Baby bedtime routine

[Rosebud1302]

Hi ladies,

I have been reading a lot of conflicting advice about babies napping in the late afternoon before their bedtime and wondered what other people do?

My DS is 8 weeks old. He tends to have his longest nap in the afternoon which can last for 3 hours if he has a busy morning (swimming or baby group). I wake him up about 5:30 for a feed. We then do bath and story and he will sleep from about 6:45 until we take him upstairs at about 9:30 for a dreamfeed.

Does this sound like a reasonable routine to be following?! When I say routine I don't mean I want to force him into one. I more mean am I letting him sleep too long in the afternoon? Is bedtime too early? He is a fair sleeper at night, waking normally twice until 6-6:30am.

Well as he is sleeping so well I would say that is perfect, his pattern will change naturally as he grows.

You really don’t need to be worrying about what other people think your rountine is. It sounds like you already have a rountine that suits you both and I’d say that’s perfect

It sounds great My dd is 5 and a half months and I still don't wake her if she's sleeping. I definitely wouldn't at 8 weeks, after about week 12 she got herself into her own rythem she wakes at 7 goes down for about an hour at 9/10 then around 12/2 she goes down for about 2 to 3 hours bath at 6 she's asleep by half 6 most nights. but if she won't sleep and she's still up at 4 I just let her nap and put her to bed an hour later.

Don't even think about how long he's sleeping right now because in a few weeks when he goes through another development spurt it'll all change, then a month after that it'll all change again. That's why I've stopped over thinking it I'm sick of just getting it right when it changes again!

That makes perfect sense I just want to make sure I'm doing the best by him. Thanks everyone that is reassuring :)

Hi ladies, need some advice
First time mum & My DS is 5 months always slept through, however has started waking up 2/3 times a nite, 1 for a feed then wants to play for about 2 hrs,
Currently still in next to me cot nd when awake just scream talks or grunts for around 2 hours straight! Doesn’t Hve a nap past 5pm then sleeping by 8pm, awakes around 2am, then 4, then 6
Any ideas what I can do. Both me nd partner struggling now, help
Thanks

Could he be cold or hungry? How long has he been doing this for?

Is he going through the sleep regression?

Not really hungry will take a bottle but won’t finish it, I keep reading everywhere about this sleep regression which It cld be but don’t really know what to do about it.

I'm no expert but I'm not sure this is much you can do apart from ride it out. Help establish good bedtime routines give him what he needs etc and it should pass in a few weeks

Ah ok thank u anyway. X