We all know how vital a good bath/bedtime routine is for our little terror merchants angels. By the time bathtime comes around my boys practically need hosing down they’ve collated so much filth – especially Arlo who still favours rubbing his dinner into his blonde locks (quite alarming if he’s been eating anything tomato based).
I’m not sure bathtime has ever quite been as calm and peaceful as this serene little video, but I’m assured there are some babies out there who are like this:
I’ve always been a big fan of their products, so I’m delighted to be teaming up with the folks at Johnsons to run a little giveaway of a gorgeous basket of some of their lovely goodies.
The basket contains:
- Johnsons Baby Shampoo 300ml
- Johnsons Baby Top-to-toe bath 500ml
- Johnsons Baby Moisturising Cream 100ml
- Johnsons Baby Oil Gel 200ml
- Johnsons Baby Powder
HOW TO WIN THE BASKET!
1. For a chance to win the basket of goodies please comment on this post telling me about your baby’s bedtime routine.
2. For a second chance to win please tweet this post Win Johnsons baby bathtime basket with @cookingkt http://wp.me/pU5T8-VQ and comment HERE telling me you have done so along with your twitter username
3. For a third chance to win please follow me @cookingkt on Twitter and comment HERE to tell me you have done so.
GIVEAWAY RULES
This giveaway is open to all readers with a UK mailing address. The winner will be chosen using an online randomiser and announced in a subsequent post. When commenting please leave your e-mail address so I can contact you if you win.
I am running this competition on behalf of Johnsons who will be responsible for sending the prizes to the winners. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
There is one main way to enter and several ways to get bonus entries. You must leave a separate comment for each bonus entry otherwise they will not be counted.
Closing date: 10pm Thursday 29th September 2011
Good Luck!
Thanks to Johnsons for providing this fantastic prize.
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Our baby’s bedtime routine is bath with lots of toys, games and splashes, then breastfeeding and sleep. She is very tired by then, so we do not read books, we do it during the day.
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We give our kiddies their bath every other day, we start with lots of toys & fun things to do, then the last couple of minutes we relax 🙂 After bath it’s story & bed. It’s worked a treat up to now x
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Lots of crying to get him in the bath and even more to get him out, theres no pleasing him 😉
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My little lady is 5 months old. We get her ready for bed and feed her in our bedroom every night and then put her down in her cot and she coos at her mobile until she falls asleep. She’s been sleeping 12 hours every night since she was 5 weeks old!
Our routine is dinner, read a book then bathtime and bed. We found reading a story before the bath calmed her down.
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Love baby’s bathtime. We have loads of toys and gentle Johnsons bubbles so we can play for a while, dry off just before she gets cranky then its time for a feed a bit of a cuddle and then time for sleep.
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Bath, Cbeebies bedtime hour, Milk/Hot Chocolate, Cuddle, Bed
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Usually Daddy time as he is late home from work. Fun having a bath, changed ready for bed, bottle, cuddles and bed x
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Say goodnight to grandpa, read a couple of books, sing and sleep!
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bath then a few books. My son loves lift the flap ones or anything with animals! Then a cup of water and bed!
Bath, story in a soft lighted room, cuddle and then bed.
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Baby is only 5 days old so our routine is only just beginning, but the smell of Johnsons baby products is a must in our house!
poppys now 4mths old we make sure she is fed and bathed around 7pm ready for her last feed at 9 and then shes transfered into her cot ready for bed and the minute it works a treat… how long it will last im not sure but a warm bath def helps to settle her
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bath then a small bottle of milk and a rusk then a short story in bed
A nice bath with a few toys followed by a cuddle and a story
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I’ve been bathing my new granddaughter every other day and it is a beautiful bonding process.
My daughter Maria who is 22 months, has a lovely long playful bath, then when her daddy gets home from work at about 6pm, she says hello to daddy, then we go upstairs and I read her a story and just as she is nodding off, daddy comes in and kisses her goodnight, then when she is asleep I sneak out encase she wakes up, then tomorrow it is daddies turn
what routine lol xx its bed time when they both conk out xx
with son number 1 it has always been really important to stick to a routine of bath, changed, story time & bed. It has worked well for the past 3 years to planning to do this with son number 2 when he hopefully make his appearence in the next few weeks :O)
My two little girls – one aged two and the other just 19 days – share a bath. The toddler goes in first so she gets a chance to splash about and play and once her hair has been washed, the baby goes in too and my older girl helps wash her. Afterwards it’s cuddles and milk all round and then a bedtime story before sleep
I like to bath my little one at about 6pm. Give him a little bit time to play in the bath which helps make bath time much easier. Then get him ready and put him to bed by about 7pm.
Both my children, boy aged 3, girl 11 months have a bath everynight. It’s not just about getting them clean for bed, but they love bathtime so much, they play seperately and together, i get two jobs done in one, i wash them and i use the time to play games with them as well. I almost don’t want to get them when it’s time x
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We give our daughter Autumn a bath every other day with her fav toys ( wind up frog and duck) she then has her last feed of the night with daddy and she goes in her sleep bag and goes in her cot with her fav toy Raffy( m & s soft toy giraffe) and her blanky where she settles down for the night.
Our bedtime routine starts with tea and then 1/2 hour of cbeebies, they both then have a bath where they splash and get me, mummy as wet as possible. We have frequent snow showers (blowing bubble bath bubbles everywhere). We then have a snuggle and read a book before settling down for the night.
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Bath routine!! ~~
10 minutes watching the TELETUBBIES lying flat out in front of the TV while bath is ran, grow bag + sleep suit lain out on bed, bottle prepared (and hidden from view)
10 minutes having a “Splish Splash” bath ~ More water out of bath than in it normally!!
Then its “wrap da babba up” in the towel and dry off
Nappy, sleep suit and Grow Bag on
Bottle reappears ~ 10 mins and contents consumed and baby practically asleep, straight into cot and …………….
PEACE ~ till hopefully at least 530am if we are LUCKY!!
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Baby goes to sleep at 7pm, after being bathed by Daddy and fed by Mummy. Falls asleep to the sound of his Winnie the Pooh cot mobile. Usually wakes up at about 3am for a nappy change and a feed.
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I have a 2.5yr old and a12mth old. Both used to have upstairs at 6.30pm, bath followed by baby massage with calming music followed by story then breast milk then bed. Having two makes things trickier and longer but now they are both on cows milk the routine is pretty much the same (often minus the massage as they don’t like it anymore-substituted for more stories!). sometimes they both have a bath together and we do one child each and sometimes my husband does the bed routine one after the other…as he is fab!! even after a long day in the army but we both feel bathtime is good quality time with them and they are great at settling as always lights out by 7.30. we often take it in turns with each child and it means they are happy for either of us to put them to bed and don’t play up x
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We give the children a nice bath, story, milk and bed.
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We try to have a routine at bedtime but with two boys (aged 4 and 1) it turns into chaos, this is how it should go!
A lovely bath with some bubbles and toys, then get dried and put pyjamas on, some warm milk, clean teeth, then a story, then cuddles and sleep!
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Story then sleep
My baby’s bedtime routine starts at 6pm when I put cbeebies bedtime hour on. Then at 7pm I’ll either bath him or top and tail him before changing him into his bedtime clothes. I’ll put him into his sleeping bag, read him a story and then feed him before placing him within his Moses basket. This seems to work quite well – last night he went straight to sleep without needing a soother! 🙂
My daughter has tea, watches cbeebies bedtime hour, then we have a bath, 2 stories, into sleeping bag and bed
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I don’t know yet… still waiting for babe to pop out! Good to get some hints though 🙂
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Since Ben was 5 weeks old he’s had bare bum time, bath, book and bed :o) (There were boobs included in that but he’s two now!)
We have yet to settle his little sister into a bedtime routine but we’re working on it :o)
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My sons bedtime routine, starts with a bath or shower and lots of splashing, then a bare bum game of hide and seek while we try and catch him to dry him, then we put on his PJ’s, offer him some toast and a drink, followed by cleaning his teeth and a bedtime story!
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We have lots of toys in our bath to make bath time fun!
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My daughter cries when she goes in the bath, but then realises she likes it and cries when she has to come out.
We give Aidan a bath, then dress him in his pyjamas, followed by a story & his bedtime bottle, then off to bed at 7.00. Pretty idyllic at the moment but he is only 6 months…still plenty of time for nightmare bedtimes!
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My baby’s bedtime routine consists of bath,lots of cuddles and gentle massage.After she is usually ready for her bottle and bed 🙂
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My baby Bed Time starts with a Lavender Bath then a Bottle of Milk and their favourite BedTime Story then Ileave them listening to an audio Childs Abdenture Book.
My babies routine is a bath, moisturising while carry out baby massage, followed by reading a book!
My little one’s bedtime routine involves a lovely warm bubbly bath with lavender scented baby bubble bath, followed by babygro, lots of cuddles and then ‘fingers crossed’ the last bottle of the night.
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Daisy loves her bath. It’s not particularly relaxing though as she loves it so much that she squeals when we take her out of it. I’m surprised the neighbours don’t ring the police because you would think we were murdering her by the noise she makes!
She’s not really into toys in the bath at the moment, just likes to splash!
So our routine is; a lovely splashy bath, followed by lots of screams, followed by eventual calm, followed by Mummy changing out of soggy clothes 🙂 @piperanddaisy
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Bathtime, toys, soft singing & then praying for sleep lol
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weve done a bew routine right from the start and from 8 week old hes slept through 7 til 7 hes now 11month and still does the same
at 6oclock its the wind down hour, we get his bottle prepared and whilst it cools my partner gets his sleepbag and sleep wear ready, he gives him a quick wash , brushes his teeth ,changes nappy then gets him dressed and in sleep bag, by that time his bottle is ready, he has his bottle about half 6ish, sometimes he falls asleep during, or sometimes hes still awake we put him to bed and he soon settles him seflf to sleep.
my little one loves his bathtime it definatly relaxes him and he always sleeps much better after a bath i also love to put some of the johnsons bath with lavender it smells so lovely. theres nothing nicer than snuggling up to my little man when he’s all clean and smelling so lovely :o)
My baby girl is 14 weeks. She has slept though since 3 weeks… We dont have a rigid routine, but we always have her in bed for 7:45. Prior to that she has a feed, a bath in Johnsons bedtime bath and then a cuddle! Seems to work for us! :o)
Our routine is dinner, read a book then bathtime and bed. We found reading a story before the bath calmed her down.
I keep it short. I don’t bath him every day, but sometimes there is a bath in the evening. Generally it’s brush teeth, wee, pyjamas, story & lights out.
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