Bedtime at 6pm

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My baby's fallen asleep and it's not even 6pm! 😬

Is this too early? I don't know if I should wake up him or not! Arghhh

How old?

@Sexnotgender 7 months

How old is he? Mine went to sleep at that time from about 5 months onwards for a few months and then it gradually got later - by the time he was one he was going to sleep between 7 and 7.30. I would just go with it and enjoy your early evening while you can

What time are naps at?

He usually goes to bed at 7-7.30pm so this is quite early for him!

@YahooGmail he had one in the morning at about 11 and a short one at 2pm. He's not one for napping for much during the day despite my efforts.

Oh is it not a regular thing? What time does he usually sleep then? If it’s a lot earlier than usual his body might just think of it as a nap and wake up full of beans at 8 o’clock... not sure I’d want that.

He usually goes to bed at 7-7.30pm so this is quite early for him!

Yeah that might not go well for you then makes no difference to him obviously - but for your own sake I’d be tempted to wake him.

@Pinkblueberry This is what I'm thinking but to be honest I think he was really tired. I was trying to keep him awake by playing but he wasn't having any of it!

I wouldn’t wake him.

I’ve just put my 10 month old down and he’ll sleep until 6.30/7.

@Sexnotgender That's amazing! DS is sleeping through mostly, but we still get up a couple of times during the night as he wants his dummy and cries for it when it falls out of his mouth

If he’s really tired then there’s not much you can do really I suppose - if you wake him he’ll just fall asleep again or be grumpy. I would leave him be then but be prepared for an early wake up (although you never know he might just carry on sleeping!) sorry my advice keeps changing - final word!

DD is 6 months and bloody refuses to nap in the day but sometimes will have a 20 minute nap at 6 - she’s usually in bed at 7:30pm. On these days I just let her nap and push her bedtime back to 8pm. When she goes to bed at 8pm she sleeps through until 9am so I get a lie in, sometimes I try and force the 6pm nap but she’s a determined little sod

Neither of my babies ever fell asleep without serious effort from me so the idea of one that just falls asleep early is both bizarre and amazing to me

@marmitemayonnaise lol, I know I'm really lucky 🙈

Same as @Sexnotgender here. 6 month old has gone to bed and won't wake til 6/7 In the morning.

Went back to my 9-5 job this week and had to change my hours to 8-4 so that id actually be able to see him in the evening and put him to bed.

Not too early my 1 year old goes to bed around 6 every night. Sleeps to 7ish

Mines been sleeping from 6pm-7am since 11 weeks and is now 8 months.

Thanks everyone, I've left him to sleep! Be an early wake up for me tomorrow though

My 2 year old has had a 6pm bedtime since she was around 3 months. Now that she's in nursery and the dark nights she sometimes wants to go to bed about 5:30pm I always just go along with it and she sleeps right through. Enjoy - hope he doesn't wake up too early

Oh God I'm glad the days of naps are well behind me ,my youngest loved his naps and so did i used to nap.with him but anything past about 3 would result in a very late night !

Yes, my last two went from 6.30pm to 7pm from around 12 weeks.
(We did dream feed them at 10pm though).

DS1 was a sleep nightmare and we were really regimented with the other 2.

Mine used to sleep at that tome but since she turned 9 months it all changed. She's still going strong at the moment.