Toddler and newborn bedtime logistics!

[candymycandy]

I feel so stupid asking this but just wanting to know how others handle bedtimes solo with a toddler and a newborn?

My toddler is 3 and my NB is 10 weeks. He’s not showing signs of a routine In day yet but conveniently Always is ready for a bath/bed/milk at same times as toddler, this is between 7-7.30pm. This is easy with dh Home but that won’t always be the case. So guessing I’ll have to bathe them both then sort them both out in the toddlers room, get him in bed, feed baby at same time then hope toddler goes to bed easy so I can then take baby to bed?!

My other issue will be that eventually the baby would need to go to bed earlier in theory, or is it ok to let them go to bed at the same time when he’s this young?! Otherwise I have no idea what I’d do with my toddler while settling my baby?!

Sorry if this makes no sense, I’m inexperienced and sleep deprived!!

 

[KHTW]

This will be me in 5 months time! I will be following this thread x

 

[mrs_cookie]

Ooo I'm interested in this too! Have a pretty solid bedtime routine with dd but wondering how ds is going to slot in when he arrives. Need to get some sort of routine together by the time he's 3 months as hubby will start working late and not getting home til 8 so will be down to me to put them both down x

 

[Hoping for no2]

My newborn is going down at around 9 at the moment and our 3 year old at 7/7.30. I’m going to try and pull back the baby’s bedtime to around 8 though over the next few weeks (she’s 6 weeks old) and our 3 year old can still then be put to bed first. If OH is out I’d need to take her into our son’s room while I do his bedtime and then settle her after. Could be interesting as she’s quite unsettled at that time ��

 

[KHTW]

I am really dreading this! My now 2.5 year old is not great at falling asleep by herself and I have to stay with her until she falls asleep which can sometimes last an hour! I have to tackle this problem before baby comes... no idea how but I have to!

OH works all day shifts mostly (chef) so I will be putting them both to sleep alone most of the nights.

 

[GBLiz]

my LO will be 18 months old when new baby comes along! bedtime i think will be ok because he is pretty good with bedtimes and settling . But his nap is a bit trickier because he ALWAYS wakes after 45 mins still tired and i hold him til he goes back to sleep and just lie with him a further 45 mins. if i dont make sure he gets that 1.5 hours it throws out his whole routine ! so juggling that with a newborn needing feeding on demand will be hard! I'm also dreading not being able to sleep when the baby sleeps to catch up on disrupted nights...oh and my LO wakes up at 5.30am :'(

 

[Glitter2707]

When my second daughter was born my eldest was 19 months and in a really good bedtime routine. Hubby works shifts so I often do bedtime by myself. When youngest was a newbie (up to about 10 weeks) I bathed my eldest and did her usual bedtime routine with baby on playmat, or in her carrier if she was screaming the place down and I was desperate! Then I gave my youngest a bath when her big sis was in bed, and she went up to bed with me around 10pm.
At 10 weeks I started the routine for both of them. I’d bathe them both together (had an angelcare bath seat for baby), get out baby and dress her on the mat in the bathroom whilst eldest was still in bath, then I’d sort my eldest out while youngest played with her toys on the floor. It worked well for us. My girls are now almost 4 and 2 and they both go to bed at 7.30pm. I am very lucky in that they both go down well and sleep til 8.30am unless I wake them up to take big one to nursery x

 

[Karenb]

I co sleep with 4 week old so I just take him into toddlers room to do bedtime routine. Luckily my daughter is fine with this and still goes down fine x

 

[Belfa]

I bath toddler (2.5yr) and baby (8wks) is at the same time, remove baby from bath and dress and leave her in toddlers room. Get toddler from bath and do teeth, dress etc and get him into bed and read story. If baby won

 

[BunnyN]

When I had to put toddler and newborn to bed myself I usually put baby to sleep first in the boba wrap and then settle the toddler. Otherwise baby was to likely to wake up and need settling at the wrong moment. You will soon work out what works for you.

 

[candymycandy]

Thanks ladies, some helpful answers here! Hoping it gets easier xx