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Bedtime Routine Advice!
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Hi all,
Looking for some advice on best way of getting my LO into a bedtime routine! Eve is 6 weeks old and I'm trying to get her into a loose routine!
All week I've been bathing her at 5.45pm, massaging her and getting her dressed to bed, I then feed her in our room which I'm making sure is dark and quiet! All this is fine but as soon as I try putting her in her cot she screams and screams! I've tried everything I can think of but she won't settle! As soon as we give in and bring her down stairs she settles and then falls asleep!
Where am I going wrong?
Becky
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Looking for some advice on best way of getting my LO into a bedtime routine! Eve is 6 weeks old and I'm trying to get her into a loose routine!
All week I've been bathing her at 5.45pm, massaging her and getting her dressed to bed, I then feed her in our room which I'm making sure is dark and quiet! All this is fine but as soon as I try putting her in her cot she screams and screams! I've tried everything I can think of but she won't settle! As soon as we give in and bring her down stairs she settles and then falls asleep!
Where am I going wrong?
Becky
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I personally wouldnt worry about a bedtime routine at this age. Its still really early. I know my lo liked being downstairs in his basket with us until he had had his last feed at 11pm. I think at about 4months youll have a better chance.
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ps did you get the Naming Day copy? x
It sounds like what you're doing is bang on - it may simply be that your LO feels safe and secure when with you, and so will settle, but once alone in her cot she may feel a bit vulnerable.
Our routine is very similar to yours, thankfully though after 3nights Fin mostly just wimpers and moans and groans a bit when put down and has only cried a little. I'm happy to leave him to it when he's just wimpering on, but when it sounds like it might escalate into a proper cry I go through and stroke his cheek and shush him. This lets him know I'm still around. it's taken him 30-45mins to drift off to sleep, though he is quiet for a lot of it just shuffling about and looking around. It may also take your LO quite some time to actually fall asleep.
Have you tried staying by the cot side for a while and shushing her? You could perhaps wear a t-shirt overnight to get your scent right on it, and then put this by her side in the cot so she can smell your familiar scent and this might put her at ease? Some kind of night light or mobile might also help and give her something to focus on and distract her from the fact that she's been put down.
Not the best of suggestions sorry but just wanted to say sounds like you're doing a grand job!
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We do bath at 5:50PM, then bottle at about 6:10, and then we cuddle until 6:55, and then she's put in her cot and I read her a story in a very quiet and soft voice, and then by then she's usually so calm that she doesn't even cry even if she's awake.
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Perhaps you could try staying with Evie until she has gone to sleep, and then leave the room. I did that with Sophie originally but there is no need to now.
He is now just over 5 months and goes down awake in his cot and goes to sleep within 5 minutes.
I think you just have to keep on with it and over time she'll feel comfortable going upstairs on her own xx