What is your LO's bedtime?

dmathis10

DS is 9 weeks old and usually goes to between 9:30 and 11:00. He usually sleeps a 4 to 6 hour stretch and then a 3 to 4 hour stretch. I know sleep promotes sleep and thought about trying to put him to bed one feeding sooner because he gets fussy. How old is your LO and what is their bedtime? Do you find they sleep better and longer by going to bed earlier? That was the case with my DD. I'm just afraid if I put him to bed at 7 or when I'm still up, his longest stretch will cut into the time I'm still awake. I guess it'll be trial and error though...

AKB090609

DD is one month and goes to bed between 7and 8 sleeps until 11 or 12, then wakes at 3 and 5 she wants to 'get up' for the day between 5:30 and 6:30. Then will nap around 8.

Nicole7697

My baby is 11 weeks on Wednesday and I started a routine about 2 1/2 weeks ago... Bathe between 7-8, feed in his room (in the dark with a little night light on) and then rock till he's drowsy and put him to bed! He pretty much falls asleep right around 7 PM! He usually sleeps until 3 am (2 times he slept till 4:30, which was amazing)! But of course my husband and I don't go to sleep right after I put him down but we go to bed pretty early in case he decides to wake up a couple hours later to eat! I wish I could make his bedtime later but I dont think that's going to happen so I'll stick with this After he has his feeding between 2-4, he doesn't usually sleep much longer... He's an early bird!!! Sometimes I get lucky and he'll sleep till 7, but that's very rare!

Tonight he went to sleep at 7 PM so I think I'm going to bed soon because I have a feeling he will be up in a few hours

Good luck to you

allardr

We usually start bedtime routine around 6pm and she's usually down by 7:30pm. She sleeps til around 4am (which I LOVE!) then she'll go back down til around 7:30am.

But lately her naps have only been like 30min ones a few times during the day. Guess I'll take good nights over long naps though  

juliane2004

One day, we just didn't get DD2 up at 1230 am to feed her. Instead, her last feeding was at 10 pm and she slept till 8 am. From that night on, her bedtime is about 11 pm (after her 10:30 pm feeding).

If you put your LO down at 9 or so pm, you could try a dreamfeed. Then they get food but it doesn't interrupt their sleep.

https://babywisemom.blogspot.ca/2009/07/dreamfeed-fa.html

JulySpark05

For the past week, we haven't been able to get her to go down for the night until 9 or 10pm. She then sleeps 5-6hours, eats and then sleeps for another 3-4hours. She is 6 weeks old.

Nicole7697

Totally agree with this

fadsmama

DD is not a good napper, so she is on a "later" schedule. She is in and out napping all day. I try to keep her awake after the 8pm feeding for as long as possible (bath, a little play, etc.). She inevitably falls asleep around 9:30 or 10. Her last feeding for the night is at 11, and sleeps after that until about 4am (only for the past few days though; before that she was up at 2 or 3). She will go back for about 2 hours after that, but only if she is laying on me. She is not a good sleeper! DS completely spoiled me!

CincyWX

I feed him one last time at around 8PM, then we bathe him (every other night) put him in his jammies and put him in the crib.  He will fuss for maybe a minute and then he's zonked.  So he's asleep by 8:30 at the latest.  He'll wake up to feed once maybe 2AM (which is when i wake up for work, so it works out) then right back to sleep til Dh takes him to the sitter at 6AM.