jessesgirl
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Infant/toddler Bedtime
Posted: 06-03-07 15:31pm
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I was curious to see what time your little
ones go to bed. I'm reading the no cry
sleep solution for the 2nd time. This
time I'm determined to follow the
guidelines and log her naps and night
wakings. I think she may be going to bed
too late. Night before last she was in
bed for 8:30 and she sleep really well,
last night we had dinner at my parents
then Jesse wanted to play with her. Well
she was a monkey utnil 10:30. She was
soooo crazy, crawling and trying to walk
and yelling. She couldn't calm down to go
to sleep. Well she didn't sleep good at
all last night, waking up every hour or
two. She's been clingy and cranky after
her last nap. i'm starting to think she's
napping too late (5-6:30) and really wants
to go to bed instead. I'll keep an eye on
her and try to put her to bed around 7
tonight. I'm also going to add things to
our bedtime routine to help her calm down.
She's soooo active!!! Sorry so long,
just trying to explain why I want to know
about your kiddies.
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Bridget
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Posted: 06-03-07 15:44pm
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finn goes to bed at 7:30 every night. he
has himself on a very rigid schedule.
this is our evening routine:
5:30- nick and i eat dinner and finn sits
with us and has snacks
6:00- finn gets his dinner
6:15- he plays for a bit
6:45- bath
7:00- story and bottle
7:30- right to bed and he sleeps until
7:30-8am
depending on if he has one of those cookie
things, the bath and playtime might be
reversed. his internal clock is very
precise though, even if we switch up the
routine a bit he always knows when it's
bedtime.
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jessesgirl
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Posted: 06-03-07 16:10pm
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Do you do the book/bottle in a dim lit
room? I can't believe I never realized
before that she really wants to go to bed
early. Every time she takes a nap pass 5,
she's very cranky and clingy and is
aggitated until she goes back to sleep.
If Jesse comes home and gets her going,
it's a nightmare. She just woke up at
4:06, I'll feed her at 5:45, let her play
with daddy, bath, book, bottle, and then
to bed by 7:00 and see how that goes
tonight.
Can you come spend a week with me and work
your magic on Ava? I hope I get a Finn
next time. lol
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Becky
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Posted: 06-03-07 16:17pm
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both my two go to bed at 8pm on the dot
every night. they don't wake during the
night anymore though and get up around 7am
every morning.
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Posted: 06-03-07 16:19pm
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do they have a bedtime routine?
how old are they again?
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Posted: 06-03-07 17:06pm
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lol, i have no magic to work. finn has
made his bedtime since he was about 4
weeks old, he'd go a few weeks at one time
and then move it back, go a few weeks,
move it back, and so on and here we are at
7:30.
we don't do the book and bottle in a dim
lit room, we're in the living room and
nick does the finn stuff and i watch tv.
sometimes nick tries to snuggle him after
his bottle but finn won't have it and i
make him put him to bed. he puts him in
his crib and finn puts his head right down
and goes to sleep. i seriously couldn't
have it any better.
he doesn't really have a nap routine, but
he usually takes a nice 1 1/2-2 hour
morning nap and a good 2-2 1/2 hour nap in
the afternoon.
ava doesn't seem all that high maintenance
but maybe next time you will get a finn!
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Posted: 06-03-07 17:12pm
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Having 2 older kids can make it very tight
at night.
My boys get home 4pm, i start dinner
almost right away while .Brian gets his
homework done. We eat between 5-5:30 then
.jersey eats right after that. I have a
half an hour to talk to my boys about how
their day went. 6:30pm is bath time for
.jordan, out by 7. He has his snack and
then bed. Jersey is next... gets fed then
bed. Brian stays up to about 8:30-9pm and
when i know .jordan is definitely
sleeping, he goes to sleep.
Then until .Brian gets home, i clean 
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Posted: 06-03-07 20:11pm
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| jessesgirl
wrote: | | How does Jersey
sleep? |
I put her to bed between 7:15-7:30pm, and
i wake her at 8:15am. If i don't wake her
she'll sleep all morning.
so, at least 12-13 hours a night 
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Posted: 06-03-07 20:56pm
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 you're so lucky!
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Posted: 06-03-07 21:36pm
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| jessesgirl
wrote: | | you're so
lucky! |
I definitely feel that way 
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Posted: 06-04-07 06:56am
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joseph goes to bed at 8pm everynight
sometimes 7:30 if hes being cranky and
mean. he takes a nap around 12-1 sometimes
sleeps for 3 hrs, jordynne takes a short
nap in the morning, then a longer one in
the afternoon. she has a bottle around 4pm
then i cook dinner around 5 while she
plays on the floor with her toys then we
eat , play alil then bath. she usually has
another bottle around 7-8, most nights
goes to bed at around 8ish unless she naps
later in the day then shes up near 9. So
id def try not to let em nap late, i
usually go and wake em up if they sleep
for a while and its after 4 so they will
sleep at night. sometimes they need that
lil bit of sleep but will sleep for hours
i fyou let em. so if shes cranky let her
nap but for alittle while then wake her up
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Posted: 06-04-07 08:10am
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I think you put her to bed too late
because at that point shes over tired and
restless. Christian gets that way in the
afternoon after playing for a while he
gets so cranky ...he sleeps between 7-8pm
until 6-7 am. takes about 3 naps of 40 min
during the day.
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Posted: 06-04-07 15:17pm
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| jessesgirl
wrote: | do they have a bedtime
routine?
how old are they
again? |
i bath my two on a morning as they always
smell yukky as they sweat alot on a night
 so they don't
really have a routine. i set them down
with a beaker of milk and water and they
will sup on that then fall asleep.
i answered on your other post about how
layla used to wake up every hour til she
was 1. i know how you feel sweetie
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