What do I do about baby sleeping 6pm till 4am??

[Twiglett]

DD sleeps from 6pm in the evening .. she gets really tired / grumpy so is definately bed time .. best run we've had so far is till 4am (which is 10 hours so pretty good) till she needs a feed then she's back to sleep till 7.30 - 8 normally

I'm not complaining I know its pretty good .. but what do I do about getting her to sleep past 4 .. should I try keeping her up later? or should I just ride it out?

thanks guys

well we could swop kids. mine go to bed at 8ish, and up at 7.

Does she have an afternoon nap? Then you could keep her up later?

How old, btw?

When our dd was between 1-6 months if we couldn't keep her awake till her usuall bed time we used to dream-feed her at about 11pm-midnight and it usually saw her through the night (till about six or seven anyway)

Twiglett, I am not sure if this will help but DS seems to want to sleep at approx 5-6pm each night but because that is the time I collect him from the childminder he has to hold out until at least 7 or 8pm. He then gets his bath, feed and then he goes down about 8-9ish. He then usually wakes about 6ish but it does vary depending on various circumstances - do you think she will get mardy if she was made to wait a little?

from my experience you can try all sorts but in the end baby will do what suits baby so go with the flow for now.

DD is 6 months

she does nap during the day (not brilliantly but does do it, but they're beginning to lengthen now) .. and sometimes has a nap around 4.30 or 5 but still come 6pm she's ready for bed (sometimes don't bath her cos she's so tired) .. and yes she starts shouting at me if I dare to not put her down

DS used to nap for 2.5 - 3 hours in the afternoon ... DD will go an hour max ... he never went to bed before 8 either

have tried dream-feeding at midnight .. and then she wakes up at 3 and at 6 which is worse

think I'll just ride it out maybe

Twiglett - my normally good sleeping ds2 has started waking at 4 or 5 am again this last week. A tooth has arrived today so I'm wondering if it's due to cold/teething and he just needs the comfort. I've been feeding him anyway and just going to ride it out, see what happens...

I think you should try and keep her awake till 7pm, perhaps wake her up a little by bathing her at 6pm. And perhaps offer her only water when she wakes at 4am then she will realise it is not worth waking for that! Good luck

I do as yingers74 suggested,,,and also from Gina Ford advice...
Dinner at 5pm (solid), bath at 6pm waking her up a bit...
and then a bottle of milk around 6.30pm

it works pretty well with GR