Ahh the bedroom routine...otherwise known as the song + dance leading up to happy hour(s) for most of us! Bedtime with two kids is no joke...and we still do it in two phases. Wyatt goes down between 7-7:30pm, which for the record, is about an hour earlier than we ever put Ethan down. Ethan goes to bed between 8-8:30pm, so it is about a two hour routine every night!
After dinner, we usually try to give the boys a bath...though, lately, Ethan prefers to shower with us.
It's kind of hard to see here, but both our boys have suffered from bouts of eczema that flares up at bath time. We try to give a bath every other night--but you know how it goes with boys! More on our solution below.
After bath time, I get Wyatt dressed in his jammies and then we have some quiet time in his room...
Soft, cozy pajamas are super important and we were recently introduced to
Softsie, an amazing brand of pajamas that is incredibly soft and they're infused with aloe, jojoba oil and vitamin E to soothe baby's skin. This has been a life savor for Wyatt...his eczema has definitely cleared up since he started wearing these. Definitely check them out if your baby has had similar issues, or you are just on the hunt for cozy PJs. There are two patterns,
the mint and black + white pendant...adorable!
Wyatt loves to read before bedtime {normally it's me reading to him!}. He loves all the touch and feel books...his favorite is
Pat the Bunny.
Afterwards, he'll drink a bottle and then we brush his teeth...
And then right as we're about to go down for bed...
He'll usually want to rough house with his brother and dad...typical!
A couple additional tips for bedtime...
Even though it's quite the song and dance to get him to bed, we are really lucky that he sleeps through the night and typically wakes up after 7am. Can't complain about that!
What are your tips and tricks for getting baby to sleep at night?
xo natasha
