6 month old bedtimes?

SARAHFENTON

My baby just turned 6 months and I can't get her to sleep through the night if I put her in the crib any earlier than 9:30. She wakes up about 7:00am.  I know lots of babies sleep 12 hours at this age so I am very interested to know if there are other babies out there like mine.  I don't mind that she is up later because it gives me more time with her, I just wonder if its forming a bad sleep habit.  Anyone have a similar situation or experience with a night owl? Thanks!

kmpage28

Some babies just aren't ready to sttn.  DD is 6 1/2 months and goes to sleep ~7:45 and now goes until 4-5am where she feeds and goes back to bed until ~7am.  9:30 does sound like a very late bedtime for a baby.  I have found that DD needs 11-12 hours of sleep a night.  I think your goal should be more sleep, even if it means she wakes to feed once overnight.  GL!

ClickMama

Ditto PP although my LO has slept thru the night a few times (4) this past week.  We're hoping its a new trend.  Take a look at your formula/bm intake, specifically times, to make sure that their food intake is even and not skewed.  Once we started giving the third solid at the end of the day she started STTN.  We've only been doing this a week, so its not scientific.  But we do note that on days she is lower on her milk intake she doesn't STTN and needs a 2oz bottle around 4/4:30. 

melissa0726

We also have a 9-9:30pm bedtime, wake-up to eat around 7am, back to sleep until 9am when we start the day. Our pediatrician said whatever bedtime/wake-up time works with our schedule is absolutely fine, as long as she is getting enough sleep in a 24 hour period.

Lately, though, DD has been waking around 7am and trying to stay awake to play and start the day then.  Not sure if she is still thrown off by daylight savings, so waiting to see if we are just having a blip in the schedule or if she is changing the whole routine.  I think she's just trying to keep me on my toes

frogyie

My LO used to not sleep sttn and at exactly 6 months started. He would take a short nap at 6 and then go to bed at 8:30 and sleep till 4-5am, 4oz bottle and back till 7. Then one day a couple of weeks later I put him in his crib at 6 and he slept till 5! Bottle back till 7! He has been doing this ever since and I can rarely get him to stay up past 6:30. How late is your LOs afternoon nap?

nbbride06

If my LO slept from 9:30 to 7 without waking up, I'd leave her alone!  DD usually goes to bed around 9 and gets up at 8 but she wakes twice to nurse during the night and I do a dreamfeed also.

luvmyducks

DD goes to bed between 8 and 9pm and usually wakes between 4-6am to eat, and then back down again until 9am usually.  She technically STTN--anywhere between 8-10 hours in one stretch.

lisamoe

DS has been going to bed at 7:30 for months now.  I wish it was later, because he is up between 4:30-5:30am daily.  Most of the time I can get him back down til 6:30, but not always.  I have also tried to keep him up later, but it was a epic fail.

All LOs are different, but in our case DS would never be able to stay up til 9:30.  Did you ever try putting down earlier?

sheryn2

LO "sleeps" 7:30 pm to 7:30 am but will wake up 1-3 times overnight to eat.  Before I went back to work she ate once overnight at 4:00 am.  Now a good night is 7:30 bed, 3:00 eat, 7:30 wake/eat.  Last night was 8:00 bed (after an exhausting day), 12:30 eat, 5:30 eat, 9:00 wake/eat.  GL.

lanbob

My LO is 6 months and has sttn once. Bedtime is 9:30-10,3-4a feeding, 7a feeding, 10a feeding and up to start his day.