Hi,
Our DS is only 2 weeks old & we tend to put him down to sleep in his moses basket downstairs with us in the evening & then take him upstairs when we go to bed. At what stage should you start taking them upstairs & putting them to bed on their own?
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As long as you have a good monitor and are comfortable leaving your LO upstairs alone, you can do it now. I used to put LO upstairs but then I used to potter around upstairs until bedtime. Sounds silly now but at the time, I didn't like to leave him alone xx
i started a bedtime routine at 2 weeks.
my ds is 9 weeks old now and i feel that he knows what to expect,
five mins quiet time in a darkened room,
then nice warm bath
then pj's and grow bag
then bottle.
he goes down into his moses basket which is in his cot in his nursery. this all happens around 7pm.
i know that most people dont have their little ones in their own room this early but we do and did with our daughter.
by the time he settles its usually around 8pm then im off to bed at 10pm so get a few hrs with my husband and daughter which is lovely.
im back to work shortly and a bedtime routine was a must for me as mil doing a few nights a week and didnt want to make life too difficult for her.
good luck
x;\)
Bath
Swaddle
Bedtime story in dim room
BF
Bed (for 7pm)
C
At the time we lived with mil and our bedroom was the (converted) garage which we shared with lo so we could hear him very easily even without a monitor. Ds slept with us until 16 months
Now we live in a normal 3 bed house I would probably put the lo upstairs in our room straight away, but with a monitor in case ds decided to wake up and try to play with the baby, eek xx