Ftm 8 months advice!

[UnicornsAndGlitterxx]

Hii🙌🏼 just looking for some advice really! I'm a first time mum so bare with me lol👀
DD had a great routine from about 4 months to 6. Would sleep through the night and wouldn't wake for bottle(was great😂) but recently from about 6 and a half months to now where she is 8 months, nearly 9, I've only just managed to get her into her routine again, baring in mind she's now teething aswell 😢. She does sleep through the night (amazingly) but her bedtime is just way to late, 11:00 pm or a bit later in my eyes is too late for a little baby to be awake till? Surely? But what puzzles me is she can get up at 8:30 or 8 sometimes and still be awake at that time! By then I'm half dead so I don't know how she does it💤💤 basically I'm tying to see what methods they are for her to go to bed earlier? What do you mums do? Is it all about the time she she gets up in the morning? She only has about 2 naps if that, shes like a ball of energy😸should I cut naps off completely? Make a new routine and gradually break into it? Any routines here you could share? Thanks in advance for any advice 🥴🌸 ** posted again as not sure where other post ended up

That's is late for babe to go to bed my son's in bed by 7.30 everybody. However he was a good sleep until after his injections. I think if she's up at that time she maybe overtired which can make them harder to get to sleep.

My routine is with a 19 months old but here it is
6.00-7.00 get up
7.00 breakfast and drink
8.00 nap
9.30_11..00 toddler group
10.30 snacks (at group usually)
12.00 lucnch with a youghurt for after
1.00 walk in buggy to group
1.30-2.30 toddler group.
2.30_3.00 walk home or go to park
4.00 snack
4.00-5.00 play in bedroom
6.00 maybe an episode of a TV show whilst am making tea. Or bath
6.30_7.00 tea
7.00 PJ's on, drink of milk and off or bed he usually drifts off at 7.30

Am a stay at home mam. So this is pretty much every day. After he's in bed it's tidy the house I usually don't stop until 9pm at night

@user1496701154 thank you for replying to me!👍🏻 I am finding it quite hard to get her too sleep earlier. Do you think me getting her up earlier will make a difference? 🥴 I agree with injections! My baby was sleeping fine then her immunisations had her up until 9am crying!!😢 No sleep! So from there it sort of went down hill, I too stay at home 24/7, I take her out too but other than that I'm at home. I then as you do tidy the house but this will be at at least 11:30pm or 12! 🕑😓🌜Then I'm to tired to get up. It's a cycle which keeps going round and round and isn't changing. She's such a well behaved baby so I think she'd adapt to the right routine if I just myself got her into it and kept at it. It is very late isn't for a 8 month old 🙁

I personally find it late for an 8 months old I looked online and the recommended bed times for that age are between 7-8. I think the immunisation change babes rounties unfortunately. No judgement here btw were all parents and learn. I would say waking her up may help but I'd slowly do it so maybe start with half an hour so if getting up at 8 get her up he 7. This hopefully will help. Bless yiu, you need your time as well been a momma is hard work

@user1496701154 yeah I definitely know a baby should not be going to bed this late , it sort of makes me feel like I've failed her! But I'm gonna keep trying. Teething I can't use an excuse really because she sleeps through the night unbelievably, she has to drink 5 bottles through the day and with the way I've done things she ends up having her last bottle at 9:30😬😬 needs to definitely change and these routines from other people help me a lot. After her last bottle , I then have to get her to sleep, I'm going to keep trying. I'm 19 and feel 40! (Nothing wrong with being 40 but I'm doing everything a woman would be doing at that age with her baby's) lol! Going out doesn't interest me anymore (unless it's for my daughter) so I'm not bothered about me time. For me time I'd rather be in bed with a cup of tea with a bit of telly by 9🥴😂👌🏼

@UnicornsandGlittee Am the same as you don't go out am 27 and take son out but beyond that is rather stay in, how are you weaning your little one I done baby led weaning and by 8 months my son was getting 3 meals a day. You have not failed her your doing an excellent job as a mother don't doubt yourself 😙. Glad you've got the help it's nice to have it, I definitely don't have it lol. One thing that helped me was introduced of sippy cups instead of a bottle as well honestly I can only tell you what I've done but am happy to share anything :)

@user1496701154 I'm a bit 50/50 with weaning I started on baby rice when she was 6 months had a spoon a day then two a day etc then I moved on to porridge. Moving on I've introduced all kinds of jars finger foods and pouches but it's as if she doesn't like any of them and I don't blame her because I myself wouldn't eat it so I dunno why I even think she would. The packets look appealing when they say chicken stew with mash and sweetcorn creamed with veg, but it doesn't smell or look it. So I've had some advice of people I think you might be one of them on a post about feeding ur lo what ingredient to get etc, you said whatever I eat she can! But I gave her toast earlier and she struggled with that, maybe I just need to be patient? How did you get on?x

@user1496701154 also she doesn't seem to like water! Which idk if it's a issue or not? I have free flow sippy cup so if she uses it it goes in her mouth regardless and she swallows it but pulls a face after lol I've tried Heinz apple and black currant squash, still isn't keen just wants milk!

With baby led weaning honestly is cheaper and better babe eats what you eat bar choking hazard and no honey under one. I can't comment on traditional weaning as I've never down it literally 1 week before mu son was 6 months he took a samoso off my plate and strated eating it.

This is with my 17 month old and she goes to bed quite early. It's all approximate. Some days it's out by half an hour or so:

5.30am-6am wake up
7am breakfast
9.15-10.45 toddler group and snack
11am-1pm nap
1.15pm lunch

1.30-3.30pm play/toddler group/park/shopping etc

4.30pm-5pm ish dinner

5.30pm bath
6.15/6.30pm ish bedtime

She's breastfed on demand and has water throughout the day as well. She's regularly awake in the night to breastfeed too.

@ unicornsandglitter I probly was. It takes a while for babes to get the hang of eating and gagging is normal but you need to let babe figure it out. I find that my son has excellent motor skills and is a brilliant eater compare to his peers who were traditional weaning but if course that descions is up to you

@user1496701154 a samosa😂bless him, that made me laughh, I think I also struggle to get up early which is why I don't get her up, do u have any tricks to make yourself get up soon as ur eyes open and not say "ten more minutes won't hurt" which then turns into another two hours 🥴

@GMtoBe I'd love to be able to get up before 7, or even get up at 7:30am would be great. I just find it difficult but I kno if I did it just once I'd be able to do it again.

11pm is late but my 8 month old doesn't go to sleep till half 8 most nights and some nights it's closer to half 9 if he's having a bad day. My ds gets up around 7am. He naps at around 10am and then again at around half 2/3pm. He eats his tea at half 5. If your baby naturally sleeps later look to altering the routine to make bedtime around 9pm to begin with. My 4yr old doesn't need much sleep. She doesn't go to bed till 8:30pm and wakes at 6:30am. She has done this since around age 1 and cut out all naps by 18 months.

For my one year old her routine is
7-7.30 wake up
8am breakfast
9am nursery run (with 4year old)
9-10 go to the shop have a wander
11am nap (one hour)
12 nursery pick up then to swing park (next door to nursery)

12.30 lunch
3pm nap (2hrs)
5.30-6pm dinner
7pm into PJ's gentle play with both kiddies
7.30 bottle
Asleep for 8ish

@Ginnymweasley anything is better than half11 or 12 for me in this case lol. I'm going to try my best to get her last bottle and asleep by 10pm then I'm going to try get her up at 7. 9 hours sleep would be enough just for one night wouldn't it? As hopefully tomorrow she'd go to sleep earlier as I got her up earlier?

My 4 year old stopped all naps at 9 month he had and still does have endless energy!

@Cherylshaw that sounds perfect n yet again I'm hoping to get my daughter to wake and sleep at around these times . She has to have 5 bottles through out the day so it's all about getting my times on an average routine deciding when to have meals lunch etc so these really help. I feel stupid that I can't make a routine up myself without having to ask someone else 🥴 I should know it all by now

@Cherylshaw my daughter about three times within three months only , woke up at 7:30am and did not want to sleep until gone 11! But someone mentioned she might be over tired. I don't know how they do it

@UnicornsAndGlitterxx
We just kind of fell into that routine I wasn't too worried about routine but it just falls into place for what's right for you, just don't let her nap too late in the day and make sure she is nice and full for bed x