What is baby's bedtime?

jem8407

At 3.5 months we start bedtime routine around 8/8:30 and generally asleep by 9. Most of the time wakes once between 9 and 6. 
What is your baby's age and bedtime? 

MamaGooGoo

I put mine down between 6:30-7:30 (usually 7:00). He's 16 weeks. I used to do bedtime between 8 and 9, then 7 or 8, but he kind of changed it on his own. He sleeps 12 hours and wakes up 1-2 times to eat.

ctmamaoftwo

I tried to set my babies bedtime for 7:00 (aiming for a 7-7 sleeper) because ive never been a morning person...but he kept wanting to go to bed for the night earlier. So at 16 weeks if it's a good napping day, we start bed time at 5:30 and asleep by 6:00 on a bad napping day start bedtime at 5:00 asleep by 5:30. And he'll sleep till between 6:00 and 6:30am. 

MissMheMhe

18 weeks and LO is usually ready for bed between 6 and 8, usually dependent on how he napped that day. I have to wake him during the week at 6am to feed so we can leave on time. Since I wake him up almost every day, I let him lead with bedtime.

fishee333

3.5 months and we try to get her in bed by 8PM. Lately she's been crying when we put her down, so I'm wondering if we should try for even earlier, or maybe it's just because of her 4th leap and she'll be over it soon. 2 nights a week I don't get home til 8 though, so it'd be hard (for me mainly!) to get her to bed earlier.

sunnydlight

16 weeks. Little girl is usually ready for bed by 9. Sometimes 8 if it was a rough day and we did a lot of errands or she had trouble getting a good nap. Usually sleep until 3:30 or 4. Then 6:30. Then usually up for the day around 8ish
She had a growth spurt last week and was up every 3 hours at night to eat which lasted a few days.

nackie

15 weeks.  We start at 7, usually asleep by 8.  He had been sleeping until 4, then nursing and sleeping until 6, but once he hit leap 4, he wakes up between 12and 1 and then every 1-1.5 hours after that.

Cricket99

18 weeks and bedtime is between 6:30 and 7:30. He will sleep until 7:30-8 and wake up once to eat between 4 and 6. If he sleeps through to 6 we are usually up and awake for about an hour before we take a nap. 

jessjuhnke

15 weeks usually to bed between 6:30-7 and wakes up about 6 am. There can be a diaper change and feed in there somewhere but when varies pretty greatly. On occasion DS will wake up more than once and those are usually rough nights.

Becky012016

Almost 16 weeks. Bedtime is 6:30 and he's out by 7pm. He usually wakes up for the day by 7:30am. I know it's an age appropriate bedtime but I wish it was a little later so DH could spend more time with him before bed. 

kaym6

Little man turned 4 months on the 5th. We do bedtime routine starting between 545-6ish and he's usually asleep by 630/7. Sometimes this is earlier if his last nap was really early in the day. I really use the time his last nap ends t guide when we start bedtime. Getting the bedtime routine finished and having him ready for bed by the time he gets cranky has been crucial. 

2winterbabies

19 weeks here. DD goes down at 8:00pm wakes for 1 or 2 feedings...still.... and wakes at 5:30

jodiedrich18

4 months today. Bedtime is usually in the 6:30ish - 8 pm range, depending on the day. I try to follow her cues in the evening doing playtime and story time to see when she's looking on the verge of crankiness. @nackie we've had the same issue- your LO sounds like our LO's usual pattern before the leap hit, as she used to sleep until around 3-4 am, wake up/eat/go to sleep and wake up again or I woke her up to get out the door in the 6:30-7 am range. The past almost 3.5 weeks have been rough with waking every 2-3 hours usually, some nights we had the 1-2 hours The last 2 nights, knock on wood, she went back to only waking up once again! Fingers crossed this trend stays and that yours is on the horizon soon!

katievw311

16 weeks and we begin our bath time routine around 630 each night.  She loves her bath and kicks around so much that she will wear herself out.  She then nurses and is sleeping in bed between 7-7:30.  She wakes twice and during the weeks I have to wake her at 5:45 but on weekends she will sleep until 6:30/7.

katiedid0907

DS is 16 weeks. We do bedtime at 7pm but as early as 6pm if he didn't nap well or is just really tired. He wakes about 4 times at night still  

carlyhammond

Whenever he stops being a butthole and falls asleep

Ebiejay

15 weeks, he's down usually between 6-7. Sometimes he goes down easily, other times he fights it. We wake him for a feed when we go to bed 9-10 then he wakes up again about 3-4, and again 6-7.

ashleyandjody

LO is 15 weeks and is in bed between 8-9 depending on her naps that day. She sleeps until 3-4 and then back down until 7-8 and then usually another 1-1.5 hour nap after she's been up about 30 min to an hour. 

cali1710

Baby girl goes to bed between 7 and 730. Sometimes earlier if shes tored. Ahe sleeps until anywhere from 530-7am. 

teachmegs817

Griffin is 21 weeks. For the last 3 weeks, he's been going to bed between 7-8 pm. He wakes 1-2 times typically and we just go in and soothe for a minute or two and he'll go right back down. Due to this  4 mo sleep regression, he's been waking 6-8 times a night. It's usually in chunks though. He goes down, wakes up around 12, we have to go in 2-3 times, within a 30-40 minute chunk of time.   He'll then get back up around 2:45-3:00 and we gotta go in another 2-3 times. He wakes up between 6:30-7:30, every day. 

Im still tracking his sleep, and he gets anywhere from 10 1/2-12 hours a night at this point. About 14-16 a day.

mrsgetz4000

Lol! Violet will be 4 months next week and i still have no idea how to get her on any kind of nap/bed time schedule

jrouge12

Uhhhhgg. What are DH and I doing wrong?  Her bedtime is usually 1am (often 2-3). Then she sleeps until 11am. She still wakes to eat every 3-4 hours. We keep her on a good nap schedule. She's always busy playing during the day. We keep it bright during the day and lowlight at night. I don't know how to shift her schedule. We've tried. 

kimber308

6:30

nackie

@jrouge12 do you guys have a set bedtime routine that lets her know it's time for sleep?  Once we established a ritual, it got a lot easier to get DS to sleep at a reasonable hour.

mrsgetz4000

Lol! Violet will be 4 months next week and i still have no idea how to get her on any kind of nap/bed time schedule

cali1710

mrsgetz4000 said:

Lol! Violet will be 4 months next week and i still have no idea how to get her on any kind of nap/bed time schedule

Nap schedule we don't have. It all depends on when she wakes up and she can usually only stay up 1.5-2 hours before she needs a nap. 

cali1710

@jrouge12 you can try slowly putting her down a half hour earlier each day. Or start waking her up earlier and hope she'll go to bed earlier. Not saying it'll work but its worth a shot!

jem8407

Thank you, ladies. I really need to read how it is going with everyone. 

kaym6

Anyone else's baby wake like 30 minutes after falling asleep and need to be put back to sleep? It's driving me insane 

cali1710

kaym6 said:

Anyone else's baby wake like 30 minutes after falling asleep and need to be put back to sleep? It's driving me insane 

Recently yes. She used to be good. Once asleep she was done for the night. But the last few weeks shes been hard to put down. Falls asleep in our arms then wakes when we put her in her crib. We used to be able to keep her in her crib and just give her the soother and put our hand on her chest and rock her a bit and she would fall back asleep but that doesnt even work anymore. Then when shes back asleep she wakes up within half an hour. Not sure what the deal is but its super annoying! You think they are down and they get back up!

kaym6

@cali1710 that's EXACTLY what he does and he never used to either! Maybe it's a part of the whole sleep regression thing who knows. I was reading somewhere a big cause of it is insufficient naps which I'm sure he has. He won't nap anywhere near the amount of time they recommend and the naps he does take are a fight lol 

Knottie84607381

14 weeks and we try to go to bed by 9. Sometimes she's got other ideas but we've been doing better. The last week she's been waking up between 1 and 3 a.m. crying and needing to eat. But then she's back asleep and wakes up about 8 or 9

l4rk

15 weeks and bed time is 9-9:30. But she wakes 4-5 times most nights still, so I'm thinking we are going to start transitioning to an earlier bedtime.

jrouge12

@nackie We did but it never seemed to make a difference. We could go through the routine and she'd fall asleep for a short nap but be up again. I'm thinking of getting back into it and trying massage this time. Thanks! 

@cali1710 I think I'll try that. Thank you! 

jrouge12

@nackie We did but it never seemed to make a difference. We could go through the routine and she'd fall asleep for a short nap but be up again. I'm thinking of getting back into it and trying massage this time. Thanks! 

@cali1710 I think I'll try that. Thank you! 

jem8407

Nap schedules are far more tough here too. We are still feeling her out but we are starting to be able to put her down for a nap in the morning (maybe an hour) and generally a longer nap later in the day. Every day is somewhat different but we are working on it. 

cali1710

kaym6 said:

@cali1710 that's EXACTLY what he does and he never used to either! Maybe it's a part of the whole sleep regression thing who knows. I was reading somewhere a big cause of it is insufficient naps which I'm sure he has. He won't nap anywhere near the amount of time they recommend and the naps he does take are a fight lol 

She fights naps soooo hard. Its terrible. Takes me an hour to get her to nap and it only lasts 30 min!

kaym6

@cali1710 I have the boy version of your baby! Lol 

cali1710

kaym6 said:

@cali1710 I have the boy version of your baby! Lol 

Maybe one day they will meet and discuss how funny it was that they never napped and woke up all night long lol 

kodariah

This makes me feel way off. My LO goes to bed around 10:00. my husband works late so he would be so mad if he only got a hour or so with him every night. Plus I get to have morning time to clean my house and such. He's on a to the t schedule but he just stays up late I guess.

l4rk

kodariah said:

This makes me feel way off. My LO goes to bed around 10:00. my husband works late so he would be so mad if he only got a hour or so with him every night. Plus I get to have morning time to clean my house and such. He's on a to the t schedule but he just stays up late I guess.

If your baby is STTN and not waking up a billion times, then I would say this is working for you guys and wouldn't change a thing! But if LO wakes a ton, then everything I have read suggests that step one is an earlier bedtime to get babies more in synch with natural sun/melatonin rhythms, etc.