https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:48:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-289150 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:47:57 +0000 winniebee 289150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: Interesting, thanks!</p> <p>Well last night was a fail. He had 2 terrible afternoon naps (20 mins, 20 mins) and then we did get him in bed before 7. But he woke at 7:15 crying so much that I needed to pick him up. Then needed to be soothed at 7:30 again (mobile song, pacifier). Then he was up at 9:15 (mobile song, pacifier). And again at 10 (fed him). And again at 1:30 (fed him). And again at 2:15 (soothed). And then was "up" at 5:45 for the day. Hmm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-289050 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:28:58 +0000 erinpye 289050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just recently switched our LO up to a 6:30 bedtime and she sleeps until about 6:30 AM or later--the same time she got up when she went to bed at 8 PM, and also at 7 PM, so for us, it means she gets more sleep and has the same wake time. She's also overall less cranky and now naps better during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288151 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:24:58 +0000 meredithNYC 288151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Good for you! Sounds like you're making great progress! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288138 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:11:58 +0000 winniebee 288138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh and I eased him into nap 1 of the day 1 hour and 15 mins after his wakeup. He went down very easily...in the swing. That's my next project after crib transition/early bedtime....getting him out of the swing for naps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288137 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 07:10:33 +0000 winniebee 288137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: That's awesome! It only took 30 minutes because he had already drank half his bottle about 45 minutes earlier. And he didn't even take all of it before passing out...goes to show wakeups are not associated with hunger at this point. Tyler only used to get up 1x a night and I'm so looking forward to him getting back to that.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288133 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:56:14 +0000 pastemoo 288133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yay!<br /> @Coco Bee: :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288113 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:26:43 +0000 cvbee 288113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: so happy for you! bedtime win #1 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288102 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:07:01 +0000 mediagirl 288102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: that's great! What time did you start the bedtime routine to get him in his crib by 7?</p> <p>M was down at 8:15, up at 1, up at 4:30. Still asleep now at 7am. I can't wait for her to drop one of those wakeups! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-288097 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:01:39 +0000 winniebee 288097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I consider last night a success! He slept unil 1230 (5+ hrs) then 3.5, then 2. Was in his crib almost 12 hrs with 2 wakes!! That's almost 2 more hours than he normally is in his crib! I might be sold on a 7 pm bedtime.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287855 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:48:49 +0000 mediagirl 287855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: good luck! I hope he sleeps well tonight. M is still sleeping. Fingers crossed we've got a few more hours before she wakes up for her first feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287837 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:33:29 +0000 Mrs. Pen 287837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I've wondered that too! Cobi stares at the video monitor... but I think initially it was because of the little red IFR lights. But seriously I wonder if he "knows" lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287815 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:05:51 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 287815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add that bedtime moved back over the course of six months in 15 minute segments as he got tired earlier and earlier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287812 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:04:34 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 287812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M wakes between 7-8 no matter what time he goes down. I play it by ear every day and as soon as he gets fussy it's off to bath then bed. Most days bath starts at 5:30 and he's asleep by 6:30/7. He gets about 14.5 hours overall, most of which are at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287810 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:02:04 +0000 winniebee 287810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok so he was in bed at 7 and needed a semi soothe at 730. Earliest bedtime by far and he went down very easy (DH dis it and like you @mediagirl I tried not to hover!). That said, he was up at 5 pm so was up 2 hrs before bedtime (sort of 3 bc he only catnapped in car from 430-5) So if it backfires an he sleeps his usual 10 hrs he will be up at 5, which I can deal with. It's 9 and not a peep....and I'm off to bed too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287775 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:06:56 +0000 cvbee 287775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAGS: for sure! This is why I'm starting to appreciate that bedtime can't really be a time at all, but rather a certain number of minutes after the last nap wake-up. As you know, I'm still learning this, but I think my magic number is 90 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287773 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:05:13 +0000 LAGS 287773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: Mine does the same thing. I tried an early bedtime recently because of nap timing and she must have thought it was a nap.</p> <p>@cvbee: I think you're right about catching them before they're over tired. I was thinking to myself tonight as I was putting her down, its not like she has any concept of time... so how is a "set" time supposed to work for all babies?! </p> <p>@winniebee: We tried an early bedtime one night and it backfired horribly. That said, it was out of the blue about an hour earlier than usual... we hadn't gradually worked our way to an earlier time. We have LO sleeping by 7:30 and she wakes between 8:30 and 9:30 (lately more towards 8:30). The few times she's slept through the night have surprisingly been nights she went to bed super late, like 10pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287767 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:55:08 +0000 mediagirl 287767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: what time are you putting him down tonight? We're trying 8pm tonight. Hubs is doing story time right now while I try not to hover/correct him. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287763 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:50:11 +0000 cvbee 287763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yeah, 4's a bit excessive for sure! I guess all you can do is try. Are you going to move it back 20 minutes every few days? I'm excited to hear how it goes. </p> <p>Tonight mine had a cat nap after church (yes we made it!) and I wasn't sure how to 'count' that, but it seemed to re-set his nap timer, so he was eyes-sleeping at 7:30pm tonight instead of super early. I think the key is just that they do not get over-tired. </p> <p>Good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287736 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:02:02 +0000 winniebee 287736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: I don't mid getting up early but if his overall sleep numbers don't change (10 hrs) I don't think I could get up at 4....... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287735 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:58:46 +0000 cvbee 287735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine didn't sleep longer....same number of hours, but it cured the nightwaking issue. I am an early-bird, so it's not a big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287714 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 17:24:08 +0000 pastemoo 287714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Thanks!<br /> @Coco Bee: He is also staring at the monitor which weirds me out a little.... does he know where it connects?<br /> @Mrsdaredevil: It's been a week and I still feed him every 1/2 hour to hour to adjust him... but I feel like it will work soon. Right?<br /> @MrsHotDog: I agree with trying to find when the LO is easiest to put to sleep by slowly adjusting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287591 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:06:40 +0000 looch 287591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This strategy never worked for us. My son sleeps a certain amount of hours a night, so if I put him down earlier, we had earlier wake ups. You have to try it to find out, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287472 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:30:52 +0000 MrsHotDog 287472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We start our bedtime routine at 6, she is in her crib no later than 6:30 and she typically puts herself to sleep instantly. She generally sleeps until 7:30 or 8 (she is 14 months next week). If for some reason she has a hard time falling alseep or she had a poor nap day the day before she wakes up at 7 so I know an earlier bedtime works for her. </p> <p>When we started on a strict bedtime routine and schedule, we originally started her bath time at 7:30 but I started thinking it was too late so I slowly started adjusting her bath time by 15 minutes until we found a time that she seemed to do the best at. I think one of the keys to changing bed times is to slowly adjust the time and to allow them a few days to get used to the new time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287452 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:58:49 +0000 Mrs. Pen 287452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: hahaha I love that he wakes up "chatting" that's so cute.</p> <p>I switched to a 6:30 bedtime and he started getting up at 6. However, it was during this time he's had three nights of completely sleeping through the night (11.5 hours all three times).<br /> The last 3 nights I've been putting him to bed at 7pm though instead and he's been sleeping in until 6:30-7. Today he slept in until 7:45, but I think that's because he missed a nap yesterday.</p> <p>I seriously think every baby is soooo different. One book/rule doesn't apply to all. Also, I've found I have to change my plans/strategies because Cobi is always changing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287448 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:54:20 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 287448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Every time I have tried an early bedtime it ends up being a 10 pm bedtime. She thinks going to bed at 6 is a nap and it just works out terribly. I am anxious to hear how other people do it so I can too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287436 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:43:36 +0000 loveisstrange 287436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On a typical night for us, C is asleep by 7. We start her routine sometime between 6 and 6:30. Some nights she sleeps straight until 5-6am but she is typically up once at around 3 to eat and then she sleeps until between 7:30 and 8. </p> <p>She gets around 13 hours of sleep a night and she wakes up super happy and smiling. She started sleeping later with age. She used to be a 6-6 baby but now she sleeps 6/7-8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287429 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:40:08 +0000 winniebee 287429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: That's awesome that you are getting a little more sleep : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287321 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:37:28 +0000 pastemoo 287321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I switched to an early bedtime and now G's sleep looks like this:<br /> 7:30 try to sleep<br /> 8:00 nurse (I get ready for bed here)<br /> 9:00 nurse<br /> sometimes 9:30 or 10 nurse (I think he is still set for 10pm)<br /> sleep 10-2 or 3<br /> sleep 2 hours<br /> up at 4 or 5</p> <p>(he used to fall asleep on his own at 10 and sleep till 4 and maybe a third stretch till 5 or 6)</p> <p>BOTTOM LINE I get an extra 1 hour, sometimes 2, and he gets a bunch more. Plus he wakes up chatting up his crib now instead of screaming his lungs off.</p> <p>Oh, and last night was weird. He still did the wake up every 30-60 minutes at first, then woke up in 2 hours, and the long stretch was his last one! (AND five whole hours--yay!)</p> <p>ETA I know you said early is before 7, but we switched from 10 or 11 or 12 *on his schedule* to 7 to 7 30 ish more on my schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287320 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:34:12 +0000 meredithNYC 287320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any advice as our bedtime is 7:00 and I'm afraid to move it up any earlier. Would love to hear from those whose LOs go down for an early night, though, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-bedtimes#post-287319 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 06:30:25 +0000 winniebee 287319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Been reading a lot about sleep and am considering moving T up to an "early" bedtime (ie before 7 pm). One of my concerns is that he sleeps 10 hours (in varying combinations) on the button. Ie 745-545, 9-7, 8-6 etc. One of the reasons I want to try an early bedtime is that I don't think he gets enough sleep overall. So I'm worried if I put him down at 630 he will be up for the day at 430. I've tried to get him to bed super early once and he freaked. </p> <p>So I'm wondering if you tried an early bedtime did it impact the overall hours your child slept? </p>