https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:32:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1564055 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:42:37 +0000 delight 1564055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 8 weeks LO's bedtime was 9:30. At 4 months 8:30 and 6 months 7:30. Give or take of course, sometimes a little earlier/later depending on naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1564030 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 19:27:50 +0000 MrsB2012 1564030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, B was going to bed probably around 10-11pm. Now she's 8 months old and she's in bed and asleep by 8pm at the latest. It took me until about... 6 months? to get her in bed by 9/930. Only in the last about month has she started A) Napping and B) going to bed at a good time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563811 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:37:08 +0000 MrsBeluga 1563811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Springtime: hang in there!!</p> <p>Our 10 week olds bedtime routine consists of 630-8 nurse non stop, and at 8-9 fall asleep with the help of a halo sleep sack and white noise app on my iPad. We're dependent on both right now... Otherwise she can't stay asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563783 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:18:37 +0000 SweetMamaM 1563783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between seven and eight pm here - LO is seven weeks. He's a diabolical day napper but we started doing a routine early on of lights down low, nappy change, lavender balm, pjs, feed (both sides or 150ml bottle of EBM), burp and then bed. He'll occasionally protest but not too loud or too long. I think we were quite lucky though, and I'm loathing the four month sleep regression seeing we haven't had to deal with cruddy night sleep since he was a teeny newborn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563757 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:05:47 +0000 googly-eyes 1563757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was still 10 or so but with a late nap for dd.</p> <p>At 4-5 months dd started going down by 8 or 830, and it went all the way to 7-730 by 6 months, and then gradually shifted up. We're at about 8 or 830 now at about 1.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563751 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 17:01:58 +0000 daniellemybelle 1563751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was still 10ish at that age. Her last "daytime" feeding was usually 9pm, but she did take a late evening nap. If she's not napping I would try moving her bedtime up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563634 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:50:39 +0000 winniebee 1563634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age he went to bed when we did (10ish) and then by 4 months was going to bed by 7:30/8 and eventually 7. Then around 9 months moved it to 7:30 and then around<br /> 18 months 8 pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563625 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:46:50 +0000 ShootingStar 1563625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 weeks I decided it was time to start doing a bedtime routine. I randomly chose 7:30. At first it was tough, even though we'd start bathtime at 7:30, he wouldn't really go to sleep until 10pm (after nursing and tons of rocking). I used to beg for a baby that I could nurse to sleep, lol. But now he goes right to sleep, and I'm thinking we need to move bedtime up to 7:00. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563589 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:32:29 +0000 Elderberrygin 1563589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds totally normal for that age! DD was always up and cranky in the evenings until around 10 or 10.30pm and then right around ten weeks she started scooting back to an 8pm bedtime. By the time she was four months old she was going down at 7pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563252 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:21:47 +0000 Honeydew 1563252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS's bedtime was about 7:30-8pm at 8 weeks. We started using the Weissbluth method of putting him down sleepy but awake since 4 weeks and also started using the baby merlins magic sleepsuit(he was big enough for the sleepsuit) and he started sleeping through the night. We also started doing a bedtime routine to help cue him that its time to wind down and go to bed (Feed, bath, read, turn on sound machine, turn off all lights, rock until sleepy but awake state)</p> <p>DS is now 12 wks and he doesn't need a lot of holding or soothing to get him to sleep. His bedtime is now at 7pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1563227 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:12:34 +0000 AmandaB8 1563227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD just had the magical switch to an early bedtime - at 10 1/2 weeks. </p> <p>At 8 weeks, she was still going to sleep at 10-11. She goes to bed anytime between 6 and 8:30 now - haven't quite hit the sweet spot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562952 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:04:43 +0000 blackbird 1562952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at that age, she was going down around 9pm....we got it shifted up to 7:30 by the time she was 5 months i think </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562863 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:37:23 +0000 MrsKoala 1562863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's 9 weeks and he goes down between 10 and 11. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562855 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:34:55 +0000 Grace 1562855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 8 weeks, we pretended that bedtime was as 8, but really it was being rocked/held by DH until 10. Then she would usually allow herself to be put in her crib. We didn't get her in her crib at 8 until 4 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562846 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:32:03 +0000 PurplePeony 1562846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's bedtime was all over the place until around 10-11 weeks. She started going to bed around 8 and has gradually moved it earlier. Now, at 18 weeks, she usually gets tired between 6:15 and 6:30, and is in bed within about 15 minutes of showing sleepy cues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562804 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:18:52 +0000 Zbug 1562804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started going to bed earlier (7ish) somewhere between two and three months. Maybe you're almost there :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562537 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:14:27 +0000 Alivoo01 1562537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I recalled a bed time at that age since he was sleeping only a few hours at a time before waking up again....</p> <p>DS is 8.5 months old and bedtime is usually around 8 or 9? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562504 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:08:38 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1562504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, we were also around 10:30-11pm. We started to move that up as he got older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562498 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:06:59 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1562498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bedtime was 11:30 or so for the first few months, then 9:30-10:00 until about six months. When she dropped her third nap at about 6 months, bedtime moved up to 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562492 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:05:13 +0000 MamaMagpie 1562492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At eight weeks, DS was falling asleep around 11:30/12:00 no matter when I started bedtime routine, so I started doing the routine at 11:00, then 10:45, then 10:30 etc etc until finally it got a bit more reasonable and seemed to stick at 8:30. But it was slow and he may have shifted on his own anyway! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562483 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:02:19 +0000 Pumuckl 1562483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as most of the pp:<br /> Our LO started to gradually go to bed earlier with about 10w. He was probably around 13/14w when he hit his sweet spot (which was 7pm for him).</p> <p>ETA: it was as late as 1am before that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562473 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:58:53 +0000 autumnlove 1562473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At eight weeks, LO 2 was going to bed at 6:30 or 7. </p> <p>LO 1 was sleeping around 8:30-9 at the same age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562464 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:57:03 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1562464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at that age, it was 10:30/11pm at night. she moved up her bedtime maybe around 10-11 weeks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562447 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:51:16 +0000 swurlygurl 1562447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 8 weeks I think we were still unreliable with bedtimes, and she would generally go to bed around 10 or 11, when we did. I think by 10 weeks we were putting her to bed at 9, and then she didn't get a strict bedtime of 7 until like 4+ months. It think even then she would often stay awake until 8 or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562425 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:47:15 +0000 MrsLilybugg 1562425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO used to go to sleep for the night at 2:30 am up until maybe 3 months. We've managed to get her in bed at 11:30 now. Sometimes she'll delight us with a 10 pm bedtime :silly: (she's 8 months old) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562408 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:42:17 +0000 Dandelion 1562408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS goes to bed by 8. So, I put pjs on M and do "bedtime" with him also but it doesn't stick lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bedtime-for-baby#post-1562302 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:07:34 +0000 Springtime 1562302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 8 weeks and is so incredibily difficult to get her to go down at night! It's always 11:30-midnight before she falls asleep. She doesn't nap after 6-7 pm either. </p> <p>What time does your baby fall asleep? When did your baby start going to bed earlier? </p>