Bedtime Routines???

Question

I’m just curious mamas, what are your bedtime routines for your LO’s??? My daughter is two months old and I always feel like I miss her window of sleepiness in the evening time and am left battling her over-tiredness. I’m so worried of letting her oversleep yet get ENOUGH sleep. She always fights her naps during the day, too. Any tips? Right now, I start her bedtime routine around six because it usually takes her about 1.5 to 2 hours to get her settled: read a book, outfit change, diaper change, feeding, rocked until sleepy...
UPDATE: we also have a white noise machine that we turn on while dimming lights when feeding her. I haven’t incorporated bath time because we’re still only bathing her three times a week to prevent over-drying her skin and she usually gets really alert afterwards anyways...

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Since he was 1.5 months we did baths at 8pm and he was in bed by 9pm sleeping about 10-12 hours lol.. he’s 2 now and still have the same routine

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When he was born, we would do “bath” time 1 hr after the feed. Wouldnt always wash him with soap, sometimes we would just get him wet and wipe him down. This was the routine:
5-10 mins bath, soap used every other day
Bundle in towel and dry thoroughly 
Lotion
Diaper and rash cream
Pjs
Brush whatever hair there is
Noise machine on
Lights off
Bottle
Rocking chair for 10 mins after bottle to get all burps out
The process lasts about 30-40 mins and he would always sleep longer stretches at night than during the day (3 hours at night v   1 hour during day)
We’ve adjusted as hes gotten older but we always time bath time 30 mins before bed time. Setting the routine is important so that he gets his sleepy cues and has helped a lot while hes been teething. Hes almost 10 months now and we still follow this routine

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Dont ask my idiot ass for advice I must sing "you are my sunshine" about 50 million times as I rock my daughter(61/2 months). Every night. Our routine is a shower at 6, story at 630, cuddling mom while eating a bottle and mom singing her favorite little lullaby a trillion times until she falls asleep then tucking her in. 😒😂😒 She then picks if its a long term pass out or a power sleep. Usually out by 720 at the latest. If she wakes up its at around 9 then out til 3-4 am for a diaper and a snack then back to bed. 😂😂😂😩😩 til 6am when the entire family had better rise and shine by decree of the princess who begins to scream/talk/sing to everyone at exactly 630 unless I can magic a bottle into her face hahaha. Sometimes I am not fast enough.

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My LO is 3 months. I have tired to keep somewhat of the same routine since day one. He is just transitioned over to the crib in his own room (yay big boy!) He usually takes a long a afternoon nap like from 4-6pm. Then we Eat, play, ect. My husband and I have dinner, then it's bath time, cuddles, last feeding, change into jammies, light swaddle, in bed while calling him, and I turn on his Kenny Loggins on a Bluetooth speaker (I have done that since day 1 too. So he knows that's bed time.) Then it's time for bed for us! We usually get him down around 10pm. He sleeps until 6-7am.

Bedtime Routines???

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