His bedtime can't be 6:30!

MrsRyan61804 · January 2011

Lately Jack hasn't been getting his one long nap at school, this means we get home and he is ready for bed at 6:30. We don't get home till 5! This only leaves me an hour to give him dinner, bath, play, and cuddle before he is melting down Sad

vandelay · January 2011

Oh no! I hope he starts napping better so you get more evening time!

qtpa2t · January 2011

That's totally my life when Gabrielle goes to daycare. For what ever reason, instead of the two naps or one extremely long nap I get out of her, they can barely get her to nap for an hour or two. She's always melting down by 6/6:30 pm on those days. I didn't even get her through her bath before she was melting down tonight, and on some night, it hasn't been unusual for her to miss dinner. Annoying as all get out.

epphd · January 2011

That's so tough Sam is like that some days too, but it's no fun to be up with a mess of a baby, so early bed time it is. I pick Sam up around 5:15 so often that means by the time we get home, we get him fed and immediately ready for bed. It sucks, but it's what he needs.

Live for the weekends, right??

ABC-123 · January 2011

I know... It's hard. DS has fluctuated his bed times between 6:30 and now we are up to 7-7:30, but I used to not get home with him until 5:30 so that didn't leave much time at all. My DH picks him up now so he is usually home before 5 and we can stretch the bedtime to 7:15-7:30 so that gives us a little more time. I can't wait until he is able to stay awake longer so we have more time to play, etc.

meechrobi · January 2011

That is our schedule too. At daycare they nap from 12-2. He sometimes even falls asleep in the car on the way home from daycare at 5.

To try to push his bed time later than 6:30 is just a bad idea- he is miserable and that makes us miserable. Today- he is sick with a cold... he went down at 5:50. I am sure this means he will be wide awake at 4am, but he was so cranky and tired-- i cant fight it.

Mouseygail · January 2011

Jones has been trying to push his bedtime up too!

. He got the worlds fastest bath tonight because he wanted to do was nurse and fall asleep

jmkatz · January 2011

I feel your pain. Lucy is ready for bed by 6:30 too... less than 2 hours a night with her, and I am gone before she is up for the day.

"luckily" she doesn't sttn yet (haha) so I get plenty of time with her at 1:00, 2:30, 3:45, etc.

jastl32 · January 2011

Our LO falls asleep between 6:30-7 every night. *sigh* I try to get into work early and leave early so that I can make it home by 5 to spend time with her. It's hard, but I do what I can. I'm totally in the same boat as you. I've found that when I try to keep her up later, it doesn't help anything...she doesn't sleep any later in the morning...so I found just to follow her schedule is best. I figure it will change as she gets older.

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