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What time is bedtime? (3months)

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ShelbyPa1991 · 12/12/2025 12:42

What time are we putting our 3 month old babies down for bed?

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Mummyboy1 · 12/12/2025 12:44

You're going to get different answers here. Mine went down at 7pm, they naturally settled for bed at that time. However, some will go down properly 9/10pm.

Justlostmybagel · 12/12/2025 12:45

Whatever time I went to bed at that age. I don't think we started putting her down at the same time every night, until about 5 months. Then it was 7:30.

ShelbyPa1991 · 12/12/2025 12:45

@Mummyboy1we are doing 7pm at the moment but recently she has started waking at 4/5am so I’m wondering about trialling a later bedtime.

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Mummyboy1 · 12/12/2025 12:56

@ShelbyPa1991 are they ready for the day? How much sleep are they getting during the day?

ShelbyPa1991 · 12/12/2025 13:00

@Mummyboy1usually 4 or 5 naps of 1hour or 45minutes.

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Peonies12 · 12/12/2025 13:01

We were keeping baby with us til 9/10pm, i didnt feel comfortable leaving her alone asleep til closer to 6 months due to SIDS risk

ShelbyPa1991 · 12/12/2025 13:05

@Peonies12 no no noooooo, not left alone. I’m not comfortable leaving her alone. I’ll sit and read in the room when she goes down.

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OtterMummy2024 · 12/12/2025 14:36

They change so fast at this point as they get better at consolidating night sleep

CookiesCoffeeBaileys123 · 12/12/2025 18:50

At that age, quite late. He naturally wanted an earlier bedtime around 4 months.

Before that, he would treat any pre-10pm sleep like a nap i.e. sleep for 45 minutes and be wide awake for ages.

Peanut91 · 12/12/2025 19:01

Start feeding at around 7 and she goes down between 7.30 and 8pm. She is four months now but been doing this for about a month now

ShelbyPa1991 · 12/12/2025 22:06

@Peanut91what time does your little one wake?

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Peanut91 · 12/12/2025 22:08

Night wakings aside she is usually up for the day between 6.30-7am

mondaytosunday · 12/12/2025 22:21

7-7.30. Got them in a routine from first day home. By three months they settled down well and rarely woke up until I gave them a sleepy feed before I went to bed.
I never found a way to stop early wake ups - not as early as yours but my son was often up for the day at 5.30am. He’s still an early bird at 22!

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