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Changing bed times

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Ok, Camden put herself on a sleep schedule.  She goes to bed at 10pm and wakes up at 10am. (Yes I am very lucky).  We want to move up her bedtime to around 8:30 so her dad can start putting her to bed, he goes to bed at 9 because he gets up for work around 4am.  I've tried getting her up earlier in the morning, but all she does is extend her naps then happily goes to bed again that night at 10pm.  Any suggestions on books that may help, or has anyone done this themselves.
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Re: Changing bed times

  • Pookie's_GirlPookie's_Girl member

    DS used to go to bed at 10:30 most nights. Unfortunately, he would wake up the next morning at 7:30, or 8. I've been turning off all the lights in the house that we aren't using, and putting him in his pajamas earlier and earlier at night, so that he gets sleepy earlier. It's been about a week now, and he's going to bed at 9:30 now. But, he did take a long nap at 7:30. So, he's slowly making improvement.

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  • Carebear517Carebear517

    I don't know if The Happiest Baby on the Block would be good for this situation. That book is more about how to soothe newborns. It is awesome but I don't think it would help with this. 

    I think I would just try waking her up and moving her schedule forward in 15 minute increments every few days. So day 1 she wakes up at 10, day 4 up at 9:45, all naps 15 minutes earlier than normal, maybe even wake him up if he sleeps more than 2 hours, bedtime routine 15 minutes earlier. Day 8 up at 9:30, and so on and so on until you reach the time you want her bedtime to be.  

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    As far as a book, I liked Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. 
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  • FullHeartMamaFullHeartMama
    We successfully managed to move DS's bedtime from 9:30 to 8:00 over the course of several weeks by moving it earlier in 10 minute intervals every 3-7 days. If we moved too quickly, he'd just treat the earlier time like a nap and throw everything off. We followed his lead a lot of the time regarding how long to go before moving another ten minutes. If it wasn't easy right off the bat, we'd keep the current time for another few days until it seemed he was used to it, going to bed as easily as he did at the original time, etc. I seem to remember that there were a couple of times we were able to move another 3 days pretty quickly, but I feel like we hung out at 8:30 for quite a bit (a week and a half?). We just tried not to rock his world too much and if it seemed like he was thrown off, we'd just try to reestablish equilibrium before moving earlier again. Now we are at 8:00 and doing great. Just take your time.
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  • yzgal247yzgal247 member
    I have the opposite problem. Lil man keeps going to bed earlier and earlier. He is now going to bed at 6:00 and won't wake up until 5am. Time change is getting close here and I am going to be screwed! I can't figure out how to get him to stay up later! I have tried everything! I never knew how hard it was to keep a baby up that wants to be sleeping.
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