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Bedtime Advive for 8 week old please

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StarfishSandwich · 02/11/2018 10:01

DS is 8 weeks and has been coming to bed with us at about 8.30 (husband gets up at 4 for work most days so this works for us anyway), has his bedtime feed, and is usually asleep by 9.30 (sleeping in a co-sleeping cot next to me). He then sleeps 4-6 hours, wakes for a feed and sleeps another 2-3 hours. He used to want to get up after that sleep at about 6 and would nap later in the morning but he’s now sleeping in much later. He went to sleep at 9.45 last night and woke at 2 and 6. He went back down to sleep at 7ish and has been snoozing ever since. Should I try starting bedtime earlier? He’s been quite grizzly in the evenings and I’m wondering if it’s because he’s overtired and overstimulated with lights, noise etc. I really benefit from the long block of sleep I get with him going to bed at the same time as me and I’m reluctant to change but I also don’t want to be hanging around all morning and waiting for him to decide to get up!

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Anotherdayanotherdollar · 02/11/2018 10:04

Sounds fab! Just lift him in the morning if you have plans??

StarfishSandwich · 02/11/2018 10:23

He’s quite a light sleeper (or maybe I’m just a wuss?) so lifiting him seems like a recipe for grumpy baby distaster but I’m possibly just being PFB.

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pastabest · 02/11/2018 10:33

That's pretty good for an 8 week old.

All babies that age tend to grizzle in the evenings.

I wouldn't change anything, the baby will most likely go back to sleep if they are still tired in the morning after you have moved the .

Just be aware that baby sleep patterns change a lot over the next few months and it's unlikely to be down to anything you do/don't do.

MadeForThis · 02/11/2018 10:43

At 8 weeks I let the baby sleep whenever she seemed tired. Every hour or two.

At night I kept her downstairs with me in her sleep suit and sleeping bag until I went to bed. Just carried her up to bed. Fed and asleep again. Couple of feeds overnight.

Let her wake up in the morning when she was ready. Usually around 8.

StarfishSandwich · 02/11/2018 11:00

I definitely wasn’t trying for a routine or anything, I didn’t really believe it was possible but he seems to have settled him into something that works for both of us for the time being!

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Mississippilessly · 02/11/2018 12:51

God I'm jealous!

Halloweenallyearround · 02/11/2018 12:55

My lo was an angel with sleeping going to sleep at 9 til six had a feed went back til 7:30 then have another nap at 10 until 6 months. Then it all changed, and he's such a light sleeper and wants cuddles all the time.
There sleeping patterns change all the time, so just go with the flow.

graysor · 03/11/2018 08:56

I wish my 8wo ds slept anywhere near as well as that!
Just go with it for now, it’ll probably all change again in a few weeks time anyway.

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