If you BF who does bedtime? Was it always this way?
If you BF who does bedtime? Was it always this way?
coconut / 8305 posts
I do bedtime & it's always been this way. Occasionally (like I can count on 1 hand) DH has gone to lay P down after I nurse her but even most those times I ultimately go in & nurse her to calm down & go to sleep. (we don't usually nurse "to sleep" though)
ETA: DH does bath 100% of the time but she doesn't get a bath. I get her dope ready 99% of the time... For this season she usually doesn't wear jammies
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
We share duties, DH and I both do bath time, then DH gets her dressed and reads to her. Then I nurse her and put her down. I wish DH could do all of it every once in a while but M won't take a bottle so it's impossible.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
DH changes diaper and does pjs, I nurse her, then one of us reads bedtime story, and both of us put her down. On bath night, we share duties.
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
When I was still BFing, and if DH was home from work already, we'd do bedtime together until it came to nursing. But most of the time it was just me because normally DH wasn't home in time.
pear / 1823 posts
I do bedtime Mon-Fri since DH isn't home yet. On weekends, he does bath/pajamas and I do the feeding.
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
We share. DH does bath while I lay out her nightgown and swaddle, then I nurse her and we both put her down to sleep.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
We share. I don't nurse to sleep, so either one of us can do bedtime. Sometimes Hubs does bath and pjs and I read and put him to bed - sometimes I do bath and pjs and Hubs reads and puts him to bed. Sometimes I do everything, sometimes Hubs does everything.
apricot / 344 posts
I have always done bedtime! I'm not sure if DD would even let DH do part of the routine...I generally can't leave the room for more than a minute without a baby meltdown ensuing.
nectarine / 2994 posts
Its nearly always me. Dh works nights one week and days the next so when he's home in the evening he will do lo's bath every second night and get her changed. But I do the bath/changing every second week and the nights that dh doesn't, plus I read her books, do cuddles, give her boob and put her down. LO is 1 now and I can count on one hand the amount of times dh has put lo in her crib at night.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
Me, always. I can count on one hand how many nights I've missed and those were because I was giving birth to Baby Brother.
pomegranate / 3895 posts
DH does most of it. He gives her a bottle of expressed milk. We've been doing it that way since about week three. I was so overwhelmed at the time and my boobs were in so much pain that it was super helpful to get a break. And even though I no longer feel like I'm on the verge of an emotional breakdown (thank goodness!) it's still nice to know that I'm pretty much off e clock by 7:30.....until there's a MOTN feeding, and then it's all on me
pomelo / 5621 posts
DH does bath (well I hold DS up as he insists on sitting), then DH does Jammie's and we take turns with stories or do it as a family. Then I nurse and put him to bed. The odd night DH will put him down. If DS would take a bottle then DH could do everything.
squash / 13764 posts
Yes, and yes I always do bedtime. We have a wedding in a few weeks and my In laws will have to put him to bed--I'm scared!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
When DH is home, he does bath and Jammie's, then I nurse, sing her a song, say prayers, and put her in the crib.
papaya / 10473 posts
Half and half. We both do bath, I do lotion, DH stuffs his nighttime diaper, I pick out jammies, DH swaddles and reads a story, we both pray with him, then I nurse and put him down. I it.
cantaloupe / 6017 posts
We split it. Take turns with bath, he usually does diaper/pjs. Then he walks her around the room, saying goodnight to things, and I nurse her to sleep.
We will be working on adding a book in, and will probably take turns or do that together. Usually he gets her ready for bed, while I get myself ready to nurse her forever and ever and ever.
nectarine / 2177 posts
We share, but most often DH does the majority. After J gets up from last nap, I nurse him. DH does bath time, massage, PJs while I pump. He gives him a bottle and then reads him a story and puts him down. Occasionally I will nurse him before bed instead of having DH give him a pumped bottle, but he is a more distracted nurser than bottle taker at that time of day, so bottle has worked best for us!
persimmon / 1328 posts
I usually do if I am home and available. Lately, with how work has been going, we have been splitting the week, where he does one night and I do the other. Any night he puts her to bed, he gives her a bottle and I pump.
pear / 1510 posts
We do everything together until she nurses. I nurse to sleep. It works for us. When we have sitters, they give her a bottle and rock her to sleep (she's 8 mo). She does fine then as well.
pineapple / 12053 posts
We share. We don't nurse to sleep and she'll go down for anyone. When I shoot weddings, my mom puts her down easily.
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