blank:
New routine was when the baby was born. I changed jobs, moved house and changed their school.

They wake up 6am. Take their baths, brush, eat breakfast and play. School bus is 7:45am. 10am, my baby has his first nap and 2nd by 2pm. Return from school by 4:00pm. Eat, homework and then lesson. This estate doesn't have that many kids their age so they usually play in the compound till 6:30pm. Baby would have completed his own routine which was eat, bath, brush and then back him whilst singing till he sleeps by 6:30pm.

The older kids eat, bathe, brush and then we watch 7pm news together. By 7:30pm, they go to bed but usually sleep by 8pm as we would gist a little and pray. Weekends are more lax as they do whatever they want until bedtime which is usually earlier.

Í have to add that I have a nanny and someone who cleans up. No tv during the school week except for 7pm news. My older son has now formed the habit of waiting up till my husband gets home regardless of the time. Still watching how that will turn out. No matter how late they slept the day before, their internal clock wakes them up by 6am. No sleeping in for me.

Onegai:
Thanks for inviting me Babythug , how's your garden doing?

AlphaHandMaiden:


In order of gini.... why am I as number 2! Abi are you counting from the bottom up?

babythug:


Accept your position gracefpully please

blank:
Chai. See energy. @Sayoberry, pele. Try to reduce their afternoon naps and let them play a lot before bedtime. A friend said she found that separating her twins at bedtime did the trick. The more quiet one would fall asleep easily so she only had 1 to deal with. When he didn't have an audience, he would eventually sleep off.

sayoberry:

My own twins sleep by 11pm thereabout everyday. The earliest is 10pm. While the older kids are asleep. They don't let me rest or sleep either and most times I put off all lights. I'm so exhausted With their energy. I can't explain. Let me show u what they do when I put them in their bed. This is tonight.

sayoberry:

My own twins sleep by 11pm thereabout everyday. The earliest is 10pm. While the older kids are asleep. They don't let me rest or sleep either and most times I put off all lights. I'm so exhausted With their energy. I can't explain. Let me show u what they do when I put them in their bed. This is tonight.

zaynie:




Where have you been hiding?
I missed you and your epistles o.....
How's business? And baby girl too?

AlphaHandMaiden:


We are doing good thanks. I am venturing into new and exciting things a lot to do. How I have also not killed someone or a whole string of people is by the grace of God.

mitchyy:
The number one thing i do is to wake up early. My alarm is set for 5am if we are meant to leave 8am.
If we are meant to leave 9am, my alarm is set for 5:30am.
While dh and baby are still in dreamland, I fix breakfast, make baby's food, pack his meals and our lunch, cus we come back late and can't afford to be eating out all the time.
I boil his bathing water and keep in the flask. By the time I'm almost done, they are both awake. Dh helps take off baby's clothes and prepare his bath. I bathe him, while dh bathes and dresses up.
By the time he is done, I go in to bathe while dh dresses baby up but doesn't wear him his clothes. That's the last thing we do before heading out cus he will end up soiling his clothes.
We all have breakfast, take a selfie and then head out.
I guess that's a summary of our Sunday morning routine. Lol

AlphaHandMaiden:



Ha ha !
I love how "take a selfie" is part of the routine.

amakadihot87:
Hi everyone,do i need any form of membership?

Ovems:
Thank God for this thread and the first topic which is sleep routines. My son will be 2 years old on Thursday. In order to establish a bedtime routine which ended up not working, then we were still nursing before bed, I had to get into bed with him. Now we have stopped breastfeeding but that pattern has remained. No matter how sleepy he is he won't get into bed on his own to Sleep. He would rather wait till I get into bed with him. Please how do I break this pattern?
Cc Zaynie, Blank, AlphaHandMaiden, etc.

babythug:
Typed an epistle and it got wiped off ..

Anyway we have found a a project for this topic (pun intended) title is getting the sayoberry twins to bed on time.


Do you watch channel 177 on Dstv?there's a show that deals with parenting and shares real life examples. Also google up Jo Frost she's the child whisperer of Britain she has many great videos they may be on you tube. I'll look for this and learn

8pm and the joke is on me

Do they take packed drinks caprisonne and the likes? Lollipops ? That may contribute to hypernmode from what I hear.

only in the mornings

Also what time are they up in the mornings? What exactly do they do in school? Is thete nap time in school and for how long?
they wake by 6am, elder siblings 5 or 5:30, I bath the twins and dress them while dozing myself (kidding or not ) they write "ingor wan, ingor too" (figure 1,2) in school

babythug:



Welcome on-board!

I can only suggest a gradual withdrawal ie if you lie in the bed with him switch to sitting on the bed and then sitting on the floor and next to a chair and then out of the room!!!

Good luck

Pettyperty:
Hello everyone. Mum of 5 here. No routine, no time table, one messed up mother. I haven't done my hair in 2 years. First child 8, 2nd 6, third and fourth 3 and last baby 1.(Hope I'm not ranting much)

I have no nanny, help. I used to try to be all perfect and all. Wake up cook, clean before office but I started looking like a mess. Hubby helps but it's not easy having toddlers mehn. most times when I have to travel due to work, my hubby takes care of the kids and all. I have tried to be organized a bit but my toddlers don't make it work. And the nature of my job is the kind my boss can say "start packing, traveling in a week"
I remember one time I was told to pack 7 hours before flight.

Working mums, may God bless our hustle

. hugs!
.will be back to comment properly soon!

AlphaHandMaiden:
Ovems, Babylove01

As I write this I am sat comfortably while my little boss madam snoozes off.

When we weaned off night breast feeding and carrying to sleep, I would have to lie with her on the bed ( double bed in the spare room _ Yes she has her own room oh complete with a cot bed and all...... story for another day.) But she used to take FOREVER to sleep . Sometime sef in the middle of cuddle to sleep. The next thing I hear is hubby's voice " are you sleeping too?"

So in other to get her to sleep quicker I started backing her........ And it worked like a charm........ she would be out in 5 mins. I get to chill with oga small, finish tidying up and have a bit more of a relaxed evening. Very nice.........

........... but as some little human was nearing 12kg and my back nearly come and break we had to change the routine back. I Kent die!

So now we are back to chilling beside her while she finally sleeps, before I sneak off and leave her.

What I try to do is to finish most of the evening chores in the kitchen at least before we retire to bed usually by 20:30 - 21:00. I let her run around well beforehand and usually no cartoons after 19:00. We have a bottle of warm milk, kiss everyone goodnight, do a wee in the toilet ( potty training thingz) go to bed, say prayers, read a book (she asks to do another wee trip ). Then I turn off the lights. ( then maybe another wee trip to the toilet to wee a microscopic 2.5ml of wee... )

On a good day we sleep within 20 mins. Some other days .... if you like off the moon join the light! Somepeople eye go still dey shine! - so on such days we have to do cuddle to sleep, plus singing. And she will even start giving you playlist sometimes. Sing....Twinkle star, .....abcb,.... baa baa baa sheep........
Like seriously!!!

Even when she sleeps I stay for another 30 or so mins and I usually use the "down time" to catchup on some emails, or do some computer work or crochet or just chill a Bit, gather my own self and thoughts as I have been on a buzz all day.

So whilst I still think children that you just carry and put in their beds are fictitious, this routine works for me for now. As she gets older maybe we will EVENTUALLY get to a stage where I can put out the lights and leave the room when she is still awake and my neighbours won't come and break the door asking who is putting pepper in someone's eye. Lol!

babylove01:
Zaynie, Blank, AlphaHandMaiden,

Good Evening
I have to back my small madam before she sleeps unless she's extremely tired. Although she's 16months now but I want to try and stop it but nothing seems to work. Please help oooooo