DS is almost 8 weeks old and currently does his long stretch of sleep starting at around 1.30am, sleeping until 5/6am, nursing, sleeping until 8/9, nursing, and then sleeping until 11/12pm and then napping/playing for short bits of time and nursing the rest of the day, no particular schedule here. he cluster feeds & dozes on and off for 2-3 hrs before he goes to bed at night.
he doesn't have a real schedule, and i'm not too worried about it, we just let him eat and sleep and play whenever. but it would be nice if there was a way to gently encourage him to sleep a little earlier, like say 11pm instead of 1-2am? the rest of the day, i'm happy to let him do as he wishes.
at the moment, when i try to dim the lights and nurse and rock him earlier than 1am, he just gives me a big grin and plays. it's adorable, but DH and i are so wiped out by the time he goes to sleep, that we sleep too, and have spent almost zero time just the two of us in weeks.
even the most obvious advice will help, as i have no clue where to begin.. thank you in advance!