After 5pm Routine for Infant?

Question

After spending every waking moment with my 7 month old, it's hard not to hand her off to her Dad as soon as 5pm hits, but I'm struggling to have a cohesive evening routine for us.
 
What do you all do after 5pm with your kids?

Answer

Girl same 🤦‍♀️ I’ve been working on establishing a more consistent routine that goes something like this: 
6:30-7 Dinner, we do homemade purées and he eats when we eat
7-7:30 Read, listen to music, play a little, start the bath
7:30-8 Give bath and then let air dry as much as possible. If it’s not a bath day I spend some time getting him to relax before giving a little massage
8-8:30 Sing to him, rock him till he’s sleepy, then nurse him till he’s asleep then put down to bed. We co sleep right now so I’ll either usually just put him in the bed and crawl in next to him and read something on my kindle app or try to put him in his crib and then relax until he inevitably wakes up for cuddles and a midnight nursing session lol
LO has naturally set his routine for us, he takes his last nap around 4:30-5 and then is ready for bed by 8:30 no matter what I do

Answer

We have a 3 year old and a 3 month old. Dinner is between 5 and 6 o’clock. Both girls go to bed by 7:30 so we relax as a family until probably 7ish and then we ask any last minute cleaning, change everyone into jammies’, read books, brush hair and teeth, fed the baby her last bottle, prep the bedrooms, etc. My husband puts our oldest to sleep and I do the youngest. If it’s bath night then we do that rather than the family time.

Answer

Since my 9 month olds bedtime is at 7:30 , we do dinner at about 5:30, evening walk at 6:30, bath at 7:00, then bed 7:30. Evening walks are good, if you live in a safe neighborhood! Or you could even do an evening drive just to get out of the house.

After 5pm Routine for Infant?

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