When is LO's bedtime?

KateVA

I think 6-7 is a great bedtime! My other two kids went down around then. I loved it because it gave me time to make dinner and hang out with my husband.

Henry doesn't fall asleep until later (8:30/9) but that's mostly because I'm so busy taking care of the other 2 kids' dinner, homework, baths, etc. I put him down after All that is done and they are alseep

PamMcManus

We usually do a bath around 7-7:30, play for a half an hour or so and then nurse. She's usually asleep by 9:30 or 10:00.

mamatobe27

When you all say "down" for sleep, is your LO actually sleeping or just laid down? I feel like i feed, diaper change right after or wait a half hour for a diaper blowout then rock to sleep which takes about a whole 1-2 hours i dont think i could feed and lay down fast asleep within a half hour

lp0

DD's witching hour is from 7:30pm - 9pm. Then she wakes up to nurse one more time between 10-10:30pm and then she's down for the night. The last few nights she's been sleeping through to 5am

I think 6:30pm is way too early because he'll never be able to STTN to morning, it's too many hours. I would try pushing it as much as possible. GL!

MissyC979

mamatobe27 said:

When you all say "down" for sleep, is your LO actually sleeping or just laid down? I feel like i feed, diaper change right after or wait a half hour for a diaper blowout then rock to sleep which takes about a whole 1-2 hours i dont think i could feed and lay down fast asleep within a half hour

For us, we do a bath every night, then we get him dressed and swaddled. He typically goes to sleep during his bottle. Most nights he only takes a couple ounces. If he wakes up after eating, he typically falls asleep within 20-30 minutes. I just hold him on the couch while watching TV.

I do try to keep him awake for 2+ hours before bedtime. That seems to help.

lisab613

We are in the early bird club. LO is down by 7. It's really her choice. She gets home from daycare at like 5:45 and she is hungry and tired. Her witching hour starts at 6 so it's hard to even get her to eat before she needs a swaddle and sleep. Depending on how well she has eaten through the day, sometimes she doesn't wake again until morning. It does seem really early and we don't get a lot of play time, but I feel like it's what she wants and needs. Daycare is a lot of stimulation and by the time she gets home she's just done.

August & After

The last two weeks (for the most part) he'll take a nap in the evening and while I go to bed around 10:30, my husband is a night owl and is up until 1:30-2 usually. So he gives the baby a bottle when he wakes, anytime between 11 and 1. Then he doesn't get up again until 5-6am. A couple times he has fallen right back asleep, but usually wants to be up for a bit. At least I get a solid 7-8 hours, so it's been really nice how we have it going. But I do wonder when we need to start pushing back bedtime. There were a couple days in that two week period that he went down for a nap around 8 and just kept sleeping. Then would wake up say around 2, and it would take a couple hours to get him down and he would wake again at 5. So he's good for one really long 6ish hour stretch, and timing it how we have it now, seems to work.

notkateanymore

DS goes to bed between 8:30-9:30 , usually sleeps until 5:30-6:30. Eats and goes back to be for an hour or so. He also likes to take a midmorning nap and an afternoon nap around 1:30 or 2 for an hour or two.

liz429

We usually put him in his crib about 10:30-11, get up once about 2 then up at 5:30-6 which is perfect because 5:30 is when I will be getting him ready to leave the house and drop him at daycare. His last nap is from 7-8ish.

frantastic12

DS was going to bed at around 10, but has been very fussy starting at 8 or 9, so we've moved it up the past few nights. He was STTN a couple of weeks ago, but that stopped when we moved him to his crib. We did get 7hrs a couple of nights ago, but last night he was up almost every hour.

I go back to work on the 10th and we move the clocks ahead on the 9th, so I am hoping and praying that the earlier bedtime sticks and the longer stretches of sleep come back ASAP.

amberpro

About 9. DS1 goes to bed at 7:30. That gives me a little DS2 cuddle time. Then bath, nurse, bed. He still wakes up at 12 and 4, though. He always goes back to sleep without a hitch, but DS1 was sleeping 8 hours by now. All kids are different, sigh.

shannonas4

She goes to bed between 9:30-10 sleeps till 6:30- 7:30.

bty19

My lo usually now takes a nap around 5-630ish then we generally start routine at 7 (bath,pj,story and feed,bed) and is asleep by 8.
The late nap has helped with being fussy at night. I didn't think she'd sleep with a nap that close to bed, but she does!

northport6

She naps off and on after 7, but I don't put her down in the crib until 8:30ish, depending on the night, mainly because I'm afraid she'll be up at 3:30 if I put her down that early.

HerbanMom

I think whatever works for your family is def what's best. Around here, LO usually takes a small cat nap around 4:30-5 ish then around 7 we get ready to start our bedtime routine and lay him down around 7:30-8. This works for us because he doesn't really sleep for any super long stretches just yet but he'll last until midnight most nights... sometimes 1 am if he is super tired.

notkateanymore

superspecialsnowflake said:

onewayticket said:

Marchmellow2 said:

By the way @onewayticket any update on your nanny?

I know i'm going to get major flames but...I loaned her $ after all. Edited to fix emoji: #-o

Wow!! What made you decide to do that if you don't mind me asking? You're very nice! Lol can I borrow $1500? :P

Well, I logged into Care.com and looked back through old messages and remembered the hunt for nannies that I went through earlier. She was the only one I liked out of 20 profiles and 10 interviews. I think that knowing her and seeing her in person makes the whole thing less shady bc she is really just a sweet old lady. LO likes her and always smiles at her and sleeps well with her. She showed up for work today which is a good sign! Lol I also asked one of the references who I spoke to previously about borrowing money. She told me that Julia had asked for advanced payment of $500 once in the past and she gave her the loan. There were no issues. It made me think maybe she thought it was normal to ask for advance payment. I told her that I would give her the loan but take out $200 a week until its paid back. I also told her no more loans.

@onewayticket Did you at least ask her why she needed the money this time?

What do you think?

cupcakeboo81

I'd actually love it if my LO would go down around 8 or so, but he's been pretty cranky when we get home from work/grandma daycare, so we usually get a good hour of playtime and then he goes down between 6:30 and 7 - we were putting him in the swing and trying to treat it as a nap, but decided we want him to be more used to his bed, so we put him in bed at that time instead, he usually is up for another feed around 10 and then goes down again and we go to bed then too.  So I guess I consider 6:30 his bedtime, but sometimes he is up for a little bit when he eats at 10 and interacts with us too.  We've been enjoying our child free hours while he does sleep in the evening though!  Wondering if Daylight Savings Time will help or hurt next weekend!

onewayticket

superspecialsnowflake said:

onewayticket said:

Marchmellow2 said:

By the way @onewayticket any update on your nanny?

I know i'm going to get major flames but...I loaned her $ after all. Edited to fix emoji: #-o

Wow!! What made you decide to do that if you don't mind me asking? You're very nice! Lol can I borrow $1500? :P

Well, I logged into Care.com and looked back through old messages and remembered the hunt for nannies that I went through earlier. She was the only one I liked out of 20 profiles and 10 interviews. I think that knowing her and seeing her in person makes the whole thing less shady bc she is really just a sweet old lady. LO likes her and always smiles at her and sleeps well with her. She showed up for work today which is a good sign! Lol I also asked one of the references who I spoke to previously about borrowing money. She told me that Julia had asked for advanced payment of $500 once in the past and she gave her the loan. There were no issues. It made me think maybe she thought it was normal to ask for advance payment. I told her that I would give her the loan but take out $200 a week until its paid back. I also told her no more loans.

@onewayticket Did you at least ask her why she needed the money this time?

She volunteered that her nephew needed $ to pay for his immigration attorney. If its a true story, really sweet of her to take $200 less a week for a long time to help him out. I love my nephew but not sure I would be so invested in his problems.

onewayticket

Cashingn2 said:

onewayticket said:

superspecialsnowflake said:

onewayticket said:She volunteered that her nephew needed $ to pay for his immigration attorney. If its a true story, really sweet of her to take $200 less a week for a long time to help him out. I love my nephew but not sure I would be so invested in his problems.

She's probably lying. It's probably for her. You'll end up finding out her name is really Juanita and she's never babysat for a soul in her life. Alright, I'm mostly kidding, but seriously, so many holes.

I know. I am looking for a new nanny FINALLY after my mom met her and said she didn't like her. It may take a few weeks to find a new nanny, test her out, and then phase out my current nanny but I will probably take a loss on the loan becuase at this point I would have to keep her for 2.5 months to get the full loan back.

I think that is still better than her having bad feelings towards me while she is watching my baby.