Hellobee Boards Topic: Am I keeping him up too late?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Am I keeping him up too late? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 18:32:40 +0000 ALV91711 on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994754 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:06:17 +0000 ALV91711 994754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ You will notice when he starts to get sleepy earlier. DS is 4.5 months and now goes to bed at 9ish. 3 weeks ago he was still going to bed at 10-10:30. Now the last couple nights he is showing sleepy signs a bit sooner and I'm hoping will go down by 8:30. It is worse to try and force an earlier bedtime. Pepper on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994737 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:00:14 +0000 Pepper 994737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks all! Sounds like an earlier bedtime will happen naturally as he gets a bit older. Glad I'm not screwing anything up :) yin on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994664 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:35:21 +0000 yin 994664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO would go down for the night between 11-12 for the first few months. We just went by his cues, and I didn't try to push a sleep schedule on him. As he got older, he wanted to go to bed earlier and earlier. Eventually he would go to bed around 6. aprk on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994660 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:32:51 +0000 aprk 994660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'd say you are fine. I think A didn't start going to bed before 9 until almost two months? At 6 weeks, sleep is baby's choice in my opinion :) autumnlove on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994650 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:30:03 +0000 autumnlove 994650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think every LO is different! My DD (at 6 weeks) went to sleep at 9-10 but my baby melts down if I keep her up past 8! wheres_c on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994645 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:27:03 +0000 wheres_c 994645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ B had an 11pm bedtime until 3 months and we moved it to around 9. JoyfulKiwi on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994583 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:55:27 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 994583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @septemberlove: yea, even after we figured out he was ready for "bed" earlier, we still sat and held him while he slept for hours & hung out until we were ready for bed. He was so snuggly and sweet - ack! I'm tearing up! winniebee on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994582 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:55:17 +0000 winniebee 994582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We didn't start putting him down earlier until around 3 months - gradually moved towards a 7 pm bedtime. Which gradually became later after 9 months and at 15 months its 730/8. swedishfish on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994578 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:53:41 +0000 swedishfish 994578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm impressed that you have a bedtime routine! :wink: That's all - no advice. LO goes to sleep around 9:30-10:30 usually at 6 weeks as well. I'd like to get her on a routine soon. lomom on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994575 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:52:58 +0000 lomom 994575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @plantains: +1 :) I don't worry about bad habits too much just yet. DS is only my baby for a fleeting moment, I break all the rules and do whatever makes us happy! Ra on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994574 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:52:56 +0000 Ra 994574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ B usually goes to bed around 11, too. I'm interested in hearing responses because I go back to work in 2 weeks and would like him to go to bed earlier! JoyfulKiwi on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994571 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:52:13 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 994571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We used to put him to bed (change diaper, into jammies, swaddle, etc) in his co-sleeper when we went to bed at 9pm. Gradually we noticed that we were having to wake him up at 9 to do the routine, so we started it earlier when he was naturally tired (6-7pm). So I don't think you need to start a routine earlier unless your guy is falling asleep and staying asleep earlier than 11pm. Leaving him in the co-sleeper with the monitor is fine - we did it! plantains on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994563 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:49:21 +0000 plantains 994563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6 weeks is pure survival mode, i say do whatever works! lolabee on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994560 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:48:55 +0000 lolabee 994560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think do whatever is working for you as well. At that age my LO went to be at 11ish. Granted, I still have a night owl but nearing to 9pm now (at 6 months). To be honest, I think some babies just naturally start going to bed earlier as they age. I don't think you're creating any bad habits at that age! travellingbee on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994552 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:46:28 +0000 travellingbee 994552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We did 9/10ish until recently at 4 months. That's fine when they are so little! Mrs. Yoyo on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994547 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:46:10 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 994547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Ditto PP, the first few months are totally go with the flow! Bookish on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994543 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:45:12 +0000 Bookish 994543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've been trying realllly hard to get LO to bed earlier (she's 5 weeks) but it doesn't seem to be happening. She nods off between 9-10, which I think is late, but she just isn't tired before that! We start her 'routine' of bath, nurse, swaddle at like 7. Aaand clearly I have no useful advice, just wanted to say you aren't alone! ;) googly-eyes on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994540 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:44:39 +0000 googly-eyes 994540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think that's ok at 6 weeks. Lots of babies won't go to bed before 10 anyway at that age. Do whatever is working for you... Pepper on "Am I keeping him up too late?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/am-i-keeping-him-up-too-late#post-994537 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 20:43:37 +0000 Pepper 994537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS is 6 weeks old. Currently, we don't have a schedule since he's so young. We have a very loose routine of bath, swaddle, nurse, bed... and it seems to work (knock on wood!) because he'll sleep for his longest stretch once we put him to bed next to us in his little cosleeper. I guess I'm wondering if I should start this little routine earlier, because he goes to bed when we go to bed, which is around 11 pm. Is it even worth a shot? I guess I'm nervous to leave him in the room by himself with a monitor because I've never done that before and he's so little! He doesn't STTN yet; he's up every 3-4 hours to eat. How did you go about getting LO down for the night at an earlier time? When did you start? I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong by keeping him up so late with us.