Question about bedtime

DCKate

Ok, FTM here.  I read a lot of posts on this board (and even some on 0-3) about bedtimes, and putting baby down at 9pm, 10pm, etc.

My daughter is 14 weeks.  She's sleeping through the night now for over a week, which is amazing.  Her naps during the day have gotten shorter, which is fine with me.  She is usually down for the night between 10pm-11pm.

I'm seeing posts where people do bath time, story, cuddling, bed.   Right now, our daughter is dictating when she falls asleep.  I'm a work at home mom, so its fine with me if she's asleep a little later in the night. It means (for now) she's sleeping later into the morning.  

Sorry if this is a silly question, but are your babies drowsy or all the way asleep when you put them down?   If I put my daughter down before she was ready, it would become a miserable scream fest for everyone.  Am I messing up by not having a real scheduled bed time yet?  14 weeks seems early, but would appreciate input from other moms and dads.   

Wild_flower25

DD's bedtime is slowly moving up.  For a long time it was 10, then 9 and this week around 8.  She gets fussy after 6:30ish so I know I need to get the bedtime routine started then.  she's 12 weeks. 

I think soon is when a b

dpraseutsinh

DD likes to change her mind all the time. some nights she wants to be held or wants music played and other nights i can just put her in the crib wide awake and she'll just drift to sleep. i like it that way because she's doesn't depend on me to put her to

vettymama

I don't think we had a bedtime routine yet at that age. Maybe around 14-15 weeks though so it wouldn't hurt to try to get something in place. I usually lay DS down when he is drowsy, but sometimes he is totally out but then he will wake up in about 30

santjust

We don't have an early bedtime, my DH gets home from school around10 so I feed at 6 pm and let him sleep until 8:30-9 pm then he is up until  no later than 11 pm we do clean up feed and read stories until 11. DS sleeps until 6:30 am and wake up brigh

hansonam446

LO started off with going to bed around ten then I moved it to 9:30...well now he goes down at 8. I just went off of him. Usually his "witching hour" was around 8 so I figured he might just be overtired. All I do is feed him, read him a story, feed a litt

shannsa1

We started a bedtime routine around 8 weeks since I went back to work at that time.  Starting at 7:00: bathtime, lotioning/massage, bottle and bedtime story, and then bed.  Initially, I rocked him to sleep.  So, he was completely out pri

Kie310

My son goes down at6:30-7pm every night, and only gets up once b/t 1am-4am for a feeding. At this point he is still going down basically asleep. when he hits 5 months I will start worrying about him going down drowsy. But at this point he is still eating

orangegoggles

LO goes down between 7:30-8:30. It used to be later but he slowly moved it up because he was so cranky. We have a short routine and then I have to get him asleep before putting him in his crib unfortunately. He freaks out if he's not in a deep sleep. Once

sschwege

DS usually goes to bed between 9-10:30.  Not much of a routine.  Diaper change/undershirt, feed (always in our bedroom because that's where he sleeps) and bed.  If he doesn't fall asleep while nursing I just put him down awake and he fal

jobiann

DS falls asleep between 7:30 and 8:30pm. Our routine starts after dinner around 6:30 or 6:45pm with a bath (only 3 days a week, if no bath then we just do some wipe down of his neck, chest, hands, armpits, diaper area), lotion, new diaper, new onesie,

ForeverEverAfter

We still do a late bedtime because DH works a random schedule and his latest shift I have to pick him up at 10pm. That said, I find she takes a late evening nap at 8:30, then when we go to bed we wake her to change her and nurse her to drowsy then put her

kateraid

My baby went to bed around that time at 12 weeks too.  He's five months now and goes down around 7:30 - 8:00.  Don't worry about putting your baby down drowsy.  I think a lot of people talk about it but most babies don't sleep like that. &n

albjag

I always followed his cues for when he's sleepy.  Then we'd change into PJ's, get his last bottle and snuggle/read a book after the bottle and he'd fall asleep.  He has to be held for 15 min after eating b/c of reflux, so he's usually complet