New bedtime routine help

[cece]

We are trying a new bedtime routine with DD (19.5 months).  Our old routine would be bath around 7. Bottle of toddler formula (due to dairy allergy) around 7:30 and play in room until 7:50 then bed.

We would like to get rid of the toddler formula so the last couple of nights we have done bath at 7pm and then a couple sips of water while watching half an episode of Mickey mouse clubhouse and then bed around 7:50.   I am still adjusting the new routine, I am gonna do reading in room instead of TV I think.  But my main concern is the lack of nighttime bottle.  Do you do anything before bedtime, besides a cup of milk?  DD won't drink milk substitutes so that's out.  Maybe a small snack?  

I think I am worrying about her not getting enough nutrients. (Though we do have flinstones vitamins we can give her).  

[Deleted]

She will probably just adjust her daily intake once her body realizes she isn't getting the bottle. Once I weaned we didn't do any snack or milk after dinner.

Now at 3 she very occasionally asks for a snack so I give her something small

[dcn]

What time is dinner? We eat at 5:30 and bedtime is at 7 so he doesn't really need anything else.

I used to offer a sippy of milk around 6:30 but eventually stopped.

[cece]

Mar 10, 2015 19:49:57 GMT -5 dcn said:

What time is dinner? We eat at 5:30 and bedtime is at 7 so he doesn't really need anything else.

I used to offer a sippy of milk around 6:30 but eventually stopped.

Dinner is usually between 5:30-6:30. 

[DarcyLongfellow]

After I weaned, I never gave additional food in between dinner and bed. We don't have long in between, though. Our routine (for DD1 after weaning and what I will do for DD2) is: dinner, either a bath or play a very short time with Dad while I clean the kitchen, then get pajamas on, brush teeth, read 2 books in her room, then turn off the light. Then I sit with her in the dark for a bit and either talk quietly (with my 5 year old) or rock/sing (when she was younger). No more than 10 minutes at the most, then I leave.

[thebreakfastclub]

DS is 24 mo and does not eat between dinner at 6pm and bed at 8pm. He does not eat much dinner some nights, so I will offer him a yogurt pouch on those nights. He can quickly suck it down and get back to playing.

[dcn]

Mar 10, 2015 19:54:43 GMT -5 cece said:

Mar 10, 2015 19:49:57 GMT -5 dcn said:

What time is dinner? We eat at 5:30 and bedtime is at 7 so he doesn't really need anything else.

I used to offer a sippy of milk around 6:30 but eventually stopped.

Dinner is usually between 5:30-6:30. 

Yeah I think your lo will adjust!