What do you do at night? When to start bedtime routine?

[emmie]

I am totally and utterly clueless as to what to do at night times with regards to putting Blake to bed.

At the moment he is sleeping in his mosses basket in the lounge until his midnight feed when we both go to bed and he sleeps in his crib next to my bed, but after speaking to my mum she said why dont i put him to bed in his crib earlier than that. I havent been as i was told by midwife that baby was to be with me until he was 6 months old and not sleeping in a room on his own, which he would be as i would be downstairs.

And also when do you start a routine with them?

What do you all do? Blake is 2 weeks and 4 days old tomorrow.

Cheers Emma xxxx

 

[LisaJ1986]

At his age a routine isn't really easy. I think i just left Angel with me til she was about 7-8 weeks-ish. But even then i struggled taking her upstairs as she'd be awake within 2 hours for a feed.
They kind of just fall into a routine. Once they start sleeping longer, use that time to put him upstairs.
I'm a worrier and would be running up and down the stairs every 5 minutes at his age!

 

[charlotte_]

i do exactly what you do. zach's downstairs with us until his 'last' feed, anywhere between 11-1, i try to do his last feed upstairs with the lights dimmed, no talking, etc. then put him in his moses basket at the end of the bed.

doesn't work though! he hates bedtime, haha.

 

[CH0C0H0LIC]

Not relevant

 

[ninjawomble]

Pffft Isla does what she likes

Shes in her chair downstairs, but the moment she nods off and I go to put her in her basket...she kicks off..and wants feeding even though shes JUST had a bottle

Shes feeding approx every two hours and taking nearly that time to drink it, so its difficult to settle her .

She feeds and plays till around 1am, then sleeps in her basket next to me, then wakes up around 4ish for feed, then again around 6.30

I try to stimulate her in day, light room, telly on...and at night lights off, nice and quiet..but she couldnt give a toss!

 

[CH0C0H0LIC]

Not relevant

 

[nori]

I know that feeling, James will sleep brilliantly in someones arms but put him in his crib, bouncy chair, fleecy on the floor and the eyes (and gob!) opens lol

I'm going to invent a cot/crib insert that feels like a pair of arms cuddling When i make my millions I'll treat ya all!

Sarah xxx

lol.. i will definately purchase one of them! well ollieis usually screaming from 6pm so i usually try to settle him upstairs with me (doesnt hardly work) he eventually settles then goes in his cotbed about 11(in our room) then wakes about 3 and then 7. not too bad compared to some.

Claire x

 

[linzi-x-]

At his age a routine isn't really easy. I think i just left Angel with me til she was about 7-8 weeks-ish. But even then i struggled taking her upstairs as she'd be awake within 2 hours for a feed.
They kind of just fall into a routine. Once they start sleeping longer, use that time to put him upstairs.
I'm a worrier and would be running up and down the stairs every 5 minutes at his age!

i totally agree i had planned to put lexi in a routine at around 8weeks, however xmas was near n i wanted her wih me lol, so after xmas when she was 12 weeks i started to put her in bed at 7pm and she must of been happy to be there because she fell asleep and since then she sleeps 7til7. before that noticed she fell asleep around 9pm every night by herself in her moses basket so i could of taken her to bed then if id have wanted.. she told me wen she wanted to go bed, it was just up to me to notice the signs thats all. i personally think you LO is a bit young for you to consider puttin into a bedtime routine but its your choice, good luck xxxxx

 

[xmcnickyx]

I've still got Molly downstairs with me till aroun midnight when I go to bed. Since she's still feeding every 4 hours, I don't really see much point in trying to make her have a bedtime as such cos, well, it's not bedtime!

She also has her mad few hours from 7 till 11 where she just won't settle unless she's being held so there is no point in even trying to put her upstairs on her own. I'd miss her anyway if I put her upstairs!

Don't worry about it too much for now, enjoy the time with him while he's so little.

 

[trixipaws]

millie was quite an easy newborn. i just let her nap in the moses basket whenever she wanted, just wherever i was (so during day and evening, in living room) and she came to bed with us at 12/1am.

at 3 months old she became grumpy in the evenings, ppl suggested to me to get her in a routine, so tried bath, milk, bed at 7pm.

dont this ever since

sometimes she goes later now maybe 8pm, and often now she has a bath earlier and then plays downstairs or watches hollyoaks with us before going to bed

 

[bobby1]

Our room is our bedroom and lounge, so not an ideal living situation. We make sure the lights are off by 8pm and generally try to get him in his basket around the same time. We don't have a strict routine, if he's not sleepy we'll get him back up but he's always there by 10. He just passes out by thrn the last teo nights he's slept through til 3, then 7

tbh, he kind of does what he likes and we'll take his lead in developing a routine. He just seems too young to have any concept of time...

 

[Snuggle]

I had Maddison in her moses basket downstairs for first 4 weeks then started to put her upstairs with monitors on. We moved her from our room into her own at around 8 or 9 weeks (put moses basket in cot) and she has slept from 7pm-7am ever since. Not a lot of people are comfortable with doing that though, I wasnt at first but was best thing we did

 

[Steelgoddess]

I wouldn't worry too much about routine atm as they sleep so much at this age. Enjoy it !

 

[lea m]

Lola stays with me downstairs till her last feed at 11pm-12am which I give her in our bedroom with the light out and then put her in her moses basket for bed! She then wakes up around 8.30-9.30 am!
Im gradually getting her last feed earlier but she fell into this routine herself (as all my children did)
She actually cries for her bed if i do it any other way! If I feed her downstairs say she will cry until I take her up and put her in bed!
I dont think you need to put them upstairs and try and get them in that routine at less than 3 weeks old! They will let you know when they are ready for going up earlier! (like Trix said!)

 

[emmie]

cheers peeps i am going to carry on doing what i am doing then, wow lea i wish blake would sleep like lola going from midnight to half 8 that would be brill, from what age was she doing that?

 

[lea m]

cheers peeps i am going to carry on doing what i am doing then, wow lea i wish blake would sleep like lola going from midnight to half 8 that would be brill, from what age was she doing that?

She first did that at 2.5 weeks! Very early! I was worried tbh lol! She didnt do it every night from then, most night she would go an average of 6-7 hours so still pretty good! She does it each night now and has from about 5 weeks! (except the few nights she started crying at 10pm and didnt stop till about 2am but that has thankfully passed now too )
Shes actually gone 12 hours! but I dont like that yet heehee I think she must be starving lol

 

[charlotte_]

the first time zach did five hours in a row i woke up before him to give him a poke!