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12-12-2012 at 1:44 PM
Tweedledee...
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Bedtime routines

I was wondering what bedtime routine everyone is following. I am currently doing bath, pj's, bottle and bed. But I was just reading that giving a bottle to get baby to sleep is a negative sleep association and you shouldn't do it if you want baby to learn how to fall asleep on his own. My LO is usually asleep by the end of the bottle, i rock him a little then put him down with the paci. When he wakes up in th middle of the night he isnt able to go backto sleep on his own, i either have to feeed him of give him the paci.  So just curious what everyone does and how it's working for them. 
 
12-12-2012 at 1:47 PM
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I do the same as you basically. I wouldn't put her to bed 2 hrs after last bottle. Then she'd wake up earlier and be more disturbed. My daughter Is sleeping real well so I'm not fixing anything that isn't broke!

 
12-12-2012 at 2:15 PM
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When babies are that young, its hard to have them fall asleep that long after a bottle. You can start to space out the time between bottle and bed as your LO gets older. For now, just go with what works.

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12-12-2012 at 2:29 PM
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He's 3months. I was thinking of just switching it around and giving hi his bottle right before his bath then bed. So it would be 15-30 min tops before he goes to bed

 

 
12-12-2012 at 2:51 PM
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Here is what we have been doing since DS was about a month old.

Bath (every other night)

Diaper

Lotion

PJs

Bottle

Then if he is still wide away we read him a story.

We used to have to rock him, but now we can just put him down and he soothes himself to sleep.

My Pedi says right around 4 months is when babies start to develop habits (good and bad). Until DS is  alittle older we will give him a bottle right before bed. We try not to let him fall asleep on the bottle, I think that is what they are refereing to as bad behavior. He doesn't fall asleep on the bottle during the day (the only exception to this is if he has refused to nap for hours, but needs a bottle...I still try not to let him fall asleep ON the bottle when this is the case).


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12-12-2012 at 4:02 PM
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Don't listen to that. I still give my LO a bottle before bed and have since he was born. He sleeps great. Sometimes he falls asleep drinking and sometimes he doesn't so I lay him down anyway. Your baby is really young so do what you feel is best and what works NOW.

My LO woke up once for a MOTN feeding until he was 6 months old then he just stopped. When they are that young, they don't know how to soothe themselves back to sleep and actually NEED to eat so keep feeding :)


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12-12-2012 at 4:45 PM
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NSYoder26:

Here is what we have been doing since DS was about a month old.

Bath (every other night)

Diaper

Lotion

PJs

Bottle

We used to have to rock him, but now we can just put him down and he soothes himself to sleep.

this is exactly what we do. I will continue doing this until we don't have the night time bottle, which will be awhile. This bedtime routine works GREAT for us.  


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12-13-2012 at 1:25 PM
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We do a bath every other day then I turn all the lights off besides the kitchen stove light and the christmas tree. we put in holiday or soothing music. I give him his milk and he usually still awake so I hold him for about 5 - 10 minutes and then lay him in his crib with his paci and let him fall asleep on his own.

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12-13-2012 at 4:03 PM
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laraashleyt:
NSYoder26:

Here is what we have been doing since DS was about a month old.

Bath (every other night)

Diaper

Lotion

PJs

Bottle

We used to have to rock him, but now we can just put him down and he soothes himself to sleep.

this is exactly what we do. I will continue doing this until we don't have the night time bottle, which will be awhile. This bedtime routine works GREAT for us.  

This is us too. There's no way I could get my two to sleep if we're 90 minutes+ past a feeding. 


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