https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:53:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667286 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:14:27 +0000 winniebee 667286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's been going to bed at 7 since he was 4 months old (and only recently started going to bed at 7:30 on occasion). Mostly family (MIL) says it's "so" early. But, most of my friends IRL have babies that go to bed at 7/7:30. </p> <p>If I ever put my son down at 5:30 no one I know IRL would understand! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667244 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:59:03 +0000 oliviaoblivia 667244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm one of the people that's impressed with your early bedtimes. LO is 11 weeks and despite weeks of trying to move bedtime earlier (thanks daylight savings) she still goes down between 9:30&amp;10. She sleeps in until 9 am which allows me to shower, but I'd rather her go to bed early so DH and I can have grown up time.</p> <p>Cherish the early bedtime ladies. Haters gonna hate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667229 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 07:49:14 +0000 NovBaby1112 667229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes!! everyone is always telling me she goes to bed way to early (7ish) and they think its crazy. anytime she has a rough night, they say just to keep her up later and she will sleep longer and better (ha!). it really bugs me, because that is just what time my LO gets very sleepy and goes to bed for the night, I do not force her to, and i think it would be selfish of me to keep her up for the sake of us being able to go out and stay out later. does it suck sometimes that we cant really go anywhere past 6pm? yes, but she is a baby and needs her sleep and sleeps better when she goes to bed early! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667181 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:57:57 +0000 mediagirl 667181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I'm sure the summer will be crazy, too. M is asleep by 7 each night while there are still kids in the neighborhood running around, playing on the swings. I get home from work at 5 and am lucky to spend 10 minutes outside with the other moms before I have to run off to make dinner, get her fed, bathed, changed and to bed!!</p> <p>@blackbird: me too. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667176 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:54:08 +0000 blackbird 667176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>psh, people think *I'M* weird for having an early bedtime :P I'm totally expecting this baby to go to sleep early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667141 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:06:06 +0000 BelugaBean 667141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 8 months old currently and she goes to bed at 6:45-7. It was 5:45-6 before teh time changed. People do think it's weird because most people I know put their kids to bed anywhere between 8/9 and 12/1 but my LO is cranky and ready for bed early. I usually get asked how I can get up so early with her and then I get even more amazed looks when I tell them she sleeps for 13 hours straight. </p> <p>@scg00387: We've gotten the "why can't you just keep him up later" arguments a few times when people invite us out to eat or something. But honestly, if we kept her up later, she'd be a screaming mess. We could probably do 7:30 without it getting too bad but past that and it wouldn't have even been worth it to go anywhere. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667135 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:01:10 +0000 ksnow 667135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was younger (newborn - 3 months) she went to bed late! Like 10-midnight and I couldn't do anything about it. Now at 4 months she's in bed by 7, sometimes 630. She can't make it any longer! Other mommy friends babies go to bed at around the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667132 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:59:34 +0000 autumn865 667132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO goes to bed between 6:30 and 7 and we hear comments from family allllllllll the time! They just don't seem to understand she sleeps better with more sleep. Every time DD has a tougher night their response is "she goes to bed too early and sleeps too much. Keep her up she's learning when she's awake." DH and I were also awful sleepers and cried alot as babies according to our parents. Maybe we were overtired because apparently both sides have a whole lot of misconceptions about baby sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667127 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:55:15 +0000 Dandelion 667127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep...we just pushed it to 7:30 here, cause of the sun, but he's reading, now, so he reads in bed until the sun goes down. He's always been 7 pm and other parents I've talked to are always amazed at it, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667059 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:28:57 +0000 red_seattle 667059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, some people think it's weird, especially the grandparents. But the IRL friends' kids usually have bedtimes at 8pm, so the 7pm bedtime X has isn't so weird. The people that have kids get it, the people that don't have kids don't get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667043 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:53:54 +0000 autumnlove 667043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO sleeps at 7:30 these days but her bedtime was 8:30-9 for the longest time and my friends with kids made me feel awful because it was so late! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667009 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:58:44 +0000 luckypenny 667009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: are you serious?! Those people need to get smacked</p> <p>DD used to go to bed at 7...she's been pushing it back to 8 pm but I know she does so much better earlier </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-667004 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:54:50 +0000 Mrs. Bee 667004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive is asleep by 7:30 at the latest, as was charlie until he was a little bit older. i still put olive down within 4 hours of when she woke up from her last nap, so bedtime varies a little every night. </p> <p>it's actually awesome because i can put olive down and go out, so my friends think it's great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666999 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:49:44 +0000 pinkcupcake 666999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me! Everyone (even ppl w/kids) seem amazed when they hear my LO goes down around 6-630PM. They also seem weirded out that a one-year-old sleeps for 12-14 hours at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666858 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:18:51 +0000 immabeetoo 666858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On my side of the family, my nieces have gone to bed by 7 forever and early bedtimes are a given. Inlaws think I'm nuts, pretty sure, and I'm anticipating hundreds of "why can't you just keep him up later" arguments in our future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666849 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:14:18 +0000 Andrea 666849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: 8:20 isn't super late and you have her at home so she doesn't have to get up early so that schedule works for you and her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666843 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:11:10 +0000 Andrea 666843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: yeah, like I don't want to spend time with my kids so I force them to sleep? As if that was possible?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666821 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:02:39 +0000 stlginkgo 666821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal! LO#1 requires LOTS of zzzzs and people (including relatives) think we are crazy-pants for his early bedtime. He used to be asleep by 6:30 every night, now that he is older we pushedit back to 7at the latest! </p> <p>He sleeps better and longer with his early bedtime. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666819 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:01:45 +0000 yin 666819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO used to sleep at 6, and everyone thought I was crazy for putting him down so early. His bedtime has since changed, but I still get requests from the grandparents for me to extend his bedtime to past 9. They want more time to play with him. Oye. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666815 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:00:30 +0000 heffalump 666815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I was weird for my lo having a later bedtime- 8:20. @Andrea: I feel selfish for putting her down late because then she sleeps in, which gives me "me " time in the morning. I love spending my days with lo but I cherish that hour I have to myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666809 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:54:41 +0000 Honeybee 666809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get this all the time, irl. People always ask what I did to make them go to sleep early or how I got so lucky; I just tell them my kids' natural cycle is early to be dand early to wake! Not a lot I can do about it. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666808 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:53:57 +0000 crunch 666808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, its mostly relatives who act super shocked when I tell them his bedtime. Most of my mommy friends, who are sleep sticklers all understand though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666799 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:49:39 +0000 jmarionsmith 666799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we tried setting our 6 month old's bedtime for 7:30/8 pm and it was horrible. he didn't fall asleep peacefully, he didn't sttn and he didn't nap well during the day. he was overtired, plain and simple. he actually made it pretty clear to us when he NEEDS to go to sleep and we follow that. </p> <p>and i don't mind admitting that the few hours between his bedtime and mine are sooo nice to unwind and have some downtime! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666778 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:43:18 +0000 Sammyfab 666778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: really?!?!? Someone called you selfish? That's just absurd. I don't think most people understand baby sleep and how much sleep babies and children actually need. It always baffles me a little when I hear about babies with super late bedtimes.</p> <p> I was staying at my sister's house with my LO one weekend back in November. LO went to bed at 6-ish. My sister's neighbours came over with their children and there was a 5-month old, a 4 year old and a 6 year old who all went to bed later than me (10:30!). Yeesh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666747 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:28:49 +0000 Andrea 666747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: @chopsuey119: @Rubies: @Sammyfab: thanks friends! Forgot to add that I have been called selfish for needing the whole night to myself. Wtf! I can't MAKE them sleep that early until the morning. They just DO. Haters..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666740 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:24:47 +0000 Sammyfab 666740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've put our LO to bed as early as 5:30 many, many times...and those were always his best sleeps (as in, he'd sleep forever!). We got so many side-eyed looks and 'holy geez!' comments from our friends and family and we just shrugged them off.</p> <p> Even now at 13 months he regularly goes to bed before 7 and I actually *hate* putting him to bed much later than that (like, I'd never put him to bed after 8 unless something really important was going on). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666738 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:24:22 +0000 Rubies 666738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely! Up until 13 months, LO slept at 5:30! Now, it's 6pm. But still, people think it's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666730 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:18:32 +0000 chopsuey 666730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just today someone gave me the wtf when I said M goes to bed at 6:15 on no nap days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666723 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:16:02 +0000 mrsjyw 666723@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get the same reaction. Ds is 4 mths n has bern sleeping 7-7 pretty consistently since 12 wks. The in person reactions we get is 'no way' 'ur so luccky' 'i can't believe it'</p> <p>We are blessed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-lo-has-an-early-bedtime-do-people-think-you-are-weird#post-666720 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:14:06 +0000 Andrea 666720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids both sleep before 7 pm and I've been told by so many people IRL that this is unheard of. But it seems so common here on HB. So I am confused. I do have to say that I do not know many kids IRL that go to sleep that early but the Internet makes me feel normal? :-D </p>