tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post5935701022025067377..comments2023-04-12T05:27:15.177-07:00Comments on DomesticallyBlissed: Early to bedGypsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507297241750333316noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-34019704061014474352008-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:002008-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:00I honestly didn't have much luck either with setti...I honestly didn't have much luck either with setting bedtimes for young infants. Somewhere between 9-12 months a bath/story/bed routine seemed to fall into place. Of course, the arrival of #2 threw everything out of order. My biggest challenge these days is getting the two of them to settle down in the presence of each other. With two boys ages 3 and 18 months, they seem to feed off each other. My husband and I take turns doing the story/bed routine with each child. We alternate kiddies. At these ages, we've found most success in keeping the kids separate. Of course, when my husband is away, bedtime is a bit of a disaster! I wonder if this will get better as they age....anybody have any thoughts/experience?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for another great post!Madame Melvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014342177820042162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-21542642916252167912008-05-22T11:15:00.000-07:002008-05-22T11:15:00.000-07:00We have had a lot of struggle over bedtime. We've ...We have had a lot of struggle over bedtime. We've kept pretty firmly to a bedtime between 7:30-8 pm. Earlier than the recommended 7 pm, but it's what works for us.<BR/><BR/>However we've not had very good success with bedtime routines. We've tried reading/telling stories, dim lights, singing lullabies...and they still don't really settle down very well.<BR/><BR/>Part of the problem is that I think my kids are growing/grown out of the need for naps, so that when they go to daycare and have naps, they don't feel sleepy enough at bedtime. That will change later this summer, thankfully.<BR/><BR/>I also think that at 4 and 5 1/2, my kids are moving past the "lulled to sleep" stage and are more in the "do it themselves" stage. I think we're going to have to start doing something like what Dawn described, which is what we've started at quiet time (no more naptime!) on weekends.Henitsirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430635582414038738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-49086121985657498302008-05-22T02:17:00.000-07:002008-05-22T02:17:00.000-07:00Just to give you hope-- For Hels (12) I give her a...Just to give you hope-- For Hels (12) I give her a kiss at 8:15 and at 8:45 start telling her to "finish her last page" so she'll turn out her light at 9:00. That's it :)<BR/><BR/>For Lou (9) we have a double bed for her. I climb in, read a chapter of whatever book we're reading, give her <BR/>"Four Corners" and either pass out with her (at which point Hels then reads all night) or say goodnight and leave. Here's the link to "Four Corners." Even Hels still wants it occasionally: ttps://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6002324729475292127&postID=5935701022025067377Maymomvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08660028340050789552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6002324729475292127.post-34427477046496035302008-05-21T22:09:00.000-07:002008-05-21T22:09:00.000-07:00Oh my...that driving around with the baby Mozart C...Oh my...that driving around with the baby Mozart C.D. brought back memories. That was exactly what we used to do with my daughter who's now nine! She's a great sleepernow and it's our son we have a harder time with. He has every excuse in the book on why he can't go to sleep at night...we've finally made peace with just giving him a basket of books, a soft light, and letting him look at books in bed until he falls asleep.dawn klingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068232686648964979noreply@blogger.com