Is anyone else struggling with a routine? Solutions?

Question

I can't seem to get a good bedtime routine down. I try to be consistent but in the end he really only wants the bottle to sleep, and I really want to break that habit!
Any good routines would be super helpful, thanks!
Edited to add: also, if you're routine gets disrupted and baby is suddenly awake, do you start all over? In 10 min? an hour?

Answer

I almost always nurse and/or bottle fed my babies to sleep. I never saw anything wrong with it and it didn’t create issues or poor sleeping habits with my older two. Even when my other two were older they got a bottle before bed but never in their bed though. It’s has always been a part of their routine and still is only they get a cup of warm milk now. And if my baby wakes during the whole routine, I don’t restart it. I comfort him and lull him back to sleep. He tends to wake around 20-30 minutes after falling asleep, which is normal for their age.

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What a sleep consultant told us to do is feed baby before bed but not let it be the last thing on the bedtime routine. So for example, nurse/bottle then sit baby up and read him/her a book then bed. We’ve been doing this and it’s working great, it wakes her up just enough before going to bed so she can soothe herself to sleep. Hope that make sense!

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Since my son was 11 weeks old I have been doing this:
bottle, bath, diaper on, foot/leg baby massage, put on his jammies, then book. I used to do bottle last but he would sometimes have a meltdown during the bedtime routine bc he was waiting for his bottle every time. He had been a great sleeper every since. Usually 10-11 hours straight. No sleep regressions (Had a few blips about 2 weeks ago where he woke up around 3am or 4am but he popped 2 teeth a week later so I’m assuming it was only due to teething bc he went right back to his 10-11 hours)
I also make sure the room is quiet and dim lights. Also make sure the temp is good. I leave it at 72 but I believe “ideal” for baby is anywhere from 68-72 degrees (Fahrenheit).

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I sort of have the same question. I'm trying to break my little one from having to nurse to sleep but I don't get him sleepy unless he takes a boob or I rock him or pat his bum with a paci. I want him to learn to self soothe so I know sleep training is on the horizon. I try to give him a bedtime routine..first boob then bath every other day, bedtime book and hes never sleepy so I end up giving him the boob...he also wakes up every 2 hours for a boob. Sigh...sleep training here we come

Is anyone else struggling with a routine? Solutions?

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