Sleep Routines?

Hey everybody!
I know I would probably be slapped on the hand but every night at 830 pm I nurse Thane to sleep in my bed and then I TRY to put him in his playyard beside my bed. He sleeps in there sometimes for 2 hours sometimes for 4 hours - just depends, but he always winds up in the bed with me! I am perfectly comfy with the co sleeping and I LOVE to cuddle with him esp since i miss out during the day! My question is though, what is your sleep routine with your baby!? I used to nurse him and then put him in his playyard awake and he'd go out just fine, now that he's older that isnt happening. I would like to start a new routine since i probably won't be nursing much longer and need a different way to get him to bed. any ideas?

thanks!!!

Hey Ginny!! Since you've asked, thought I'd answer what Audrey and I go through at our sleep routine.

At 6:30pm I get Audrey in the bathtub, then we go on my bed and I put her in pj's and give her her bottle. Then after her bottle, I pick her up and she cuddles into my neck to her bedroom and I put her in her crib and she's out for the night until 5:30am.

good lord! that's awesome gutter!!! I don't mind it, but thane still wakes up off and on thru the night every night is different...but that's great that audrey sleeps so well - she's such a sweet little baby

Well,Tia is only 4 months so she is not settled yet obviously but her routine is pretty much the same. Mostdays she wakes up when I do,around 7-7:30 (sometimes later)Then I BF her in bed with me for a little whil,we get up and go downstairs and I put her in her chair.Around 9-9:30 am,she gets really hungry and sleepy,so I feed her again and she usally falls asleep on me for about half an hour,then throughout the days,we move from tummy,to bouncry chair,to swing,tummy and whatever she lets me do! LOL

Throughoutthe day,she usually only falls asleep while she nurses then she wakes as soon as I move.She never really naps for more than 30 mins,on theODD occasion she will sleep for an hour and a half,but its rare and I don't push her to take a nap.Then around 8-9m,she will cluster feed then fall asleep for the night,I dream feed her around midnight or 11pm dependin on when I go to bed,then she usually wakes once arund 4-5am for a feed then sleep until we wake for the day.I don't mind this arrangement,she currently sleeps either in bed with me o in her circulr bssinet,she is getting too big for it now though and I want to move her to her crib at 5 months.We'll see how it goes,she takes naps in there just fine,I think if you can get him used to nappin in his room by himself then he will have no worries sleeping alone.I know it's hard to let go.Once again it is harder to let go of them ,more for the mother than the baby.Thane would probably have no problem,it's more your problem right now that he sleeps with you.If it's not bothering anyone then it's fine but be prepared for the transition to be harder the longer you wait and one day you WILL want your bed back and it will be considered 'unhealhty' for him to sleep with you.I think it's up to the parets and within reason you'll make the moe whn your ready.I do know though how hard it is when it's so niceto cuddle.It's something youboth have to adjust to!I am not looking forward to putting Tia in her room at night.I love having her with me and waking up to her smile.The thign is,I will still get the smile,I will just have to walk a few feet more!

haha!! That's a funny way to put it Holi!!! I would have to walk A WHOLE bunch more feet to get to Thane if he was in his room...i think we need to re-think that whole thing...cuz he is on the other side of our house! I am just not ok with it and you are right, its def me more than him!!! :-D He LOVES his room, but only for play. if i left him in there to sleep he'd be like "Uh...WTF!?" Or no, i sure HOPE he wouldn't use such FOUL language but you know what i mean!! LOL He would be like "Mommy, what are you doing!?" I know that i will have to do that eventually, but i think it would be much easier this upcoming summer when Blaine is home again for a long time cuz they could be together! That wouldn't be so bad! If blaine was home all the time, i'd probably have just had them share a room. I may actually do that in the long run and take the master bedroom back!

Thanks everyone!