Moving back bedtime - please help

Re: Moving back bedtime - please help

• LadyBlood member

  August 2015

  Only th I ng I can think of is try to move bedtime earlier by one hour increments until the baby is sleeping at a better hour. But idk if it'll work. I feel like a zombie these days.

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• SmrBrd2012 member

  August 2015

  I've heard to try to move it with 15 min increments, but really how easy is that when you have a baby that refuses to sleep, lol. I would probably limit her 7am-12pm "nap". Wake her up around 9 or 10. Doing a 5 hour stretch during legitimate day time hours is too much IMO.

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• rileysmama2007 member

  August 2015

  I agree with cutting the 7am-12pm back. That should have a domino effect, moving her bedtime early.

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• jame1380 member

  August 2015

  I cut my little guys 7-12pm back and I had a crabby baby for part of the day BUT it did help with getting to sleep before midnight! That was easier than putting him to bed earlier. IMO

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• justkeeptrying member

  August 2015

  If LO is sleeping until 6 I would keep them up until 7:30 before putting them down for next nap. Then as PP suggested, as much as it sucks, wake them up after a couple of hours. Keep your house brighter during that part of the day and be very interactive.
  
  If you can get them to sleep in the evening closer to 8-9pm (gradually get this earlier) then treat any wake up time after that as though it was night. Feed if hungry, otherwise help them to fall back to sleep. Minimal interaction. You likely have a challenging week ahead of you, but hopefully that will help to get things on track. My biggest suggestion is lots of lights and interaction during day time and keep nighttime very peaceful and dark.

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