When you talk about LO's bedtime are you referring to the time you start your bedtime routine (ie. when you go upstairs and do bath, bottle, books, etc.) or the actual time you hope LO is in their bed asleep?
Hopefully this will settle a silly debate between DH and I hehe.
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wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Bedtime is the time you get into bed. The stuff before is getting ready for bed.
persimmon / 1431 posts
I was wondering the same thing. I heard that babies under 1 should sleep 7-7. So that means you start the process around 6:15-6:30 and have them asleep by 7? I can't seem to make that work.
honeydew / 7091 posts
Our bedtime is 7 = downstairs, at 7:00 tell L it's time for milk and then we go upstairs and start routine.
So, I vote bedtime is when you start the process (granted our process doesn't take too long, so I've never had to think too hard about it)
blogger / pomegranate / 3044 posts
I include most getting ready activities (reading, brushing teeth) but not baths, those take forever!
nectarine / 2134 posts
When I turn the lights off and start the rocking/nursing/singing process, which hopefully lead to a sleeping baby shortly thereafter...
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
When I put him in his bed. After the routine. Before he falls asleep.
apricot / 274 posts
Bedtime is when we start the process. But I have a 6 month old, so it's a quick bedtime routine. Just change diaper, put on pjs, turn on sound machine, sing 1 song, then put down.
papaya / 10343 posts
I usually say bedtime is 730, which is the time we start the routine, but I generally specify that she doesn't get set down until 8 and is rarely asleep before 815
kiwi / 728 posts
Bedtime for us is the time we put her into the crib. How long it takes her to fall asleep varies.
persimmon / 1385 posts
@Mae: This is kind of where this ? stemmed from. We start the routine at 7:30 and usually LO is in his crib by 8ish and asleep shortly after. Whenever people ask what his "bedtime" is I'm never quite sure what time to say.
persimmon / 1386 posts
I guess it's when we want her to sleep. But it's more of a midpoint. Her bedtime is 7, so we start the routine around 6:45 and sometimes she's in the crib by 7, sometimes she's not.
papaya / 10343 posts
@BadgerMom: I guess I use the first as bed time because that is the start of the routine and that time is consistent. What time she goes down is less consistent because sometimes she is fussier than others and things take longer. And especially what time she falls asleep is inconsistent. Sometimes she rolls over and goes to sleep at 805 and sometimes she rolls around for half an hour!
squash / 13208 posts
Well I tell the kids "Its bedtime" at 7:30 and we start the process
However, if someone asked me when bedtime was for my kids I would say 8pm
grapefruit / 4291 posts
The point when I take Miss A up to bed and start settling her in for the night, it can take LO up to 45 minutes to drop off to sleep so as long as she's in bed I'm happy!
pineapple / 12053 posts
I voted other: the time I put her in her bed but not necessarily when she'll be asleep as sometimes she rolls around her crib for an hour before falling asleep!
cantaloupe / 6692 posts
Bedtime is when we're rocking him to sleep. "Getting ready for bedtime" is bath, jammies, bottle, etc.
Sometimes T will be cranky and I'll say "Are you about ready to get ready for bedtime?" and realize how silly that sounds. Lol
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
The time she goes in her crib is bedtime. I don't monitor how long it takes her to fall asleep.
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