Bed time

MrsAMB07

DS has gotten in the habit of going to bed between 8:30 and 9:30 since I'm not working and we don't have to be up at any specific time. Any earlier and he's up before the sun...he's just never needed a lot of sleep. As a result, DD seems to have fallen into his schedule at night...but she doesn't end up being fully in bed until about 9:30/10 and then I'm exhausted. It doesn't leave us with much kid-free time before we go to bed. I don't want to rock the boat completely, because DD has been STTN from about 9:30/10 - 6:00, which is good compared to what it was.

 What time do you start your bedtime routine? What time does your LO actually go to sleep? What time does your LO wake up?

SmittyPants

I usually start her bath around 7 and she's fed, snuggled, sung to and snoozing by 8. It's great to have some adult time. Usually she'll wake around 3:30 for a bottle and then be up for the day around 6:30/7:00. She's slept straight through a few times though and I'm hoping hat will become more regular. 

Geneboat

We go downstairs usually at 7. Change and eat usually asleep by 8. Sometimes we go downstairs 6:30 and sometimes he doesn't go to sleep until 8:30

eklanger

DH works 2nd/3rd shift so I take his dinner to him around 9 PM.  DD has been falling asleep in the car while Daddy eats and is super drowsy when I wake her to actually put her to bed. Actually asleep in bed usually happens 9:30/10:00 and she has been sleeping until 6:30AM most nights.

lp0

Ds was going down between 10:30 - 11pm but lately it's been earlier around 9:30 - 10pm. Then he sleeps through until 6:30am. I pull him in bed with me, he nurses and we sleep until 8am.

SoonToBeMsP

Well, I only have one LO, which I think makes it infinitely easier!

But since you asked DD usually starts her last nursing session between 8:30 and 9pm. Our routine adjusts based on the activities of the day- does she need a bath, has she been fussy, etc. If we bathe her we start that around 7:45, which gives us time to loligag (sp?) and still start her feeding by 8:30pm and she'll be asleep before 9.

When down around that time, she will wake up between 3:30 and 5. Still not consistent enough to call a certain time. It IS generally closer to 5, though. 

sweetky_06

Unless he's had a really late nap (usually the result of missing an earlier nap!) we try to get DS down between 7:30 and 8, so on bath night the routine starts at 7. 

It doesn't seem to matter what time we put him to bed, DS is up anywhere between 5 and 6:20am.  For example, yesterday DS had a late nap because he missed his 4pm nap, so he didn't get to sleep until 8:45pm and he was still up at 5:10am. I pulled him into bed to nurse and try to doze off, and he was happy to eat but wanted nothing to do with going back to sleep!

 

 

raefre

Last night, he went down around 730 as that was when he started getting cranky.  We did wake him up around midnight to feed him and he will not wake up until either 9am or when I wake him up when I leave around 830ish.  However, I've come into his room at 815-830 and he's awake, staring at the ceiling, so I'm sure he wakes up before 9am some mornings.

CharlieTheUnicorn

We start getting Scar ready for bed and feed her around 7pm. It usually takes her about an hour and a half to two hours to feed her, so she's usually in bed by 9pm. She used to sleep until 5 or 6am, but lately she is up at 2am then again around 6am. 

bigbear

OY I wish I was in your shoes!

I'll try putting my DD to bed at 9 but have learned that she will not go to sleep until 11pm. She's up at 2 am!!! And after that the night is pretty much over. She will wake up all the time b/c her paci will fall out. I'm not sure how much longer I can handle this....

She NEVER sleeps. But is not fussy. Happy and always awake baby. It's exhausting lol