Is our schedule insane?

Manda+panda · June 2014

My husband works graveyard, I work swing. I will be getting home from work around 11 at night. DDs schedule is last nurse at 1130 and bed by 12. I know it's late, but it's the schedule were on. She sleeps either 4 hours or 7, depending. Either way, she's up at 7, nurses, the back to sleep. At 10, she's up for the day. She takes 3 goods naps, has a bath at 6. We didn't make this schedule, we just followed her lead. For now it works, and hopefully in the next couple of years I can get off the swing shift. But, by starting her in this pattern am I setting myself up for real trouble in the future?

Edit: wrong words.

edoliesmom · June 2014

I'm curious to know also. My daughter also goes to sleep at midnight, and I'm wanting to know if it's possible to transition her schedule to about an hour and a half earlier. She's 7 weeks tomorrow.

Rrrrrachel · June 2014

I think that sounds like a schedule that works for your family and sounds like lo is sleeping great!

joyfullyfound · June 2014

It's just survival, man. That schedule would be insane for me but for you, it's perfect. Eventually it would start interfering with activities when she's older, and preschool even later, but it sounds like you'll be off swing before that's even an issue. Until then - whatever works!

sarlimes34 · June 2014

it's what works for you and your family. we are running a similar schedule in our house too. we try to get DS to sleep earlier but he fights sleep so bad and doesn't end up getting to bed til about 12:30am. i'm sure as your LO gets older, the schedule will shift as needed

fireflygirl12 · June 2014

With DS1 I worked from home so we had a 10:00 bedtime and he would sleep 10-10. This way I could get half of my work day in from 6-10 before he even got up. It also allowed DH to spend a lot of time with him after he got home from work. When we wanted to start him in daycare, we had to change his schedule because daycare naps are 12-2 and I knew he wouldn't nap that early. We gradually moved his bedtime back to 7:30 and he adjusted just fine.

Manda+panda · June 2014

I do get time. I can't fall asleep until 1 abd to make up for it I just go back to bed with her until 10.

rtv3 · June 2014

I'm on summer vacation (teacher) and DD's night time is midnight to 10am, up twice to nurse. She's 5 wks. I'm not going to worry about it till it gets closer to September, I think their schedules can still change so much at this age.

fourthnlast · June 2014

It's what works for you and your family! For us, with 3 older ones in school, Emma has just sort of adapted to an earlier bedtime and all 4 go down at the same time, right now that's around 9pm but summer vacation starts on Tuesday and we'll start doing 10pm bedtimes. Emma will probably still go to bed at the same time though.

bsh25c · June 2014

We go to bed around 11 pm, starting our bedtime routine around 10. She is 8 weeks and has been sleeping 8-9 hrs straight at night!

Nxy · June 2014

Our LO is on a similar schedule because DH is on swing shift, but he will be on mornings next month. I'm a bit nervous about trying to get her to sleep earlier when he switches shifts, she goes to sleep SO easy at 11-11:30!

Andrewsgal · June 2014

If I works for you it is fine. Our schedule is last nursing at 9:00 then bed by 9:30. Up for a feeding at 3:30 right back down then up for the day at 7:00. It is perfect for our family

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