s/o bedtime

SusieQ1982

Am I the only one here who doesn't really have a bedtime schedule, then? We just tend to go by his cues. Bedtime for him is generally around 11pm, which is when he does his long stretch. He is usually up for the day between 8-9am. He used to STTN but now with the 4 month wakeful, he wakes once or twice.

He still naps very frequently during the day- probably 5-6 naps a day.

We don't mind going by his schedule so I didn't really think there was anything wrong with not structuring things.

We rock him to sleep when he gets sleepy and starts to rub his eyes, or he'll fall asleep on his last bottle and we'll put him down. 

MikesFLGirl

We don't follow a rigid routine, but DS did put himself on a schedule eventually after I went back to work at 3mon. I think it was just b/c our days became more predictable. Now he goes to bed b/t 7-8. Every now and then if we have company or something he will want to stay up until 9 and we let him. I think that if you force them to sleep or create a negative association with sleep, they will be lifelong bad sleepers. JMO though.

ncbelle

At that age, we definitely didn't!  And bedtime was often much later since he'd have a late nap.

SusieQ1982

Well, now I feel a little better.

I'm at home for at least another year so there is no real need for him to be on any kind of routine yet. He does nap pretty late- often going for one around 9pm for just a half hour or so.

At 6 months we're going to try to transition him to his crib so maybe a routine would be more beneficial then?

stever

We don't have a set schedule. He usually goes to sleep around 7, but that's give or take an hour or so.

cville-rn

We still don't have a real bedtime routine and DS is 18 months. We do a bath after dinner and bed between 8-9. That's it.

I don't think there is anything wrong with not having a schedule. You do what works for you