https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:52:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135913 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:44:40 +0000 heffalump 135913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat earlier so we can both be there for bedtime. </p> <p>8:00 bath<br /> 8:15 pj's<br /> 8:25 bottle and then bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135899 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:29:00 +0000 Rubies 135899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before LO was on a very structured bedtime routine (before 4 months), the hubs and I ate whenever we could - we never tried to have proper meals because LO's schedule was all over the place and we were just surviving. But now, almost 9 months PP, our schedule looks like this:</p> <p>6:00pm - bath<br /> 6:15pm - pjs, breastfeeding<br /> 6:30pm - bed</p> <p>Dinner for the hubs and I happens after LO goes down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135895 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:24:59 +0000 pelikila 135895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Until recently we just ate after we put my son to bed. We had an earlier bed time routine for him though so usually he is asleep by 7pm at the latest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135873 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:59:57 +0000 Honeybee 135873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our nighttime routine looks like this (DD is almost 2, and DS is 1 month):</p> <p>4:00-ish - DD and DS are both up from naptime; feed DS and DD gets a snack.<br /> 5:00/5:30 - dinner<br /> 6:30 - bathtime<br /> 7:00 - pj's and a story<br /> 7:30 - DD goes to sleep; feed DS again and put him to sleep.</p> <p>DH and I do the bedtime routine together; we switch off kids each night, so if I put DD to sleep last night, I'd put DS to bed tonight. We only eat later if we're going out (we'll put the kids to bed and make reservations for 8 or so), but otherwise, we eat early in order to fit everything in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135871 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:58:06 +0000 MegWag 135871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Thanks for asking! Much better. I finally bought some lanolin and that has really helped. I would say I'm nearly there and the poo seems to be returning to it's former color instead of the scariness :)</p> <p>I guess we need to shift LO earlier. He'd been going to bed really late so I've shifted him earlier (like start the routine at 7, in the crib by 8) but that's right in dinner prep time since we eat pretty late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135867 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:53:48 +0000 chopsuey 135867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MegWag: Btw, how's the nipple healing? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135866 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:53:30 +0000 chopsuey 135866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat early dinners at around 5-6pm. LO gets a bath at 6 (almost bath time!) we let her play in her room for a bit, then I nurse her at 6:30. She's down by 7pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-time-routine#post-135834 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:29:05 +0000 MegWag 135834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you handle night time routine? I'm just working on implementing one, but can't work the timing out. It seems like I need to be doing bedtime and making dinner at the same time! I know I could have my hubs make dinner, (and he does sometimes) but I like to cook most nights...<br /> He could do part of bedtime, but LO is EBF so I have to feed him.<br /> How do you handle night time? Do you just eat earlier or later? Do you trade off parts of the routine? </p>