Bed time

Hi both my kids are in bed by 6.30-7pm, they are just over it by then and ready to go down for the night. I like my evenings as well.

I try to give dinner at 4.30-5, then into the bath around 5.30 then getting into pjs by 6.15-6.30pm. When Spencer use to have milk he would have that around 6ish and with Kyle I try to feed him as close to 7 as possible, depends how his afternoon nap has gone.

She doesn't seem to be eating that much, no breakfast and only a biscuit/yoghurt at lunch. You could try swapping to food before bottle as that is recommended at 8-9 months. I always kept milk first at brekkie though as Spencer always woke thirsty and i would just wait 30 mins before offering breakfast unless he asked for it sooner.

From what I remember this was Spencer's rough routine.

7am bottle
7.30am breakfast
8.30am bed
10am bottle
12pm lunch
1pm bottle
1.30pm bed
3.30-4pm bottle
4.30-5pm dinner
5.30pm Bath
6pm bottle
7pm bed

Hope that helps.

I swapped my wee girl who is also just over 9 months to food first about a month ago. Now this is roughly how her day goes.
7.30 breakfast
morning tea - milk
11 snack before bed
1.30ish lunch
afternoon tea - milk
5.30 dinner
6.30 milk then bed

So food and milk is quite separate. She has no more than 600ml milk a day. Maybe if you gave breakfast first she may eat more.

She really doesnt eat much!!

Leahs routine is:

6.30-7am bottle
7.15-7.30am bed
8.30-9.30 up breakfast baby cereal and toast
11am bottle then nap
1pm lunch sandwich, fruit and cheese
3pm bottle smal nap
3.45-4pm snack fruit or biscuit
4.30-5pm Dinner veges/ meat or both
5.30pm bath
5.50pm bottle
6-6.15pm bed.

And if she doesnt eat much during the day she wil wake during the night.

Both my two are in bed by 6.30pm and usually up at 7.30am. We have had the same routine for months now.

07.30 bottle/breakfast
11.30 lunch
12.30 nap
1430 up
1630 dinner
1700 bath
1800 bottle, change, story, teeth brushed
1830 bed

Maybe change dinner time to 4.30?

830pm does seem late.

My dd is 7mnths old and BF but this is our routine.

7am- BF
8am- Small Nap
9am- Breakfast/BF
11am- Small Nap
1130am- BF
12pm- Lunch/BF
1.30pm- Sleep
3pm- BF/Play
430- BF
5pm- Dinner
530- Bath
6pm- BF & Bed

Seems like alot of BF's but each one is 5 min max lol

Hi
OUr dd has always been a a later bedtime girl, She never used to eat much either and has been sleeping through since about 9 mnths
Our Routine

6.30 breakfast
7.30-8 back to bed
9.30-10 up snack play
12-12.30 lunch
1.30 short nap
2.30 up snack milk
5-5.30 dinner
6.30-7 bath
7.30 story teeth cuddles b/f
8.00 bedtime

She still has two naps a day and seems to need them

If what are doing works for you hun stick with it

Thanks for your replies. We are working on having her off to bed around 7.30pm now. We keep working with her eating too - she is very stubborn and once shes had enough that's it. Two hours into her sleep shes awake crying wish we could get her settled for a good nights sleep!

Thats what we used to do. We kept pulling forward bedtime by half an hour each week until bedtime got to 6.30. I think most people make bedtime around 7pm we make it 6.30 simply because we are usua;;y well and truely over it by then lol

my girl is a bit older 20 months

typcial day goes something like this

7:30-8am wake up get dressed breakfast

10ish some morning tea sometimes we will be out in the morning for something

11:30-12ish lunch

12-12:30pm down for a sleep (I leave her in her cot till about 2pm unless she is screaming which isnt that often)

3pm I will give her some afternoon tea.

5:30pm dinner

6pm shower

6:30pm brush teeth and into bed with a story.

we have always kept a reasonable firm but also flexible bedtime routine I just kept moving the time forward when she was younger her bedtime was 9pm and over a few weeks slowly went forward to 6:30pm. but it has always been the same...ie dinner bath/shower (breastfeed when I was) story then bed.