50 +0000 Bao 1792721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do bath (if its bath night) pajamas, teeth, books and then bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792710 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:29:17 +0000 BakersWife 1792710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also nurse before bed and I nurse, read a story when she takes a break, nurse, read a story before switching sides, nurse, story, nurse + white noise and then she goes down. If she's super tired I will sometimes read while she's nursing to speed things along, though I don't like to do that because I want her to be focused on nursing (and not turning the pages!) so she gets enough to eat. All our stories are short, board book ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792709 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:28:20 +0000 hilsy85 1792709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do bath, brush teeth, (nurse when we were nursing), books, and bed. Adding books in between bed and nurse helped make sure that he was more awake when we put him down, which I think helped him sleep better (he was putting himself to sleep). For a loooong time he would cry through the book though because he was so tired. Around maybe 9 months he started being able to last through a book and now at 21 months he loooves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792701 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:26:20 +0000 Dandelion 1792701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read right before final nurse. Both boys and I read together, then D goes to his room for bed while I nurse M to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/incorporating-reading-into-bedtime-routine#post-1792682 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:11:43 +0000 QBbride 1792682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you read a few books before bed, when do you do it?</p> <p>Right now we bathe, brush teeth, jammies, nurse, then sleep. LO is usually too tired by the end (doesn't nurse to sleep but is really tired) to read. The obvious solution is starting the bedtime routine earlier but it's already rushed to get him into bed by 7ish without a meltdown. </p>