DS is 11 weeks tomorrow and so far we've had him in the living room with us in the evenings, alternately dozing and being awake on my lap before we all go to bed around 10-10.30. He'll then go down in his Moses basket till around 1-1.30, then wake approx every 2-2.5 hours until I give up and get up, usually about 8.30am. After the first feed we end up co-sleeping as he won't settle again in his basket, but I'm not too worried about that for now.
What I would like to change is his bedtime, partly to claw a couple of hours of evening back, and partly because he's awake much more than he's asleep now in the evening, and won't really sleep/nap beyond 4pmish, so is just getting overtired, I think. I'm just worried that if I put him to bed at say 8pm he'll sleep his 'best'/deep sleep till around 11 (i.e. wake up after I've only been asleep myself for half an hour or so), then do his lighter sleeping after that and then wake for the day much earlier, meaning I get much less and even more broken sleep than I do now. Or might he actually sleep better by going to bed earlier and avoiding the dozing/overtired evening? Argh, I just don't know. He usually naps in the day from approx 10-12 and 1.30/2-3.30, sometimes with a power nap of about 15-20mins around 5ish.
How about you? What's your bedtime and nighttime with your LO like at this stage??
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bean612 · 18/04/2013 20:14
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