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Title: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: Carmela's Mom on March 24, 2006, 17:51:46 pm

and how old is your toddler? 

Is it the same from when they were younger or has it changed?

Title: Re: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: rach on March 24, 2006, 21:18:39 pm

Charlotte is just 2 years, 4 months old.  Our nap time routine is non existant - she's recently over the last few weeks dropped her nap completely (although I not convinced that she doesn't need it - she's cranky and really sleepy at teatime).

Her usual night time routine (on a typical week day when I've been at work).  We get home at about 6 pm.  Tea by 6.30 pm, play and then a bath.  Milk and story.  We aim to be in bed by 8 pm at the latest, but it doesn't always happen.

Rachel xx

Title: Re: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: woopster on March 24, 2006, 21:26:18 pm

Lydia and Sam are 9 months old.  Night-time is bath, bottle then bed. Day time is nappy change then bed.

Harry is 2.5, he has bath, play downstairs while L&S are being fed, then story in bed.  Hasn't slept during the day since he was about a year old.  ::)

Title: Re: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: velvet on March 28, 2006, 03:32:59 am

My ds is 14 months old.  Bedtime routine and Naptime routine are same.  Basically, we read a story, dance slowly to 2 songs(ranging from llubies, to U2 to country to Norah Jones to Baby Einstein!), walk around the house (a small pathway) about 3-4 times (him in my arms) and then I say "Mommy's going to put you down to bed now".  We go in his room, I put him in his crib, give him teddy and tell him I'll check on him later.  Then I go in later when he's sleeping to cover him as teddy is on the floor and the blanket is somewhere far away from him!

Title: Re: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: deenz on March 28, 2006, 09:34:33 am

Dd1 is nearly 26m old - naptime routine is just potty, putting on a nappy, shutting the blinds, kiss and cuddle.

Bedtime is bath (incl teeth), potty, pjs and nappy, 3 stories, kiss and cuddle.

For naps she used to have a story as well.

For bedtime she used to have a massage after bath (stopped before 1yr) and bf (gradually moved out of bedtime routine to straight after dinner to not-at-all).

Title: Re: What are your nap time and bedtime routines?
Post by: Sarah² on March 29, 2006, 00:56:14 am

For almost the last year for Henry who is 26 months old . . .

Nap - clean diaper, into sleeping bag, rock in rocking chair for Rock-A-Bye Baby and Twinkle Twinkle, into bed, fan on, I leave

Bed - brush teeth, bath, clean diaper, lotion, pj's, into sleeping bag, two stories with Daddy, rock in rocking chair for Turaluralura X3, discuss good things of the day, short prayer, into bed, fan on, I leave. Sometimes we skip the bath and lotion but the remainder stays the same.