what does your bedtime routine look like?

[cna]

And how long does it take? For you, not your kids. I feel like it takes me forever between the time I decide to get ready for bed and when I am actually in bed. Most nights it's 20 or more minutes between the thought and the action of climbing into bed. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

[quesyrah]

Well, I don't really know.

After DD is in bed, DS and I go into my room. We work on homework on Mon and Wed night. If it's a homework night, after HW he gets in my bed with a book and I take a shower then we read stories and he goes to bed. On a non-HW night we play a board game and then I shower and we read.

Then I either just get in bed when I'm tired or it's 10:00 whichever comes first. Sometimes I get in bed at 9 or 9:30 and read first.

By the time I sit down to watch tv or putz on the internet I've finished all my chores, etc. so when I decide it's bedtime, I just flip on the dishwasher and get in bed.

[Deleted]

As soon as ds is down, I remove my makeup, hop in the shower and then clean pjs. If it's a hair washing night, I wrap my hair tightly in a towel and then let it air dry while I watch my shows. Before I actually pass out, I brush, floss and listerine and straighten my hair if it's a hair washing night. Then I pick out my clothes for the next day and plug in my iPhone and call it a night

[abs]

All chores have been completed before DD goes to bed. I brush my teeth, wash my face, and I'm done. Usually I spend an hour or two with my kindle but sometimes DH and I will watch a movie or play a game. I'm in my PJ's anytime I am at home, lol.

[Skyesthelimit1212]

When dd is in bed at 8,I start to clean up, wash dishes, put books away, after that I may veg out for 1/2hr w/the tv on playing an app game. Either way in my room I'm putting my gym bag together with my work clothes, and getting ready for bed. I'm usually in bed by 9:30 and then I'm watching my dvr until I conk out around 10:30pm.

[cjcouple]

Not long. I wash my face, brush my teeth, pee, put on face moisturizer, change into my pjs, check my alarm and go to bed.  Less than 10 min start to finish? Unless I shower at night, that adds 10 min probably. 

[dizzycooks]

Ha! I was totally thinking This would be about the kids.

For me you say? I put in my Jammie's as soon as (or before) the kids are in bed, and then I crash on the couch after dh and I do a quick pickup. When I go to bed I rush my teeth, splash some water in my face and crawl into bed by 9:30 if I'm smart. Now baby wakes around 10 and eats until 10:30 so I don't know if I should go to bed earlier or stay up later to avoid that first "wake up".