18- 19- 20 month olds bedtime routine?

Any moms of 18-19-20 month olds, can you please share your bedtime routine with me.

If they still get a bottle of cup of milk before bed, where do you give it to them? As they are sitting down? In their crib?

What is your routine like and how do they go to sleep? TIA

Re: 18- 19- 20 month olds bedtime routine?

We had the same routine forever... after dinner we go upstairs and she runs around/plays for a while...bath and pj's, book and then bed... Right around 18 months she stopped taking milk before bed...

She is usually asleep within minutes of being put in her crib...

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my boys were all great sleepers as babies.
Luciano is put down, with binky and blanket. and that's it.
I got them used to that from day one.

never had to CIO, Im sure they whined or cried a few times. but got used to it quickly.

as toddlers, the others have slept in our bed, my oldest for a while, but we didnt mind it at the time. but when it was too much, we made the change.

Re: 18- 19- 20 month olds bedtime routine?

Re: 18- 19- 20 month olds bedtime routine?

I asked about milk because I thought maybe some gave milk to them with their dinner. Megan wont drink milk like that, so she gets it before bed.

I am also curious..how do you put them down for a nap?

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Re: 18- 19- 20 month olds bedtime routine?

DD gets milk and cookies, bath, brush her teeth then a story, then bed. We have a lullaby CD we play when I put her down for bedtime/nap.

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I bring Ella upstairs with a cup of milk. We sit in her glider and read a story (or 2 or 3) while she drinks, then I'll turn out the light, and put her in her crib with her blankie.

She's never taken milk/bottle into her crib.

For naps, I just bring her up to her crib and lay her down - no real routine.

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Hayden never had a bottle before bed, i used to nurse him to sleep when he was younger, but now we brush his teeth, read a few books and put him down.

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Lauren is 21 months. It's not really fair but she is so good going down to bed and nap. She literally runs to get her little stuffed rabbit and blanket. We usually do a bath, get PJ's on, sit in the rocker and I let her pick out three books, and we read them. Sometimes she sits and listens, other times, she's running around the room. After the books, we put the room lights on the dimmer, put her in her crib, say our good nights, and leave. She doesn't have anything to drink or eat at bedtime, she just goes in.