When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

DS will be 8 weeks this week and we've been pretty lax with any sort of routine. Right now he will fall asleep for the night around midnight and will wake at 4 and 6.

What is your bedtime routine, what time do you put your DC to bed for the night, and at what age did you start your routine?

TIA! I need hlep!

Re: When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

I started at about 8 weeks, since I knew I had to go back to work at 12 weeks.

We always started it at about 7pm. We do a bath every other day, light massage with baby lotion, book, bottle and then bed by 8pm.

At 8 weeks she pretty much slept through until 5am. We went through some spurts when she needed a bottle during the night, but she'd eat and go right back down.

Good luck! It's great having a routine. She's still doing it today without fail and she's 11months

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Thanks!

Anyone else?

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Re: When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

DD is 3 months and we just started setting a routine for her at night. She doesn't seem to do well with early feedings/being put down early so we begin her bath followed by massage and storytime between 6:30 - 7 every other night and hopefully to sleep around 8'ish. For nights without the bath I still do storytime.

When I tried to do anything earlier she was waking up for playtime around 10 or 11 pm. Thankfully that stopped!

Re: When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

We always sotra had a routine, but we really started trying to get structured at 8 weeks since I was going back to work at 10. We always did baths int he evening and tried for a book or listening to some music just to wind down. And we tried to always put him down at the same time every night. Good luck!

Re: When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

At about 3 months we started having a sort of routine. She would go to bed around 10 - 10:30, sleep till about 6 or 7 and wake for one bottle. Not long after she was sleeping from 8-7 waking for 1 bottle and then by about 6 months or so she slept straight through.

Re: When did you get your DC on a bedtime/sleeping schedule?

I tried to start early but it didn't seem to go over well at about 7 months DS just kicked right into routine especially after we started the cry it out for bed time-that lasted about 4 days (so sad I cried too but it worked like a charm wish I tried it earlier maybe that is what I needed to do all along?) then he just started to put himself to sleep right after a bottle and story we put him in the crib and off he went when he got cozy-sometimes he plays for a bit but he falls asleep pretty painlessly now and on a schedule!