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How do you move back bedtime?

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WildEepsMomNDad · 31/12/2010 09:07

My DS1 (4 mo) has been stealthily creeping his bedtime forward. As a newborn, it was 9:30, now in response to his general tired signs, he's been crashing between 5 and 6 pm (sometimes he doesn't even get his bath, just starts being cranky and falling asleep on Mom at 5!)

Its ok now, but in 2 - 3 weeks I'm going back to work and there's no way I'm going to be able to get home that early. I would LOVE him to want to go to sleep around 6:30 - and am hoping there are some tips to get him there.

(for background, we co-sleep, with him starting off in a cot next to the bed and migrating over between 10pm and 1 am. He never sleeps more than 3 hours without getting up for a feed (sometimes every 1.5 hrs) but goes right back to sleep or sleep-eats. during the day he naps every 2 hours for either 1/2 hour or sometimes he does a bit 1.5 hr - but never sure when that's going to happen - his last nap is often between 4 and 5 pm - and still he won't make it until 6:30! He gets up between 5:30 and 6:30 - so he obviously loves his sleep!)

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breatheslowly · 31/12/2010 22:35

Ohhh, I'd love to know the answer to this as DD is following a similar pattern and I would like her to go to sleep a bit later and wake up a bit later.

Igglystuffedfullofturkey · 03/01/2011 20:07

I went back to work when DS was older - 13 months and had a similar issue. In the end we just put him to bed as soon as I got home. The excitement of childcare meant he could keep going that bit longer and after a while he settled down into the new routine. So you might just have to go with it and put him down later - he'll adjust. It's the same when the clocks change - they take a few days but get there in the end! It's easier than trying to shift it gradually!

LovingKent · 04/01/2011 14:20

You could try shifting it by 15 minutes a day. Think this is what is suggested in the No Cry Sleep Solution. We tried this with our DS who was 9 months at the time and it did work although we moved it by 15 minutes every couple of days. No idea if it would work with a 4 month old. We also shifted everything else as well e.g. meals, naps.

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