Questions around bedtime

Georgina

Hey I was wondering if you all have a bedtime routine for you little ones? Do they go down at the same time each night? Do they stay with you until you go to bed yourself etc? My little one is 6 weeks old and I currently start his bedtime routine at 545pm each night. I put him down in our room for the night and I come down stairs etc so I can have my tea. He has feed at 5pm then bath 545 message dress more feed and then sleep for between 630 and 7 depending on how easy he goes down. I put him down asleep but I'm wondering if I should put him down awake which would make him cry.... He does however normally open his eyes when I put him down but he goes straight back to sleep... sorry for the long post but I'm conflicted I was hoping by having a strict routine would help for when he gets older however people keep saying I need to just put him down awake. I'm wondering how all you lovelies do it and if you have older children how did you do it with them and how have they transitioned as she got older?

Thank you in advance for your experiences

G :) xx