My baby wakes up too late!

[Tomandnic1]

Before I start this post - I know I am in a lucky position and shouldn’t really be anxious but...
My four month old little girl has been sleeping through the night since about 9 weeks old. She’s brilliant at going to sleep and we have a routine before bed that must be working.
However, she probably goes down to sleep between 7.30 and 8.00 but in the morning she won’t wake up until between 8.00 and 8.45! She’s currently sound asleep as I write this now!
I go back to work soon, and I’m concerned because I will be waking up at 6.00 to leave the house for 7.00 and if she carries on like this I will struggle to maintain her routine!
Any advice on how to get her to wake earlier please?

Sounds like she's sleeping 12 hours so I'd put her down 12 hours from when she needs to wake up.

Yes I would try and earlier bedtime and see if that works. Do it gradually starting with 7.30pm then 7.15 and so on.

Your only option is to try and get her to bed earlier. However sleep patterns change and she might sleep less in future. I know if babies are not tired they don’t settle but could you bring forward nighttime routines and see if she’s sleepy earlier.

Personally I would be delighted with 8 am. My DDs both had the pattern of sleep you describe but I had a nanny come in before I went off to work.

I second putting her to bed earlier. I would also note that the sleep changes constantly so don’t worry about a set pattern as it will likely change anyway.

What time does your husband leave? Could he do the morning routine after you've gone?

She might bring her wake time earlier herself as he naps change. My LO used to sleep 8 to 8 (with one night feed) at her age but as he has got earlier and dropped naps he has gone to bed earlier and woken earlier. He now goes down at 6.30, sleeps until 5, has a feed before going back down to 7. How long until you back to work?

*her

He goes to work at the same time as me so either way we need to get the baby to wake earlier! I’m going to try to gradually bring her bed time forward and see if that works.

Should add he is now 6 months.

Enjoy it for now and worry about it when you have to start waking her. If she's going to be going to childcare she'll probably be more tired in the evenings anyway so her bedtime might naturally shift forward.

Her sleep will probably go to shit soon anyway so enjoy it while it lasts and deal with the problem if and when it becomes one.

What age will your baby be when you return to work? I was worried about this at the 4/5 month mark but was told that my baby's sleep would probably evolve and change naturally anyway. It has so I'm just letting it run its course until I need to address it closer to the time.

I'd make her bedtime earlier. I used to leave the house at 7.30, and my dd would sleep a good 12 hours, up until she was about 9 she'd go to bed at 6.30. She'd always fall asleep straight away so I knew it was working.

Yeah my dad goes to bed at 6pm for 6:30/7 wake up.

Also don't let her nap after 5pm if you want bedtime of 6/7

12-14 hrs is quite normal for this age. I would aim to have her in bed for 6 - 6:30 (mine were in bed by 6:30 until school age).

Just enjoy it for now, it will change and you can wake her up/put her to bed earlier when your routine changes. Don't worry about it, it sounds great x

Yep 6.30-6.30 here and I did that because the peaceful evenings are glorious!