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I actually wished they were more staggered. But ideally DD 2 wants to be asleep when we're putting big sister in bed. Which isn't possible the nights DH works till 9. It basically makes for a very fussy baby that screams off and on through me making dinner, bathing big sister and putting her down.

About the same. I bathe the girls together and get them ready for bed at the same time. I put down LO 2 and then I put down LO 1.....usually 5-15 min difference. LO 1 likes to tell me about her day when I put her down! LO 1 is 3 and LO 2 is almost 21 months.

2 years and 4.5 months:

L and K both start bedtime around 7ish. DH does L's routine (milk, jammies, teeth, book, singing, asleep) while I do K's (diaper, swaddle, milk, asleep). K's takes longer, so DH is done and comes downstairs while I'm working on finishing getting K to sleep. We start at 7 and are usually done by 8.

I gotta say that I like having them go to sleep at the same time so DH and I can have our evenings together and unwind.

Our bedtimes have always been staggered. DS (2) sleeps at 7:30-8ish, and DD (4) sleeps at 9:30 pm. I can see them having the same bedtime one day if DD ever decides to drop her nap, but by then I wonder if DS will need a later bedtime!

I like the staggered bedtimes and don't mind though bc after DS sleeps we get 1:1 time with DD. They still get dinner and baths at the same time.

@blackbird: What I would give for a 9:30 bedtime! I can never sleep that early, and if I try, all I do is toss and turn!

@Mrs. High Heels: It's the only way I get 8 hours!

@kodybear: is ds sitting up? Just wondering logistically how it works For them to bathe together?
I'm looking forward to the day my girls can bathe together!

@regberadaisy: only for a couple min. We put him in a summer infant bath sling so he's still reclined. It definitely has saved time (and water) having them together! And dd likes to "help" wash baby (aka dump water on him)

DD2 (10 months) goes to sleep first at 6pm. I have to do her bath in the afternoon because there is no time after picking her older sister DD1 (almost 3) up from preschool.

DD1 goes to sleep around 8:30. I'd like it be earlier because she is so tired but DH doesn't come home until 7:15 and that gets her really worked up and they play a lot before bed.

Usually together. I switch up who goes first depending on when DS2 (14 months) took his afternoon nap and whether DS1 (3.5) napped at all.

Tonight, DS2 was up at 3:30 so I put him down at 7:30. I had gotten DS1 into his pajamas and everything already since he didn't nap today, and put him down right after DS2. Sometimes if DS2 naps later (4:30 or so) and DS1 didn't nap, I will actually put DS1 in bed first. Which is kind of hard since DS2 crawls all over us and ticks off DS1

When DS2 goes to one nap I would imagine he'll almost always go down first.

Currently I handle DD (5 months) and DH handles DS. It ends up being staggered tho because DD has been going to bed around 8 and DS around 8:30-9.

@regberadaisy: I'm looking forward to them bathing together too!