My daughter is 3 months. Since about 9 weeks she's consistently done 11pm to 6/7am straight through in her cot. I know we are lucky to have this happen so early. It was taking about 1-2 hrs of breastfeeding and holding to get her into a deep enough sleep to put her down, however.
For the last 4 nights we have been trying to bring her bedtime forward in order to get our evenings back, starting with bath and change at 7ish. Using Elizabeth Pantley's no cry method as inspiration, our plan is to get her into an earlier bedtime pattern and then work on being able to put her down sleepy rather than holding her. She has so far not dropped off till 9.15pm. I realise this isn't bad going but wondered whether we have any hope of getting her down earlier. Is she still going to need 2 hrs of feeding and dozing before she finally goes off properly? We can't start that at 5pm in the hope of getting her to sleep at 7-7.30, it's just not practical. Would it be better to work on getting her to self settle first before attempting earlier routine? She is not great with daytime naps either, needing to be held or walked in her pram. She then only does 30-40 mins before being wide awake. Any advice or experience with trying to do earlier bedtime? Many thanks.
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1980Gal · 12/02/2017 10:32
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