15 week old sleep

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Hello! Just looking for reassurance that I’m doing okay, some of my friends had babies around the same time as me and have been having a terrible time of sleep and while I feel very lucky that baby sleeps well, I just want some reassurance that this all sounds okay regarding bedtime, naps etc.

Wakes up at 7am most mornings, has a feed then goes to sleep until about 9am. Will have 2-3 naps during the day, usually one late morning, and a couple in the afternoon that tend to last between 30 mins and an hour. Some days he has more naps, like today where he has been napping for about an hour and a half this late afternoon into the evening. I’ve tried putting him into bed round about now (8:30) and he’s back up and wanting to play and interact by 9pm 🥺

He is a perky happy baby, I’m worried I may be putting him down too late. He is happy and bouncy in the evenings and then tends to get sleepy around 10:30-11, which is when I put him down for bed. He wakes maybe once in the night for a small feed and that’s it. The first few weeks he was up lots through the night but he settled quite fast into this routine.

Is there anything wrong with him having this bedtime? I realise it’s late (I’ve seen guidance saying his bedtime should be about 6:30pm and felt awful because he is up far later than that!). Will try to bring it forward gradually, but does this all sound ok? Looking for reassurance mostly as I don’t want to be setting myself up for issues further along the line by having the late bedtime. I have just been going off when he is tired, and he sleeps perfectly so not sure whether it is urgent that I need to start getting him down earlier?

Anxious first time mum, thank you in advance!

My little one was just like that… wouldn’t go to bed till gone 9pm most nights. In fact she only just started to go to bed earlier at 11 months, and that’s hit and miss!!

Some people love a strict routine BUT If it works for your family try not to worry about it. Lots will change over the next few months and you’ll find things that used to work won’t and things that didn’t work do!

As long as he’s getting a good amount in 24 hours and he’s generally a happy baby you’re doing fine!

It’s what works for you and your family! And the whole 7-7 thing isn’t something you HAVE to do.
If you want to change things, I’d look at if your LOs third/last nap of the day is around the 5pm mark and is lasting an hour, it makes sense that they just aren’t tired for bed at 7/8. I was always told that just like adults, babies need sleep pressure to then sleep. It builds up in the day, quicker than adults obviously. And to think of sleep pressure like a balloon, once they nap that balloon deflates and you need that pressure to build/balloon to inflate again before the baby will sleep again for a substantial period.
i would stick with your 7am wake up, 9am nap for an hour or so, then try a lunchtime nap for hour/2, and then a late afternoon catnap of 30/45mins ending by 4.30/5. That way they might be tired enough for bed at the ‘typically recommended’ 7pm ish time. And a consistent bedtime routine with set steps to let baby know, it’s time to wind down and then sleep.
But if it ain’t broke, don’t need to fix it!