Not trying to rub it in but 9mo late riser... Think it could be a problem

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Posted before about 9mo ds- not a brilliant sleeper. However, he does end up co sleeping with me from his cot.

My issue - which has never been an issue before- is that he sleeps in, in turn making me sleep in. He wakes up at 8 sometimes 8.30. Currently I am a sahm but will be working in 2 months time and we will be on a tight schedule to drop him to a childminders for 7.45. I also think the late rising makes him go to sleep later

Any advice? Should I be preparing him and waking him up? Baby alarm clock hehe

I wouldn't worry. Dd is 2.5 and on non nursery days usually sleeps til 8. If she goes to nursery we just get her up at 7. She has a nap in the afternoon if tired. I'm not sure what you're worried about - that you won't be able to wake him?

I suppose I'm worried that waking him will make him cranky for the rest of the day. I just see so many baby routines starting at 6.30 or 7 and my lazy boys still tucked up with no sign of waking up naturally.

Maybe I've been put off by the saying 'never wake a sleeping baby'

I'd say you'll be fine- wake him up earlier when the time comes, emergency nap once at CM if needed. He'll probably end up shifting forward a bit and maybe be ready for bed a little earlier.

I am, however, giving advice from the lofty vantage point of a catnapping, early rising, multiple night wakening 3 month old so what do I know?!

What time does he go to bed at night?

Just start waking him up at whatever time you need to, and adjust his whole routine a bit earlier. So if he currently goes to bed at 9pm, wakes at 8am and has his first nap at 10am, start waking him at 7am, first nap at 9am and bed at 8pm.

If he's going to a childminder, find out what her schedule is and try to have him roughly in sync with that.

I wouldn't bother worrying about it tbh.

When ds slept in and I was working I would just get myself ready and then take him to nursery in his pyjamas with some breakfast to eat in the car. The nursery carers got him dressed at nursery and ready for the day.

If you are working full time, he'll probably just naturally adjust and go to bed earlier, wake up earlier.

My two have not had a strict morning routine so I don't think it matters about getting up at the same time every day. They are 2.5 and 6mo and get up anytime from 6.30 to 8. I never wake them unless I have to. There's no way I want to get up at 7 at the weekend!

Unfortunately he goes to bed when he fancies it! We have real difficulties with him come bed time but he usually gives in around 9pm. I think I will try to start getting up early to get myself back in a routine and see how ds changes when I'm not being lazy next to him.

Thanks for the reassurance. I will keep you posted of how we get on if anyone is interested

I think it's much easier to change a routine from the morning, so if you get him up at 7, he should be tired earlier at night. Fingers crossed.

Dd (aged 4) does 8 til 8 (sometimes 9 at the weekend!)
She started off 7 til 7 but this is her natural rhythm and works well as dh gets to see her in the evenings and we get time to get ready in the mornings before she wakes up. She is pretty quick at getting dressed and eating breakfast so it's fine.