Hi IMs. I am interested to know the nightly routine you have going in your household. I have 2 little ones (4 mths and 3yo). I like my kids to be in a routine, but I find since having 2 in the mix, the dinner, bath, bottle, bed thing is much harder. I feel like husband and I spend from 5.30 - 8.00pm running around like crazy people trying to keep the wheels turning to make sure kids are put to sleep on time.
If you have children in a similar age bracket to mine - I would love to know what time they are bathed/fed/you cook dinner/adults eat/kids put to sleep. This is not a huge issue I know, but I would really love the feedback to see if I can manage a little better at this time of day. Thanks in advance!
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I have 3 kids 7,4, and 1. Our kids bed time is 7.30 my husband works nights and is usually in bed by 6pm. So I start dinner at 4.30 we are sitting down eating between 5 and 5.30. They then have 30 mins of play time before daddy goes to bed. Then I get all their pj's ready the 1 yr old gets a bath first, after his got his ph's on he gets a bottle of milk while the other two and organised for a bath. They are bathed put in pj's and usually it's 7 by this time and the baby if Iam lucky is asleep. The older kids know it's quiet time after dad goes to bed and they have a choice of watching some TV, playing a quiet game or reading a book till 7.30 when they get their water bottles and it's toilet and bed. Sometimes things happen and we end up running late and they don't get to bed till 8 but most nights it's 7.30 bed especially when school starts again. I find my biggest thing is to work out what's for dinner in the morning and make sure everything is ready to go that night.
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