Am I doing this right?

Latham12 · April 2013

My LO is almost 8 months and goes to bed between 9 and 10 pm and usually sleeps till 9am. Lately she has been wakin up about 7am and nursing though then acting awake. I've been putting her back in her crib to show her it's not time to wake up and she doesn't cry but plays for about 30 min then sleeps till between 9 and 9:30, so she sleeps about an extra hour. Am I doing the right thing laying her back down? I feel bad but I feel like she needs more sleep than that. Anyone know how much sleep an 8 month old needs at night?

christine6980 · April 2013

We do this with my LO. She will go down about 6:30-7 at night and wake up at like 4 or 5 to eat and then we put her back down. I try and get her to get at least 12 hours of sleep at night.. She's not a good napper during the day so I like her to get as mu

melody921 · April 2013

I think what you're doing is fine. DD sleeps close to 12 hours at night.

Mrs.RockyM · April 2013

what you're doing seems fine - it's your way of telling your LO that it's not wake up time.

here's a good chart to use as a reference. If your LO gets good naps during the day they don't need to sleep as much at night (and visa versa).

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vrj0522 · April 2013

Sounds like you are doing it right. Eventually she'll stop waking up at 7 am and will sleep through til 9 am. Our LO's wake up time is 7 am so even now he sometimes will wake at 5-5:30 and we'll give him a small bottle feeding and he'll go back to slee

ChristyML · April 2013

We have a similar routine. DS will go to sleep in the pack n play (we are still looking for a crib; he's been sleeping with us for the first few months of his life) at about 1AM (DH works night shift, so we all go to bed when he gets home), and we'll w

Latham12 · April 2013

Thanks for all of the responses! Just making sure I wasn't being a bad mom by putting her back in bed.

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