What bedtime routine do you have for your children?

When my daughter, who is now 8 years old was a baby, I used to sit in her room in a rocking chair and play James Taylors "Sweet Baby James". It worked almost every single time to put her out, even if she was a little fussy. As she got old enough to get into books which was pretty young I read at least 2 stories to her each night before bed. She had to have that everynight before bed. Even though she can read on her own now, every once in a while she still asks me to read something to her. Even if it's a longer book that she's working on she likes me to read to her for a while sometimes.

My children are also 5 & 3. They take their bath. They get their room all cleaned up. I read them a story and then tuck them in. Lights out. Pretty simple. Though it took some time to get it down to an easy thing. It used to be crys all night for the light on, drinks, bathroom, boogey man, etc.

when my kids were to small to hold a book i read to them sang to them and rocked them. it all went off how they were acting. once they got old enough to hold a book they held it and we made up stories to go with the pics in it. then when they could read they would read to me. then when tehy got older like they are now this is what we do. 730 is bath times then it is whatever time till 830 then it is go to your room and read and relax till 9 or 930 then it is lights out. my kids are 9 and 12 now and they like the habbit and never complain. my kids love to read.

My daughter is 6 and is becoming very independent. We have a bedtime routine, but there are some nights that I am looking for her and she has already tucked herself in bed:( This is very sad to me! I am not ready to have her grow up yet. Our routine is shower~now that she is 6 she would rather shower than bath., snack, brush teeth, read 1 book, lay in bed and get tucked in, watch one tv show (yes, i am a bad mom, i let her have a tv in her room), then i come in, make sure she has a cup of water, tuck her in again and sing I See The Moon.

My daughter has a bit of a a routine but it's pretty basic. She has her bottle on her sofa bed & watches what's on TV & then she goes in her cot & is asleep instantly! When she's a little older i'll get her in to something different like stories & such. I have tried reading to her but she either falls asleep or wanders off coz she's not really interested unless she can pull the book apart! Things will change when she's a bit older & can understand a little better but maybe i'll try the singing to her one of these days, we'll see how that goes!

We have a snack about 7:30pm. After our snack we get pj's on and I put my 17month old son into his bed (after a quick tooth brushing) and he goes to sleep (about 8:00). Then each one of the older ones (5 4 & 3) get to pick a story each. After stories are read we brush our teeth, use the washroom, get tucked in and since they share a bedroom they talk for about 10 mintues before drifting off to slepp on their own. They are usually asleep between 8:30 - 8:45 depending on the length of the stories they pick. For the baby (3 months) he lays onthe floor on a blanket while I am reading the stories and brushing the girls teeth. After which I give him a bottle, chnage him and he goes to sleep about 9:30. Everyone wakes up between 6:30 - 7:00am

At 9 p.m., my 1 1/2 year old gets a bath. By 10 pm he's in his bed. I sit there with the lights off and he drifts off to sleep, he talks up to the moment he conks out, it's so funny. I can't sing or anything like that or he'd get hyped up and dance on his bed.