Newborn bedtime?

ColoradoBoat · January 2015

Do you try to put LO down at the same time each night? If so, what time? And has LO started to fall asleep on her own at that time? All stories and tips are welcome, thanks!

BankerBSN · January 2015

No bedtime but LO loves to be up between 3:30am-6am every.single.night.

rshamos · January 2015

We let him sleep in our arms from 8-9 pm. He usually is hungry around 9:30. Then I swaddle him and put him to bed. If he eats well, then he will sleep around 4 hours.

ETA; I'm actually BFing right now.

agsgrrl · January 2015

BankerBSN said:
No bedtime but LO loves to be up between 3:30am-6am every.single.night.

3:30-5 at my house!

feeshah · January 2015

What is Bed time?

LO is 10 days so we are running on his schedule. The longest nap we have gotten is 2 hours.

Cadg0986 · January 2015

LO is 4 weeks and 3 days and we KINDDD of have a somewhat routine. We got into it very early on (end of 1st week) when we had to introduce formula. Her day is up and down and not really super predictable but the nights are actually decent! She usually goes 3-4 hours at night Inbetween feedings but typically 2-4 hours during the day. So most nights around 730-830 LO eats and then usually dozes off here and there but stays up until she eats between 1030 and 1130. Then after that feeding my DH lets her fall asleep on her own on the bouncer (turned off) then he puts her in the bassinet (because I get to go to bed after her 730-830 feeding). She then sleeps in there until 230-330 and then wakes for a feeding (which I do since DH does the 1030-1130 feeding) and at that point she is usually ready to fall back to sleep after eating but I let her fall asleep on me. Once she's back to sleep, back in the bassinet she goes. After that she wakes up between 530-630 to eat again (which DH and I trade off on) then after that she sleeps usually until only 730-830 and then that's usually the start of the day for us (how much of a day is it for her when she sleeps more than half of it lol). I feel like our whole nighttime routine is going to be helpful once she does sleep fully through the night. I have no idea if she'll ever not want to eat though haha.

Edit: 3am typing sucks haha

NELSMD · January 2015

Yeah, whenever he wants...

ColeyCannoli · January 2015

We switch rooms from the bassinet in the living room to the cosleeper by our bed around 8-10PM. But that's mostly just for us. Kid has his own time table

Decemberbaby2014 · January 2015

My LO is just about 6 weeks & has kind of set her own routine. She eats around 10pm usually then I lay her down & she puts herself to sleep, usually sleeps 4-5 hours at that first stretch then she wakes every 3 hours on the dot to eat. I've been trying to go to bed when she does as that's when I get the most sleep.

CandEChicago · January 2015

Closest thing to bedtime here is the 10-11 feeding that has LO asleep by 11:30 and then the 2-4am feeding. But that is completely baby led no matter his the last time her was feed.

pinklepop · January 2015

I go to sleep around 10 and DH stays up with LO until about 1. I feed him, and can sometimes get him back to sleep at around 2. Then he may sleep until about 4. Eats, then gets back to sleep around 5. Then wakes at 7. DH then usually tries to take him for a little while, which will only last another week until he goes back to work. Then I'm on my own night and morning. So... Not really.

Beevol · January 2015

DD1 didn't have a set routine wherein there could be a bedtime until 7-8 weeks old or so. We try to keep it dark/quiet from 7:30/8pm to 7:30/8 am which is when DD1 is asleep. Luckily at just about 3 weeks DD2 is starting to figure out that long naps are for night time and cluster feeding is for day time, we will see if she keeps this up or if it's just a fluke of the past two days!

dudewordddd · January 2015

Our LO is 4 weeks, she feeds around 10 and falls asleep in my chest and we move her into her bassinet about 11. She then sleeps until 5 and we feed he. From then on she feeds and goes back to sleep every two hours. We get pretty lucky I guess

soulcupcake · January 2015

Baby-led. No schedules or bed time. She nurses to sleep for almost every nap and "bed time," which often falls around 7:30-8:00 pm. I go to bed between 11:00-11:30, and she nurses again following a diaper change. Then she's up again 3-5, often 4, hours later to nurse. I woke her up to nurse and came downstairs at the 4 hour mark this morning. I was getting a bit full, and she wouldn't nurse well upstairs because it's too warm.

abenson3 · January 2015

rshamos said:
We let him sleep in our arms from 8-9 pm. He usually is hungry around 9:30. Then I swaddle him and put him to bed. If he eats well, then he will sleep around 4 hours.

Ditto this.

AbsolutelyAyrianna · January 2015

I don't see a newborn having a established bed time as possible buttttt DD#2 tends to wake up maybe by 12 then round 3ish then again at 5-6 and by that time i give up on going back to sleep so I just kinda lay there. She's only 3 weeks so i'm not getting my hopes up for a whole night's sleep until she's at least 4 months seeing as she's breast fed.

ColoradoBoat · January 2015

Thanks for the info! LO is 3 weeks old but only home for the last week after 16 days in the NICU, so I'm trying to figure out his pattern. I like the ideas of separating nighttime from daytime with swaddle, dark, etc. at night he generally goes right to sleep after feeding, it's the getting him to bed in the evening that we r still figuring out.

chicorojo · January 2015

I went off his routine, he always eats around 10. so i give him a bath around 9 ish, swaddle him, feed him, and put him to bed awake. He usually sleeps until around 2.

hollieandaaron2012 · January 2015

LO is 4 weeks and just when I think we have a little routine she changes it. One thing is certain is that 10 pm to 2 am is her awake time no matter what I try to do to change it so I have embraced it and sleeping in.

jaymee1021 · January 2015

Our little guy will be a month on monday, he has been on a consistent Schedule give or take about 30 Mins for about two weeks now.We put him in his bed sleepy about IOPM and he sleeps until about 2-3 am then up again about 7-8 am.We have been very lucky with his schedule, he is on about 3.5oz to 4.5oz every 3-4 hrs during the day.

byrne15 · January 2015

I put the older kids to bed around 9PM every night. Sometimes she's awake then, sometimes not. Then DH and I will watch TV for a while and usually go upstairs around 11PM and we bring her with us. So I guess you could say her bed time is around 11PM every night, but sometimes she has been sleeping for a while before we switch to upstairs.

JunkieBrewster · January 2015

We have low supply so he gets 2oz formula around 10, then nurses to sleep. He sleeps until 3 or 4 and then stays on the boob until we wake up around 9.
He's 2 weeks and we will have to adjust things Monday when school starts back for my other son.

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