Question about bedtime

DCKate · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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 · April 2013

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

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