How do you put your child to bed now?

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I am worried because our toddler is 19 months and we are just trying to wean her off the bottle at naptime and bedtime. 
When we eliminate these bottles do you just dim the light and put them in bed? Or do you rock them for a bit then put them in bed?
Usually we give her bottle while rocking her then put her in bed when she’s almost asleep.

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My daughter likes is to read two books and then snuggle for about 20-60 minutes to wind down. Then we put her in her crib while she’s just about ready to fall asleep. She then sleeps through the night...Unless, she’s sick. Then the game completely changes. Bedtime is ROUGH and unpredictable. She often ends up sleeping next to us for comfort or to be slightly propped up on a pillow. So I’d have 1/2 of the time bedtime is easy and 1/2 it’s tough. 
A friend of mine told me to put water in the nighttime bottle. Once we did she no longer wanted a nighttime bottle and that was that no fuss at all. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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My son goes to sleep by himself for both bedtime and naps. We cut his bottle out cold turkey one night about 2 weeks ago because he was wasting it (he only had it for bedtime anyway) We literally do our routine, say night blah blah, walk out and close the door. It didn’t create any issues at all. I think bed time stories are a great distraction

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I give her a warning bedtime is coming... then we go in the room me and her dad both kiss her goodnight.. we lay her in her crib surrounded by her fav stuffed animals and we both rub her head and blow her and kiss and she does to sleep. She uses a fan and a night light

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Bath at 6:30pm every night. Brush teeth, tells daddy goodnight, Jammies, story in the chair, then I ask her if she’s tired or sleepy. She points to her crib and I lay her down and she’s out in probably 5 mins. I have a sound machine on every night. No night light. 
All I give her after I brush her teeth is some water in her sippy cup. She doesn’t take it in her crib though. She has a lovie and her blanket...sometimes she takes the book to bed. That’s it. She sleeps 7pm to 7am. We’ve had that routine since she was 5.5 months.

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For both naps and bed I put my daughter in her sleeping bag, she has a raccoon toy that plays music. These two cues signal sleep time, I put her on her tummy with her drink bottle and toy and off she goes zzzzzz

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We read a few books and when he’s tired he says “binky” and we give him the pacifier and put him in his crib. Tuck him in and that’s it! Wish we didn’t have to use the pacifier anymore though...that is going to be a rough thing to cut out

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My son will have a sippy cup of some milk before bed. Then we brush his teeth and watch some tv until he gets sleepy. Then I’ll lay him in his crib awake.

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Our bedtime routine starts with my husband and I giving her a bath. After her bath, we play and sing with her a little. Then she usually has a snack. After her snack, we play some more. Then it's Story Time! I read a book and once I am done reading to her, my husband reads a book to her. After we are done reading to her, we say our prayers together. After our prayers, she uses the potty and then we put her in the bed. She basically goes to sleep on her own.👌🏾 Our daughter has been off the bottle since she was 10 months and even then she did not need it to fall asleep. I did nurse her to sleep sometimes, but she did not "need it" in order to fall asleep.
SN: Of course she uses the potty more than just once during this routine btw lol.

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I’m currently weaning my son as I am pregnant again & breastfeeding is only for comfort at this point really (he only does it at bedtime, & if he wakes up in the night. My supply is almost nothing)
We change into PJs & have last sips of water about 30-45 mins before bed, read a few books, & then I lay him in his bed with his music/nightlight on. I sit by his bed until he falls asleep (normally about 10-15 mins). We co-slept & breastfed fo sleep for the first 15 months so he’s still adjusting to falling asleep alone. But we’ve managed to transition to a toddler bed & no boob for the past 3 days! The first 2 days he cried a lot but now he doesn’t. 😊

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For naptime I do lullabies only but for bedtime I do allergy medicine, brush teeth, jammies, books, then lullabies until he falls asleep or 20 mins

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