Does anyone elses baby go to bed at 6pm?

[mummynumnum]

My dd (10mths) does and is was just looking through some sleep threads and thought that most peoples babies seem to go to bed later. It isnt really a prob, although she does tend to wake between 5.30am and 6 and slightly later in the morning would be nicer!

[MaPickle]

DS (6 months) goes to bed at 7. He gets up between 5.30 and 6 aswell tho ... please, just 30 more mins I think every morning

[nappyaddict]

my ds goes at 9:30pm. slept in today til 11

[mamarywe]

My little boy goes to bed at 7 after his bath and sleeps through until 7. Perhaps you could try adjusting her routine slightly so that she wakes later? Also have you got a blackout blind in her room as it might be the sunlight waking her up in the morning?

[dyzzidi]

My DD 17 month goes between 6.30 and 7.00. She normally (if left) wakes around 8.00. Although this morning we had a chilling out day and she woke around 9.45 from 7.00 last night. She definately gets her sleeping habits from me.

[PinkTulips]

god no...... 7.30 and even so he wakes about 2/3 times before i get to bed and is awake twatting me in the face at 6 some mornings.

the few times we've tried him on an early night he gets hysterical after nappiung for half an hour and won't go back down and ends up being up til 10pm!

[mummynumnum]

Cor that would be lovely a lie in until after 8am!!! I was going to try putting her to bed 15mins later each night and see if I could get her to 7, but really regretted this last night as had over-tired baby and took me two hours to settle-V unusual.

Dont have a black out and she often goes to bed when it is light, but thats not to say the light is not waking her up in the morning, so maybe will invest in one. I work 4 days a week and can cope if wake up after 6, but between 5 and 6....

[mummynumnum]

Yes...what is this twatting around the face lark. Def not good at 5am

[JaneAustenAllegro]

Doesn't matter when they go to bed, as long as they get enough sleep, surely?

My DD has never gone to bed earlier than about 7.30-8ish, but she has never been an early riser (apart from during hideous teething phases), usually wakes up at 7-8am.

If you want her to sleep later in the morning, maybe try gradually moving her bedtime later by 15 minutes each day? and definitely get blackout blinds and curtains.

[Mercy]

mummynumun, how long does your dd nap for in the day?

btw, my youngest is 3 years old and I still get up at 6 am most days!

[JaneAustenAllegro]

oops cross-posted

blackout blinds are definitely the way to go.

[mummynumnum]

Dd was a reluctant napper but since crawling etc and going to nursery she naps for an hour in the morn and an hour in the afternoon, sometimes longer. She seems to be thriving on the routine and that is what is important, but 5-6am starts is making for a v tired working mum.

[Mercy]

That doesn't seem very long for a 10 month old (and I speak as the mother of a bad sleeper, now aged 6)

Most babies that age often sleep 3-4 hours during the day - either all in one go or split into 2 naps.

What happens at nursery wrt sleep routine and ditto at home in the evening?

[ArtichokeTagine]

Don't assume that a later bed time = later waking. My DD always wakes between 5.30-6.15am That is what her body clock tells her to do. I have tried a 6.30pm bed time and a 8pm bed time and everything inbetween - has not made the blindest bit of a difference. We have black out blinds already .

[nappyaddict]

ds has 30-40 mins in the morning, an hour at lunch if i'm lucky and another 30-40 mins about 4ish. no where near 3-4 hours! i prefer him to sleep loner at night.

[PinkTulips]

neither of mine have ever slept more than 2/2.5 hours during the day, often less.

dd dropped her second nap at 9 months and stopped napping altogether at about 18 months.

ds is 9 months and dropping some of his daytime sleep already so going the same way.

they like their sleep all in one go at night just like their mommy and although we have some early mornings they often sleep til 9am or later in the morning... bliss!

[mummynumnum]

DD has regular naps at nursery and the afternoon one can vary from an hour to hour an a half. It took a long time to get her to this point, but it can sometimes be less,but she always wakes up happy.

As for her night time routine, we come in from work at 4.30, she has a feed and then a cuddle and a play. When dad comes in she has a bath, gets dried and goes up for a story with dad and then I go up sing nursery rhymes, feed her and then she goes to sleep.

I manged to keep her up till 6.15 last night and she woke up at 6.15, so felt more human today. She does need re-settling at 4am so perhaps it is the light that is waking her as she does not seem overly hungry!

[CantSleepWontSleep]

If your dd is sleeping for 11.5-12 hours at night then you are very very lucky. If you want to get up later then you'll have to put her to bed later, as you have just started trying.

[mummynumnum]

I realise I am lucky and dh and I enjoy having nights together, just had difficult week with early starts and full of cold so just feel bit sorry for self.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Awwwww - colds at this time of year are pants aren't they (also have one at the mo). Hope it clears soon.

[Mercy]

Agree with Can'tSleep. A 12 hour stretch at night is pretty good at that age.

Hope you feel better soon - it's soooo tiring being a parent sometimes!

[lesliephillips]

my DTs (3.5) are usually in bed around 6.30 when they are at nursery the next day (3 days a week) as they need 12 hours sleep to get them through a full day in nursery - its nice as we get an evening and they wake up 6.30-7ish no matter what time they go to bed

[cruisemum1]

so do you think that my ds who wakes pretty regularly at 5:45 would still wake atthat time if he went to bed earlier??? i try to get him to go later than 7:00pm/7:30pm if poss cos i don't much care for seeing daybreak.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

That does work for some people cruisemum, but I tried it with dd and she just got up correspondingly earlier! Afraid my dd has never (except odd nights here and there) wanted to do any more than 8pm - 6am, with 1-2 hours during the day. Some kids just don't need as much sleep as others. Unfortunate if they are combined with parents who do like to sleep long hours!

[mummynumnum]

Mmmm-to be able to sleep long hours, nice!!

[deaconblue]

We start ds' bath at 6.15 and he's usually asleep by 7, wakes between 6 and 7. I prefer an early morning and the evening to myself, depends on your preference I think