Bedtime time

mheather77

Hi ladies,

I'm just curious what time you put your babies down for sleep.  Mine usually go down around 8-8:30PM and I see a lot of others put their kids down a lot earlier and was wondering if maybe I should try doing that.  I've got twins and lately their sleeping has been disruptive.  I'm wondering if I'm giving them their dinner/cereal too late at 6:30ish (when I see some other babies are going to sleep) and because they are a little tired they are not eating as much as they should?? Or maybe it's just a phase; I don't know but my little guy keeps waking up at 4:30AM seemingly very hungry whereas before, he was sleeping thru until 6AM.  Also, my baby girl wakes up like clockwork at 5:30-6AM and I'll take her in bed with us so she doesn't wake up her twin brother and she nurses for a few minutes and goes right back to sleep (Any advice for her would be welcomed as well)

So, between having to deal with him at 4:30 and then her at 5:30, my mornings can be quite rough! Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

  

bellelamb

My lo goes to bed between 89 I can't imagine trying to put him down earlier he'd but up at 3 for the day.

joshandpanda

we have dinner (3-4 oz of a solid, and 2-3 oz bottle) at 5.  Then at 7 we have a nighttime bottle (about 5 oz).  Bath time from 730-745.  Lotion massage, and usually sleeping by 8/815... Then up for the day between 630/7 am.  

Sometimes he doesn't go to bed at 8 though, (weekends.... usually around 9)... and honestly... the later he goes down, the earlier he wakes up... don't ask me why/how... but it svcks lol 

selockar

lo goes to bed between 8 and 8:30. I put him in bed awake. That has helped a lot with getting him to sleep longer. He was still waking up at 530 to eat, but it was a comfort feed. He would eat for a minute or two and fall asleep. Since he didn't seem to need the feeding I stopped feeding him at 530. When he woke I would first let him fuss for a few minutes, if he got overly fussy I would go in and rock him for a few minutes. Turn on his music and put him back in his crib. It took about a week, but he now sleeps till 645 or 7.

littleredfish

Bedtime is 8pm here too. I've tried to put her down earlier, but she just wakes up at like 5am (which does not make for a happy mommy). Sometimes she goes to bed even later if we do something in the day that throws off her nap schedule. I don't find it an issue.

tjkdlhb

Usually around 9 pm... but I like not getting up at 6.  I'll have to do enough of that when I go back to work in May.

picklesx

He gets his bedtime bottle between 7:30 and 8 and we start his bedtime routine once he finishes. He has a difficult time falling asleep so I hold him until he starts burying his head in my shoulder and then I will rock him until he falls asleep and then put him in his crib. It generally takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour of holding/rocking before he falls asleep, so I guess around 9 is when he gets to sleep.

hopefulmom81

michyme123:

Between 8 and 9, wakes up for the day around 7:30am.

The last couple nights he's been crashing at 6:45pm so has been waking up at 5:30am. Not loving that!! 

DD has been doing the same thing!  She is EXHAUSTED by 645-7! 

jlsweets

My guy goes to bed early..by 6:30 he can barely keep his eyes open and is ready for bed. He eats at 5 then has his last bottle at 6:30...he was waking up 2-3x a night then up for the morning at 5:15, last night was the 2nd night he slept through the night and he slept until 6:15

keenie814

My daughter usually goes to sleep between 7:30-8. It completely depends if it's a daycare day or not. I tend to feed her dinner kind of late 6:45-7ish and then follow it with a story, bath, lotion, bf her and then bed. She has been doing this and sleeping through the night for about 3 months now. I feel like I fill up her tummy right before bed and she sleeps great. 

cltk12

Lo was going to bed at 6:45. Over the last week, he's pushed it back and sleeping by 8. Solids at 6. Play til 7. Bedtime routine, then some quiet play time/cuddles. Last feeding at 7:40.

stemms8810

My LO has dinner about 5:30ish and then anywhere between 6 and 7pm I start to get him ready for bed.  I always offer a bottle (even if he only takes and ounce or two) after he is in his pj's and ready for bed.  I lay him down and he is usually out by 7 or 7:30 at the latest.  He gets cranky around 6pm so I always know he is ready for bed!  He has an early bedtime and he pretty much set it himself.  He is now waking around 3am for a bottle and will then sleep to 7:30ish on a weekend and I wake him at 6:30 on a weekday before work.