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6 month old still having 9pm bed time

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CrystalSundance637 · 30/07/2020 07:02

My 6 month old has her last feed at 9pm, and will then sleep through until 6:30. Now she is in her own room I really want to get her to bed a bit earlier. Is there any way I can do this without her getting up earlier or waking in the night? She previously went to bed at the same time as us and would sleep til 8am. Even though we brought bed time forward in 15 minute increments every 3 days, she won't sleep any longer than 9 1/2 hours (which I know is still really good!). I really don't want to go any earlier than 6:30am. I don't think a dream feed would work, as she won't take her milk when at all drowsy.

She also has a very erratic daytime nap pattern - often many 15 or 20 minute naps through the day rather than a couple of long stretches. Some days she hardly naps at all and other days she has a lot. I've not wanted to mess around with this too much in case it wrecks her night time sleeping!

Any advice much appreciated 😊

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OverTheRainbow88 · 30/07/2020 07:04

Personally If my baby was sleeping 9-6.30 I wouldn’t rock the boat or change it until they stopped sleeping that long... but that’s only my opinion.

ivfdreaming · 30/07/2020 07:12

Yup absolutely wouldnt change a thing - my baby never slept through and still doesn't age 4! 🤣

GreenLeafTurnip · 30/07/2020 07:39

The earliest mine has ever gone down is 8 and then he would wake up at 5.30. He goes to sleep now at 9 and wakes between 6.30 And 7. He is 18 months but the 8 o'clock time was from around 6 months to a year.

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