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Push back bedtime?

traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
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DS (13.5 months) had always been able to fall aslepe on his own.  He wakes up between 6:15 - 6:45, goes to DC, naps for 1.5 - 2 hours there, we get home at 5:30, eat dinner at 6:00 and we put him to bed between 7:15 - 7:45.  The past 3 nights he has refused to sleep.  As soon as we leave he'd sit up in his bed and cry.  We'd leave him for 15 - 20 minutes, go in, lay him back down, pat him and leave again.  The same thing happens 2 or 3 times until we finally give up and take him out of his crib and read to him for 20 minutes (he also gets 20 minutes of reading before bed).  Then he'd whimper for a bit but then falls asleep.  By then it's past 9:00.

The thing is, he doesn't seem tired when he wakes up and he is not cranky at the end of the day.  So maybe he just needs less sleep?  Should we move his bedtime back? 

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  • preggersin2011preggersin2011 member
    Probably just a phase- every week you have a new thing come up. LO's bed time has always been 7pm in her crib but some times she is in bed earlier and other times i hear her playing for another hour or two by herself. Either way it all comes back around to 7pm in bed.
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  • jnnfrrose6jnnfrrose6 member
    Just had our 12 month check and the pedi told us this was something we could expect soon.  I think it's just a phase.  He told us to give him up to 30 min before going to him.  Also, is he full on crying/hysterical, or more just whimpering?  That'd make a difference for me to on how quickly I'd go.  If I know he's had enough to eat and is clean, I'd let him figure it out himself.
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  • aylafsu88aylafsu88 member
    We are flexible without bed time.  Some days when LO napped really well she will be much happier and playful in the evenings.  When this is the case we push back bedtime 30-45 minutes.  When she does not nap well and is cranky we move it up.  We usually fluctuate an hour on bedtime, so she goes down between 7-8 every night. 
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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
    It starts with whimpering and then full on crying / hysterics, and that's when we go in.  We tried keeping the lights on really dim to see if he wants some quite time to play by himself but he didn't like that either.
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  • mamaHippo23mamaHippo23 member
    Personally, I'm a bit strict with bedtime and once we do our routine, and I lay him down, that's it. As long as he's not hurt or sick, there's no reason for me to go back in there. Sometimes he puts up a fight, but I'm afraid if I go back in there it will reinforce his behavior and he'll learn to cry to get out of bed. I pushed back his bedtime 30 minutes, just to be sure he was tired and ready to pass out. Now, he's pretty much given up the tantrums and falls asleep quickly.
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