Bedtime routine

Does anyone have a bedtime routine for their little ones?
If so what time and what do you do with them? What time do you get up with them in the mornings to start the day? 🤔

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My daughter is four months around 7:20 I give her a bath around that time so by 8 o’clock, it’s her bedtime but she feeds every four hours. I just let her wake up naturally for her feed, but we’re up by eight in the morning to start our day

Been doing this routine since he was 3 months and he’s 5 in 2 weeks
He wakes up around 8/8:30 feed and play for 1/1:30 hours
Nap for about an hour and a half then feed and play again and his last nap which is around 4/5 he naps for an hour and I wake him I don’t wait for him to wake.
Then if it’s bath night feed him his second to last bottle then bath and a little play in the bath then bed sometimes he will go straight away but sometimes I have to rock him.
So I try and give him about 3 naps a day and he sleep through the night

My little girl goes up between 8 and 9, will sleep through till about 4am, have a bottle and then back to sleep till about 8.30 to 9

My 4 month old sleeps through the night she has a bath and bottle followed by cuddles and when she's sleepy we put her to bed normally anything between 8pm and 9pm and she then doesn't wake up till between 7am and 9am xx

Sleep 9-10 bottle 10.30 play till 12 sleep then wake up 8

We usually start the routine just after 6, but can be closer to 6.30pm, Depends when she finishes her last nap of the day. If it’s a bath night she has a bath, has her massage, feeds and then goes to sleep until around 6.30am. If it’s not a bath night, I just get her ready for bed, do a massage, feed and then pop her down and she sleeps the same xx

My 3 month old nearly 4 months go to bed at 7pm and wakes up for the day between 5:30am and 7am. She sleeps straight through the night. Her last nap of the day is no later than 4:30pm and I will wake her up at 5:15pm the latest. At 6:15pm she will either have a bath or a wash with a cloth. Then will be put her in to her pj's and up to bed for 6:45pm. Sometimes this does end up being earlier depending on what we have done for the day.
During the day she feeds every 3 hours and her wake windows are 1.5hours to 2 hours. Her naps each time varies between 30 minutes to 1 hour

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