do any of you wake your babies in the morning, mine just doesnt get up

[robinredbreast]

hi yes dd is 6 months and she went to sleep at 9pm last night and has only just woken up
i have been waking dd up at either 7am or 8am
today i left her to wake up naturally and shes only just woken

i have posted this in the parenting section aswell,but though id ask everyone in here too

should i be trying to get her to go to bed earlier than 8 or 9pm ?i normally just cuddle her to sleep in the nursing chair is that an ok way to het her to sleep?

Aahh RRB you seem really bothered by this at the mo!

I don't have your problem unfortunately as my DS2 doesn't sleep past 4am (on a good night) We put him down to sleep at 7/7.30ish at the same time as DS1.

Even if he does sleep he is always awake when we get up - but I don't think I would let him sleep longer than 12-14 hrs without waking him, just because it messes up any kind of routine for the following night/day.

I do leave them asleep if we don't need to go anywhere and they seem a bit tired/run-down.

It's great that she sleeps so well - but yes, I'd be inclined to put her down earlier. DS1 (16months) goes down between 7pm and 7.30pm depending on how organised I am. He has had this bedtime pretty much since birth. He wakes up when he hears people moving about - so usually at 7am but for the last few days it's been 8am. What naps does she have during the day? At 6months DS was having an hour to 90mins in the morning and the same in the afternoon.

It's certainly ok to cuddle her to sleep, but as they grow older it's good to get them to learn to go to sleep on their own. You probably want to make one change at a time though - ie change the bedtime first (if you decide to) and then look at leaving the room whilst she's awake..

I used to have to wake ds up in the morning.

He did used to nap a few hrs after getting up so suppose similar to your dd's long sleep.

I would try and get her used to falling asleep by herself tbh.How about putting her in bed at 7:30 letting her sleep until 8am,then a nap again at 10:30-11

If you want her to get up earlier, you will have to put her to bed earlier. I'd pull her bedtime back to something more like 7pm.

Plenty of people wake their babies up, mostly because they have to, because they work or other kids have school. You won't damage her by waking her, but you need to make sure she is getting the opportunity to sleep if she is tired, that's all. So if you want her up at 8, bed at 6.

But as Anna8888 has said, let her pattern settle down before you decide on her routine for her, because she may just be catching up on needed sleep today.

I was chatting to a friend of mine a couple of days ago. Her dd is 3 months old, 4 weeks younger than my ds. She was saying how her dd sleeps for over 12 hours at night, down at 11pm and she woke her up at 11.45am. She is bottle fed, but that is all, no solids or anything. If it was my ds doing this I would be worried, would anyone else be??

most of the littlies I know have slept 12 hours a night at 6 months. it is still the case with DS2 and if we put him to bed later we have to wake him in the morning.

Also ( know this isn't the same for everyone) DS2 wakes at 7.30am goes back for a nap 9.30am till 11am then back down for another nap at 1.30-3pm I used to worry about him sleeping too much but he has thrived on it.

Allow your little one to go to bed earlier - then she will be fully chared in the morning.