Do you wake your baby (6m+) in the morning for routines sake if you have nowhere to be?

[Jellybabie3]

Just curious. My 6mo always wakes at 7-7.30am but we are knocking on 8am so am wondering if its a good idea to wake and establish his routine. I have always gone by dont wake a sleeping baby but he is older now. We have nowhere to be as a ftm.

He goes to bed 7 - 8pm each night

Thanks!

I always did with both of mine because I wanted them to go to bed at 7/7.30 each night and they wouldn’t be ready to go down for a big sleep if they woke up too late. I like a routine!

I wouldnt wake in the morning, no, but i would cut out or cut shorter one of their daytime naps.

No

Thanks. Be different if we had something on but seems mean otherwise. Hopefully we may get away with 2x naps today

I wouldn't ever wake a sleeping a
Baby unless I had to be somewhere in the morning.

No but she sometimes has to be woken up for the school run, if we are going out somewhere so she has a flexible 'routine'.

No! If he’s asleep it’s because he needs to be, maybe he’s growing or just having a really good dream. Leave him!

No, but we never needed to because he has slept past 6am about twice in the last 2.5 years ... 😱

Depends if it mucks uptoir routine tbh.

Nope never unless you have to be out for work or school runs

Rule number one in this house never wake a sleeping baby 🤣

Nope. Never. The only rule I fully embraced in the early days was: never wake a sleeping baby.
Unless of course you need to be somewhere or need to give medication or there’s any other valid reason to do it.

I didn't until I was preparing her for nursery.

No, I always left my babies to sleep. He might need an extra bit of sleep if he is growing/ fighting off a cold / generally been busy lately. Personally, I would just enjoy the opportunity for an extra quiet cuppa and wait for him to wake up naturally. But then I was not one for sticking to a routine when mine were small, we used to go with the flow mostly. I was lucky that my life allowed me to do that.

No I wouldn't. Dc4 has to be woken up for school runs and ballet lessons so if by some miracle he sleeps in on a Sunday I thank my lucky stars and go back to sleep myself.

I have never found myself in this situation 😂 I wouldn't wake him, but then I'm not one for sticking to a routine. The only time I wake her is if her afternoon nap goes on past 5 and even that pains me.

I don't wake up my Ds (6.5m) unless we are going somewhere and then I leave it as late as I can. He wakes up anytime between 6:30 and 8:30 so I just enjoy the extra time in bed while I can (he still wakes up every 2 hours so I'm exhausted). I'm already trying to work out what we'll do when I'm back at work and have to be leaving the house by 7:30

I do occasionally wake him from naps, if they are late or something on the very rare occasion he naps for more than 2 and a half hours

Yes, I woke my baby for routine sake but only past the 1 year mark and not if he was unwell. I have to get to work in the morning and drop him off at nursery/my Mums so on the odd occasion he sleeps past 7am I have to rouse him. I hate doing it though.

I am probably more strict than most on naps but generally he wakes after 1hr 15 for daytime nap anyway - I find if he sleeps past 2pm it impacts his nighttime sleep and for me, at his age, that's the more restorative sleep.

Meant to add his 19 months now.

Gosh I never needed to, he was always up by 6 (or 5!). On that basis, if he ever had slept until nearly 8, I don’t think I would have woken him, I think I would have just enjoyed the peace!

Hell no. Have a coffee. Relax.

He's only 6months. Still a baby.
Just make his afternoon nap shorter, not past 4pm if you want him to settle at 7.

He slept til 8.15am so i had a coffee, a nice peaceful wash (lol) and some morning tv ☺ wish my body clock would bugger off sometimes!

If my baby slept til 8.15am I’d be asleep until... 8.16am.
There’s a whole day to mess up/correct/mess up again the routine for that nights bedtime. Both get sleep when you can!!

Never. Wake. A Sleeping. Baby.

Ever.

So, in short no no no no no!

HTH