and how old are they?
M is 4 months old and it takes me an hour, sometimes more! It's a lot shorter than it used to be. But, sigh.
and how old are they?
M is 4 months old and it takes me an hour, sometimes more! It's a lot shorter than it used to be. But, sigh.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
Wow! My LO is always so tired at night, it never took long. We start bath at 8 and she's usually down before 8:30. She's 13 months.
pomelo / 5178 posts
DS's whole routine takes maybe 30 minutes tops, and he's 5 months. That's from the start of his bathtime until I put him down in his crib, still partly awake.
DD used to take forever, though. When she was a newborn, it literally took hours every night. Actually she still takes a while. Her whole betime routine takes about an hour, but even after we leave her room she talks/sings/plays for up to another 30 minutes before quieting down for sleep!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
We do a 20-30 minute routine. He is six months and it's a lot better than it was at 4 months!
persimmon / 1134 posts
I'm right there with you, and our LO is 5 months. It takes about 30min-1 hr from start of routine until sleep time, but it usually takes a few tries of laying her down before she actually stays asleep. So about an hour total. And that's an improvement.
pomegranate / 3729 posts
Forever, but probably about an hour. I get her swaddled and nurse her. I will think she is asleep enough to put down, but alas she will wake up as soon as I start to move and somehow latch on again. It is shorter than it used to be though! She will be 4 months on the 7th.
nectarine / 2039 posts
Sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes 2 hours. Usually 30 minutes. I think it depends how well we have timed bedtime....which seems to have to do with what time he wakes up from last nap. 4.5 months
eggplant / 11824 posts
E is 12 weeks and gets a bath about 30 min long, changed into PJ's, and has a bottle. Sometimes she falls asleep for the night while drinking the bottle; usually she finishes her bottle and sits in her papasan chair while we eat dinner and then I pick her up and rock her and she's out in a few minutes.
Fingers crossed this continues!!
coffee bean / 47 posts
Usually about 15 minutes. Around 6:45 we go up and I swaddle, rock and sing. He is asleep by 7:00. LO is 3 months
clementine / 916 posts
Our routine takes about 30 mins from bath time to laying her in her crib, although lately we have a lot of false starts and she wakes up after 30-40 mins and I have to try a couple more times to rock her back down. She's 4 months.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
She's 12 weeks and with a bath, it takes about an hour. We're still figuring out this bedtime "routine" thing, though...
pineapple / 12526 posts
Our whole routine is 20-30 minutes. Bath, clean diaper, PJs, swaddle, eat and then bed with the white noise machine. She puts herself to sleep.
She's 5 months.
pear / 1764 posts
Tonight we did a bath @ 7:30, followed by story time with her sippy of milk, tooth brushing, song & bed ....we walked out of her nursery @ 8:06
grapefruit / 4671 posts
It takes about an hour but in the past it would take up to 3 or 4 hours so this is a huge improvement.
pomegranate / 3053 posts
It takes my husband about 30-40 minutes to get my 3-year-old down for the night which includes a shower, a book or two, and a few songs. It takes me about an hour to put my 5-month-old down for the night which includes a bath and nursing. He's been going down totally tired; but occasionally will put up a little fuss before settling down.
eggplant / 11287 posts
About 30 minutes from the moment we start the routine until she is asleep. It used to take forever, but she has gotten better.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
We start bath time at 6:30 and she's asleep in her crib by 7 or earlier. She's 5 months old--we started the routine at 6 weeks old and it took a few weeks for her to get used to it (and many 2 hour walking/ rocking sessions). Now we just put her down drowsy, but awake, and she's out within about 30 seconds! Never once have had to CIO, which was my goal.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
It takes about a half hour from the time we start the bath to the time he's in his crib lights out. The routine has been the same since 10 months, we're now at 20.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
About half an hour as well. It's been the same since she was about 4.5 months and she is 28 months now.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
It takes T about 30 mins to drink his bedtime bottle - so including bath, bottle, rocking and soothing about an hour. He's 16 weeks.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
charlie's routine was exactly 30 minutes until he was 2. now that he's older, it definitely takes longer -- usually an hour. he takes a longer bath, we read more books (and longer books!) and he is just a little chatterbox. Olive usually takes 30 min.
cantaloupe / 6146 posts
Initially we had a routine worked out that went like this: between 7 and 8, put him down when he looked sleepy. He'd be out in 5 minutes.
Now it looks like this: pray. He may be asleep in an hour and a half... or maybe not.
The routine is simple: diaper change, PJs, nurse, crib. That part takes 20-30 minutes.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@pastemoo: ha! Hilarious.
@LAGS: same here lately. That dang 4 months.
Thanks ladies, glad I'm not the only one it takes an hour or more some nights ladies. It's a vast improvement from before so I'm not complaining.
persimmon / 1087 posts
Up until last night, it took an hour to get him to fall asleep. I made myself busy last night after I put him to bed so I wouldn't go in his room to soothe, and he fell asleep within 10 minutes.
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