https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 03:44:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768975 Wed, 08 May 2013 22:34:02 +0000 skibobrown 768975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once we established a routine, but before 1 year it was<br /> (1) Bath<br /> (2) Diaper / lotion / PJs<br /> (3) Bottle<br /> (4) Sleep Sack<br /> (5) Rocking (we eventually dropped that step close to 1 year)<br /> (6) Crib for the night</p> <p>Now at 13 months the bottle has been replaced by story time and a sippy cup with water, and there is no more rocking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768965 Wed, 08 May 2013 22:29:21 +0000 BlueWolverine 768965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3.5 months.<br /> Bath<br /> Lotion<br /> Jammies<br /> Nurse<br /> Swaddle<br /> Rock<br /> Out.</p> <p>She mostly falls asleep while nursing, but not always. I swaddle her afterward which she rouses a bit for. Sometimes she'll take a paci while rocking, but usually not for too long. DH and try not to put her down with a paci - a friend has scared the crap out of us with stories of 4-5 wake ups for paci replacement each night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768938 Wed, 08 May 2013 22:06:54 +0000 tequiero21 768938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's been like this for a few months, kids are now 13 mos.</p> <p>Bath<br /> Bottle<br /> Massage<br /> Lord's Prayer and song<br /> Lay to bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768901 Wed, 08 May 2013 21:21:18 +0000 photojane 768901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadie's only 12 weeks, but we do...<br /> -bath<br /> -massage with J+J bedtime lotion<br /> -PJs<br /> -bottle<br /> -cuddles (sometimes we read)<br /> -swaddle<br /> -paci in &amp; she's OUT</p> <p>When she gets a little older Ill make reading a story &amp; bedtime prayers a nightly ritual! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768892 Wed, 08 May 2013 21:11:43 +0000 irene 768892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 months:</p> <p>Ritual starts around 6:30-6:45.<br /> - Bath<br /> - PJs + diaper<br /> - say good night to daddy (if daddy is home)<br /> - Cup of milk + story time (3 books usually)<br /> - wipe his teeth (ah this is painful)<br /> - say good night to Mr Giraffe (giant giraffe in his room)<br /> - put in crib, offers blankie<br /> - press the yellow lion's tummy which recites a prayer. These days I would follow the lion and say the exact wordings, LO finds it humorous.<br /> - lights out.<br /> Ritual finishes by 7-7:20. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768885 Wed, 08 May 2013 21:03:50 +0000 shopaholic 768885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 weeks and we do:</p> <p>Bath<br /> Massage w/Coconut Oil<br /> Change into PJs<br /> Baby gets some Daddy-time since he works late or a bit of play mat time. I have a soft-book I "read" to her.<br /> Nurse<br /> Rock/Bounce to sleep. Swaddle while sleepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768597 Wed, 08 May 2013 18:47:18 +0000 MrsF 768597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at 7 months we're doing:<br /> - bath every other night or as needed (seems we're less hygienic than most!)<br /> - lights off<br /> - white noise on<br /> - PJs and sleep sack<br /> - bottle in the rocking chair<br /> - in the crib drowsy but awake </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-768572 Wed, 08 May 2013 18:29:29 +0000 birdofafeather 768572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>these are so helpful! right now we're doing<br /> massage with coconut oil<br /> bath<br /> diaper change<br /> swaddle with hand out for help falling asleep<br /> book<br /> nurse<br /> bed (sometimes she's asleep after nursing, sometimes not)</p> <p>ETA: she's 16 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-491378 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:39:11 +0000 loveisstrange 491378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>from birth to 6 months:<br /> 1. Bath<br /> 2. PJs/swaddle<br /> 3. bottle<br /> 4. white noise<br /> 5. bed (awake)</p> <p>At 6 months, we stopped bathing her every night (2-3 times a week) and now we do a sleepsack instead of a swaddle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-491367 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:36:46 +0000 truffleb 491367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nurse<br /> Brush teeth<br /> Diaper change<br /> Pajamas<br /> Turn on white noise<br /> Turn off lights<br /> Sing twinkle twinkle little star<br /> Crib (awake)</p> <p>I used to nurse him to sleep until very recently, but now I put it at the beginning of the routine to break that sleep association and help reduce night wakings. He is 11 months. Even if he seems like he's not tired when we start putting him to bed, as soon as I start singing he rubs his face on cue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-491330 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:26:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 491330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 14 Weeks:<br /> Bath<br /> Pjs/Sleep Sack<br /> Bottle<br /> Rock<br /> Lay in bed drozy with white noise and her wubbie (pacifier) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-491223 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:00:32 +0000 mamajaja 491223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: the only sad thing is LO immediately starts crying when she hears these words because she knows she about to be put in the crib. But at least we know she knows her cue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-490607 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:39:44 +0000 Sammyfab 490607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been doing the same routine since LO was 4 weeks with some minor changes.</p> <p>Bath<br /> Massage/Lotion, Diaper<br /> Bottle or Nurse<br /> PJs and Sleep Sack<br /> Night Night, I love you!</p> <p>When he turned 6-ish months he wanted to hold his own bottle so we started giving him his bottle as we were giving him his bottle on the change table. Our routine takes 15-20 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-490519 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:52:04 +0000 MsLipGloss 490519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the input!</p> <p>@MamaJaja: I like that you have *goodnight* words for your LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-490010 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:47:25 +0000 mamajaja 490010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 8 months</p> <p>Our routine is:</p> <p>- bath<br /> - aquaphor, diaper, pjs<br /> - 2 books<br /> - bottle<br /> - sleep sack<br /> - 1 song with back patting<br /> - say "goodnight, sweet dreams, mommy and daddy love you so much"<br /> - put in crib<br /> - turn on white noise<br /> - lights out and leave room</p> <p>@skibobrown: we are in the same boat! Just started sleep training again tonight with the above routine. After our first attempt at sleep training, LO would need to be rocked for a little longer until drowsy before I put her down, but its been taking longer and longer. Somehow she started training me into our old routine pre- sleep training! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489689 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:35:14 +0000 DillonLion 489689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 6 weeks</p> <p>Nurse/bottle<br /> Diaper change<br /> Sleep sack<br /> Dim lights<br /> White noise<br /> Sit in rocker and sing<br /> Put in crib drowsy, but still awake<br /> Pacifier if she wants<br /> Close door, rock back to drowsy a couple more times if necessary </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489637 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:03:11 +0000 MamaMoose 489637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we call it the 4 B's too!! Bath, books, boobs, and bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489631 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:58:40 +0000 X0X0X0 489631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm following this thread because I'm also trying to come up with a routine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489629 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:55:21 +0000 BabyBruins 489629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Baby is 1 year old:</p> <p>Bath<br /> PJs and sleep sack, kiss Daddy goodnight<br /> Books<br /> Nurse (he has been falling asleep while nursing lately, but not always)<br /> If he doesn't fall asleep, we turn off the lights, say prayers, sing lullabies and rock for a bit and then he goes into the crib and can usually fall asleep on his own </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489501 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:16:52 +0000 sooz 489501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath<br /> Lotion/Change into PJs<br /> Story<br /> Bottle<br /> Good Night </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489496 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:14:39 +0000 BelugaBean 489496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We seem to be the only ones that don't do a bath at bedtime but a bath gets her all excited because she loves them. </p> <p>She's just shy of 6 months old.</p> <p>1. Bottle from DH (about 4 oz)<br /> 2. We call this naked baby time - we undress her down to her diaper and let her stretch out and roll around for a few minutes. We also turn on the white noise machine.<br /> 3. Diaper change<br /> 4. Massage with lotion<br /> 5. Pajamas and sleep sack<br /> 6. Nurse for a minute<br /> 7. In crib drowsy but awake (this is new)<br /> 8. Glowing seahorse on, lights off </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489466 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:01:12 +0000 Mrs. Bee 489466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Olive 15 months - bath, diaper, lotion, jammies, sleep sack, white noise, turn off lights, nurse, in crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489439 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:42:32 +0000 hilsy85 489439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bathtime, book with Daddy, boob from mama, and rock to sleep. i call it the 4 b's :) LO is 11 wks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489414 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:33:56 +0000 yoursilverlining 489414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath<br /> Brush hair, lotion, diaper, jammies<br /> Bottle<br /> Rocking (sometimes, sometimes we just sit together on the sofa)<br /> Kiss dad good night<br /> Say good night to big sister (the cat, who always lays near us on the sofa in the evening)<br /> I take her up to bed, give her her pacifier and hold her hand for a couple of minutes until she is mostly asleep</p> <p>Sometimes she falls asleep as soon as she gets her bottle.</p> <p>Pour myself a glass of wine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489397 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:25:40 +0000 skibobrown 489397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath<br /> Diaper, lotion, PJs<br /> Bottle<br /> Sleepsack<br /> Rocking<br /> Bed</p> <p>We're hoping to get rocking out of the equation soon. DD is getting pretty good at falling asleep from "drowsy but awake" in her crib, but she still has not mastered falling asleep when we put her in her crib awake. I have a feeling that more sleep training is in our future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489387 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:21:39 +0000 littlek 489387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our routine is:<br /> - bath<br /> - lotion, baby massage, sleeper and sleepsack<br /> - Story<br /> - Bottle<br /> - Bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489343 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:06:20 +0000 Bao 489343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bath, lotion(mini massage)/pajamas/sleepsack, sometimes a story, but she is only 4 months so we skip it at times. Lullabies from pandora while she nurses and then to bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489341 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:05:45 +0000 heffalump 489341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 17 months.</p> <p>1. Bath.<br /> 2. Pjs<br /> 3. Brush hair<br /> 4. Sippy of milk<br /> 5. Brush teeth<br /> 6. Say night night I love you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489338 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:04:06 +0000 2PeasinaPod 489338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a bath, then bottle (he hates getting out of the bath and the bottle helps to calm him down). He has to be rocked to sleep though which is our downfall. Going to try to see if we can break that soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-bedtime-routine#post-489332 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:00:22 +0000 MamaBehr 489332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are pretty simple:<br /> 1. Bath<br /> 2. Bottle (or nurse)<br /> 3. Story<br /> 4. Kiss "goodnight!" </p>