https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:57:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-42464 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:48:41 +0000 Mrs. Bee 42464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@williamsh2: later bedtimes never worked for us. charlie still woke up at the same time. earlier bedtimes do seem to do the trick for a lot of people though.</p> <p>eventually most babies do grow out of it. charlie did start waking up later and later and now he can sleep anywhere from 11-13 hours a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-42404 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:54:50 +0000 williamsh2 42404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is dark when he goes to bed so the room is really dark and we do use a white noise machine. </p> <p>Over the weekend we tried putting him to bed 30 minutes later and he still woke up at the same time. </p> <p>Maybe we will have to try an earlier bedtime and see what happens.</p> <p>Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-42294 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:33:47 +0000 mrs. wagon 42294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would second the black out shades and white noise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-41872 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:49:32 +0000 cyneswith 41872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Put him to bed at 6:30-7:00? Not responding until preferred wake up time seems logical too. Also shorter naps during the day? My brother was a 10 PM to 10 AM baby. I was a 2 AM to 6 AM baby and I'd put myself down for naps any time I was sleepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-41851 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:22:11 +0000 Mrs. Bee 41851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that's a very common problem and charlie woke up around 5:30 for a long time too... sometimes 4:30 so i feel your pain! one thing that definitely works is crying out the morning wake up. we never did it, but have many friends that did successfully.</p> <p>maybe you could try even moving bedtime up to 5:30. you already have an early bedtime, but sometimes even 30 minutes makes a difference and your lo might sleep from 5:30-5:30 (hopefully!). </p> <p>do you have black out shades? white noise? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-41835 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:45:42 +0000 Andrea 41835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you feed him at 4:30? I would delay feeding him until 5:30 and maybe he will learn to sleep that extra hour. That is what I did with my daughter when she used to wake up at 5 am and I wanted her sleep until 6 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-i-get-baby-to-sleep-a-half-hour-longer#post-41831 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:36:20 +0000 williamsh2 41831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is almost 7 months old and sleeps from 6 pm until 4:30 am. He used to sleep until 5:00 or 5:30 am. Any suggestions on getting back to the later wake up time? </p>