Anyone else's 7/8month- ish old baby stay awake all evening??
Dd2 usually wakes around 7/8am, naps around 10/11 for 30mins to an hour,then same again mid afternoon usually, but sometimes these naps are shorter if she gets disturbed (light sleeper).She is then tired by 7/8pm so i put her down to bed, but invariably she is up about 20 mins later, then downstairs with us until 10/10.30pm.
Lively DD1 (age 5)'s bedroom is just nextdoor with a thin wall, so sometimes her noise disturbs baby, but last night she was asleep early and baby still woke after a short bedtime 'nap' despite not being disturbed. I've tried nursing her back off but she won't resettle, so end up getting her up.This has been going on a good few weeks now at least.She does seem to be sleeping better through the night because of it (only wakes 1, 2 times tops) wheras between 4-6months she was going down 7/8ish and staying asleep all evening, but was alot more unsettled during the night. As a newborn her sleep patterns were very similar to what they are now.
I personally would much rather have a good night's sleep than a peaceful evening (especially as she is often settled downstairs playing with toys for most of the time during the evening) but I'm just abit concerned that she isn't really getting a very long night's sleep, and that it's not really getting her in a very good evening routine.