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AIBU to let baby sleep until 10am?

52 replies

Bexcas · 11/06/2016 12:03

My DD is 7 months old and goes to bed around 8pm. She then sleeps until around 6 or 7am when she wakes for a feed. I then put her back down where she goes straight back to sleep until around 9.30-10am.
Some people have suggested that she ought to be getting up at 7 like 'normal' babies but she goes straight back down.
I also like to get my head down for that extra couple of hours. She also has at least 3 hours worth of naps in the day.
Am I doing the wrong thing?

OP posts:
MsKite · 15/06/2016 01:57

That should be 'an early riser'

teacherlikesapples · 15/06/2016 01:57

Mine is 6.5months and follows a similar routine. From listening to other Mums, I think we are lucky that they sleep through the night & still sleep some in the day! I really love my morning cuddles and our relaxed start to the day. She clearly needs the sleep, and I appreciate the extra rest.

I am not really a morning person, so I feel like it makes us both happier this way. I would definitely not be getting us both up any earlier to suit what other people think! Just enjoy it OP, this is such a short time in our lives & our babies don't ask for much from us, so a lovely start to the day, with milk & cuddles and no stress sounds perfect :)

waitingforsomething · 15/06/2016 02:04

I put both my babies down again after morning feed for as long as I could get away with. She wouldn't sleep if she wasn't tired. Dd started refusing to go back to sleep at around 5 months and DS 6 months so hang onto it while you can- she probably won't do it for much longer

Original poster
Bexcas · 15/06/2016 12:54

If I get less than 9 or 10 hours I feel exhausted all day... Is that really bad?
Maybe I should be more worried about me!

OP posts:
MumOnACornishFarm · 15/06/2016 13:04

Sounds great to me! Enjoy it for as long as it lasts. Some people think that early nap is simply an extension of night time sleep anyway.

newmumwithquestions · 15/06/2016 13:16

Sounds amazing. If it works for you don't change a thing. I think anyone who's telling you to change it is jealous. I am

MrsDoylesTeaParty · 15/06/2016 13:23

I sometimes napped when they napped even when I had had a long sleep in the night.. Why not if the opportunity is there? Best to be totally recharged and can deal with everything better! Also I'm glad I 'banked' all that sleep as I'm getting much less now he's a toddler.. AngryGrin Carry on OP! If it works for you then who cares what anyone thinks.

sianihedgehog · 15/06/2016 13:26

"Normal" is just the mid point of a huge spectrum of healthy baby behaviour. Mine has never slept more than 11 hours out of 24 and usually only sleeps 9. But he's a very happy, active, friendly little chap. He's just at the other end of the spectrum to your baby!

SouperSal · 15/06/2016 13:26

Have never subscribed to the 7-7 obsession pattern with DD. At that age she would have been doing something like 10:30-10:30. Suited us perfectly.

EmzDisco · 15/06/2016 13:27

That sounds like heaven and I wish my 9mo DD would do that. She doesn't seem to need much sleep at all at the moment. Babies change their schedules overnight sometimes so enjoy it if it's working for you, next weeks she could decide 5am is a more reasonable time to get up for the day! Grin

SouperSal · 15/06/2016 13:30

Guaranteed by the time she is 3 she will be waking at what other people deem a normal hour.

WTF? DD is now 5 and gets woken at 8am each morning for school. Her natural wake up would be around 9am. She's significantly later than most of her friends who enjoy wakin. For the day at around 5-6am. No thanks!

Artandco · 15/06/2016 13:32

Sounds fine. Under 1 ish mine did 11pm- 9am most days. Then 9pm-9am up until school. Now school age they do 9pm-8am roughly

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 15/06/2016 13:34

Sounds fab, my 11 month old has been up at 5.30am since birth and barely naps!
I wouldn't change it, the only time you need to change anything is if your baby needs to be up for nursery etc. I also found that most groups we went to were in the mornings at about 9.30am-10am, but if you don't go to groups then it's no problem.

SouperSal · 15/06/2016 13:35

I used to get DD's nappy changed while she slept and take her to groups in her pjs/babygros. She often slept through the group. Grin

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 15/06/2016 13:36

My 2.5 year old never slept more than 11 hours in 24, and dropped her nap completely at 16 months (now sleeps 8-6 and that's it. I'd love a sleeper Wink)

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 15/06/2016 13:37

Haha Souper neither of mine have ever even slept through taking them out of the car in their car seats, let alone anything else!

Janecc · 15/06/2016 13:38

Souper I have a DD with sleeping patterns that will set her in good stead for the rest of her life and that's a 7/7 routine. Odds are she will live to over 100. Most people work during normal office hours and are unlikely to get up at 10.30 for an 11.30 start. I regret nothing. I put my child's long term wellbeing first. I think that's the least I could do in the first couple of years of her life. Fine for other parents to think differently. Not fine to criticise this decision.

SouperSal · 15/06/2016 13:39

I haven't criticised anyone for choosing a 7-7 routine. Confused

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 15/06/2016 13:41

I don't think those whose babies wake at 5-6am particularly enjoy it it would choose to be up at that time... I certainly don't! Would love 7-7 as it give me a break in the evening but unfortunately DD1 sleeps 8-6 and DD2 8-5.30.

SouperSal · 15/06/2016 13:44

It did used to make me Confused when people said Inshould start waking her at 7am "ready for school" a good 4 years before she'd be going anywhere near one. The night before she started school (aged very-nearly 4) she didn't go to sleep till about 10pm. Within a week she was asking to go to bed at about 8:30pm. She's very flexible.

I was always a night owl too. Didn't stop me from getting up for school and work, including jobs that have required early starts, nights, long days etc.

Mycraneisfixed · 15/06/2016 14:08

Sounds good to me. If you and baby are happy then you sleep as long as you like. Nothing wrong with lots of sleepSmile

Brummiegirl15 · 15/06/2016 14:47

I could've written your post word for word!!!

My 6 month old DD wakes for her milk between 7 and 7.30 and then we both snuggle down for cuddles and she will often sleep then until 9am

I intend to try and get away with that for as long as I can!

AndNowItsSeven · 15/06/2016 15:29

Op I was wondering if you were anaemic it's common after having a baby and makes you really tired. I wasn't criticising your amount of sleep.

Original poster
Bexcas · 15/06/2016 16:12

I have actually started taking iron supplements as I was anemic throughout and just after pregnancy and haven't been checked since. I do love a good kip though Grin

OP posts:
Mumberjack · 15/06/2016 16:38

They're jealous. As am I! Grin
If it works, keep doing it. And enjoy!