https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 00:34:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-503828 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:41:53 +0000 loveisstrange 503828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Things are going better tonight! I woke her up at 8:30 am this morning and then we ran a bunch of errands. She went down at 6:30, like normal, and just woke up at 9:30. I gave her a bottle and she went right back down though. Improvement! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502504 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:44:42 +0000 T.H.O.U. 502504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck today! I agree with not letting her sleep in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502442 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:20:35 +0000 loveisstrange 502442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys. I was letting the late wakeup go because Im jetlagged too and wanted to sleep, but I definitely think I do need to wake her up in the morning. </p> <p>Well, hopefully today will get her back on track since I already have to wake her up and were going to be out and about today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502193 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:32:31 +0000 T-Mom 502193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely wake her up at normal time especially since it's been a few days already. Getting sunlight will really be helpful in her body adjusting back to normal rythmn. And some fresh air too, if you can. It's great that she is willing to stay in the crib at night. Mine always want to get up and have full meals! It's hard but hopefully you don't have too many more of these difficult nights! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502161 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:59:00 +0000 Sammyfab 502161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely think you're doing the right thing by leaving her when she wakes up after bedtime.</p> <p>If you want to reset her clock you absolutely have to wake her up at her normal wake up time (8am) and not let her sleep in. Sleeping until 10am is just reinforcing this wacky schedule. I wouldn't say she's getting too much sleep (since her long stretch is starting significantly later than normal)...her clock is just off. If you wake her up to start her day at her usual time and put her down for naps at her usual times then things will likely go back to normal.</p> <p>Also, because she is waking up later, only taking one nap, and you're putting her down at her usual bedtime, she is getting significantly less awake time (an inappropriate amount for her age and sleep needs), so that's why she's treating bedtime like a 2nd nap and wide awake when you want her to be sleeping.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502147 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:39:45 +0000 Bao 502147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think maybe waking her up when she sleeps that long in the morning is a good idea...I don't think leaving her up there is a bad idea either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/need-advice-baby-jet-lagtransitioning-sleep-over-very-different-time-zones#post-502120 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:10:44 +0000 loveisstrange 502120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C and I flew home the first week of December to visit my family. It's a 6 hour time difference between England and St Louis. Going home wasn't too bad. It took about a week for her to adjust and even then, she was just waking up earlier than normal in the morning.</p> <p>Well, this is night 3 back at home in England and this kid is killing me. </p> <p>Night 1: We kept her awake until bedtime (our flight landed at 9:30am, she had slept about 5 hours on the plane, about 30 minutes in the airport waiting for our bus and another 1.5 hours on the bus on the way home) We got home at around 3pm, so she didn't take a nap at home. We put her down at 6:30 (normal bedtime) and she woke up screaming at 9:15 and 11:30. Both times, I have her a couple oz in a bottle and she passed right back out. She slept until 10am after the 11:30 wakeup.</p> <p>Night 2: She took a 2.5 hour nap in the afternoon and went down at 6:30 again. She woke up briefly at 8pm and then again at 9:30. This time, she refused to go back to sleep. I fed her, I turned her white noise machine back on... everything that normally puts her back to sleep. She was awake until 12am and then slept until 10am again.</p> <p>Night 3 (tonight): The same as yesterday. She woke up around 8:30 and then again at 9:50. I fed her, etc. She, again, refused to go back to sleep. It's just now midnight here and she just barely fell back asleep. I have to wake her up at 8am because we have an appointment in the morning, which is her normal wake-up time.</p> <p>All 3 nights, I have not gotten her out of her crib. She doesn't really get screamy or upset, but she'll whine a little and talk/babble to herself a bunch. She's not upset, so I've just left her upstairs. I didn't want to wake her up and then have her think it was okay. She's already treating bedtime like a 2nd nap and I didn't want to re-inforce that. </p> <p>2 questions:<br /> 1. When she won't go back to sleep, am I doing the right thing by leaving her upstairs (since she's not upset)?</p> <p>2. Should I be waking her up in the morning instead of letting her sleep in? I think she may be getting too much sleep. Her sleeping in only allows for 1 nap a day instead of her normal 2. </p>