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Baby-poll poll For those of you that don`t rock your child to sleep and they are wide awake when you put them to bed, what do you do to prepare them? I usually give a bottle but it is time to wean. What should I do instead?
(Baby poll by tto, 968 days ago)


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Comments: 14

Carmensmomma (966.6 days ago)
when i was weaning my daughter the doc told me to replace the bed time bottle with a bed time snack... he suggested some cheese becuz its good for your teeth... i guess it makes u salivate and ur saliva cleans ur teeth. neat lil fact.

rosye13 (966.8 days ago)
We do bathtime, pjs, bottle, bed. You can always substitute a sippy cup of warm milk for the bottle.

jacobb-n-jordans-mommy (966.9 days ago)
My little one still likes being swaddled so I swaddle him and then put the binkie in and within minutes hes out like a light.

monkeymamma (967 days ago)
Bath, stories while he drinks a sippy of milk, hug & kiss, lay him in bed, turn on music, turn out lamp, and walk out of room

RobinG (967.1 days ago)
We give a sippy cup, I`m not one that believes a child cant have a drink in bed ~ my older two did and my nephews and all are fine. Hunter had a bottle PT til 18 months. It isnt a concern til about that age IMO. Any routine will def be helpful :)

MaryJanowiecki (967.2 days ago)
Bath, warm milk and pacifier, usually 3 books I let him turn the pages, then I turn the lights off turn his music on cuddle for a couple minutes and put him in bed he usually doesn`t make a sound after that. My son is 15 months.

KR (967.3 days ago)
Ive never ever rocked eith of my babies to bed =/ I did for a couple weeks when my son would wake up in the middle of the night at 5 months when he was teething but that was it. i give my son a sippy cup of water to take to bed and he falls asleep on his own. ive been doing that since he was able to hold the bottle on his own. i just started to give water at 14 months before that it was milk. My 5 month old gets a bottle and then i lay her down. If she isnt asleep after her bottle i still put her in her bed and she will fall asleep on her own

megandgrace (967.5 days ago)
I still give a bottle of whole milk before bed but we did get rid of the one before her nap. We each lunch then cuddle, either on the couch or in my bed for a little (time varies) then i lay her down, kiss her lovey bear sweet dreams then kiss her. Most of the time it works.

angie2008 (967.5 days ago)
i say bath and story, as long as it`s a routine at the same time everynight your lo will adjust fine.

lemonysickness (967.5 days ago)
bath, mommy/daddy time, bottle, hugs/kisses, bed.

kottonkurlz (967.5 days ago)
A routine...doesn`t matter what it is. We do dinner, bath, story (or hair), a hug and a round of goodnight to the entire house.

snlt4hm (967.5 days ago)
Pj`s and a bedtime story of course!

nmck (967.5 days ago)
bath, story, prayers?

MummyLJ (967.5 days ago)
Bath, story and a song- still works for my 5 year old



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