https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 09:37:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2593049 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:23:18 +0000 LBee 2593049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the same story as @SweetiePie: except we started bringing him into bed with us. It lasted almost 3 months to the day. We did nothing - it just suddenly went away as fast as it had come. We did add a toddler clock to the equation after he was back to sleeping normal and I was surprised that he totally gets it / loves it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592901 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:09:31 +0000 mfa_lady 2592901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Last night, she had trouble falling asleep and literally was going "Mama Daddy? Mama? Daddy?" KILLING ME. </p> <p>@winniebee: BLESS YOU. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592899 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:06:37 +0000 winniebee 2592899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: literally he started doing it out of the blue and then it just suddenly stopped, too. Now, if I hear from him before 7 am, it's a surprise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592897 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:06:05 +0000 SweetiePie 2592897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: oh yes, you know I was a CIO-er too :-) And at this age it is way harder to let him cry. It's louder and sadder and they throw a "mummy" in there with it. Lol. During the 18 month regression I always went in to him during the night and if he would happen to wake up crying from nap or night sleep I'll totally go in. So I get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592894 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:00:39 +0000 mfa_lady 2592894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: See, she's been waking up crying for us! That's part of the problem--if she's happy, I'm 100% fine with leaving her in there for a while. But when she's crying, I just can't do it. (And this is coming from a CIO-er. Ha.) I'm thinking she'll regulate herself eventually...I just can't wait for the day.</p> <p>@winniebee: We might be a little behind you, then, although it doesn't seem related to one nap because she transitioned early (because of her sitter's schedule) and has been doing the one-nap thing since 11/12 months. But...all these stories of "one day it just stopped" are making me VERY happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592891 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:58:04 +0000 winniebee 2592891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: R went through periods of early waking when we were transitioning to one nap - at 15/16 months he would wake at 5/530 for 3 weeks straight then go back to 630. Finally we were rid of the problem around 17 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592890 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:57:59 +0000 SweetiePie 2592890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: well I'm glad it helps ;-)<br /> Also, not sure if this is possible, but even though he wakes up early sometimes I still won't go get him till 7am. I want him to understand that's wakeup time. We've been doing that since 4/5 months so he's totall used to it and he'll just play around and talk to himself for an hour or two. He never cries and is very happy to see us when we go in. And sometimes (rarely) he would still fall asleep again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592884 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:52:51 +0000 mfa_lady 2592884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Weirdly enough, this is encouraging. Haha. She started this crazy early wakeup time a couple of months ago, and even if we had a couple months left I appreciate the hope that it may end someday. Ha! I'm due with little sister in October, so it would be especially nice if she could start waking up at 6:30/7 again sometime around then... :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592882 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:45:01 +0000 SweetiePie 2592882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: hey friend! Sorry I missed this first time around.<br /> I hate to say it...but I think it's one of those things that will pass. We hit the 18 month regression from about 18-20/21 months and for us it was a wakeup overnight a few times a week and waking up at like 5:30/5:44 most days. It was brutal but I just kept all things constant and just as quickly as it started it stopped. It's now been probably a month or more since he woke up at night and he's been waking at his normal 6:30/7 time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2592872 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:34:19 +0000 mfa_lady 2592872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Guys, it's not working. Blah! We've been pushing it back to 7:45ish (her norm was 7/7:15) and she's still WAKING UP AT 5:45. I'm remembering Mr. Bee's post about Charlie just waking up early for a long time, and I think that might be us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589356 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:29:43 +0000 whiskers 2589356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck! B's in a similar stage right now, but we have the added complication of them now sharing a room which means her bedtime is later already. I'm just like 3 months better be enough time for it to resolve itself. 😴 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589278 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:59:52 +0000 BabyTsMom 2589278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: It was pretty quick, like less than a week I think? I think my LO has lower sleep needs, so even though he is in his crib by 8, he's almost always awake until 8:25-8:30. So he really only gets about 10.5 hours overnight.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589243 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:33:10 +0000 mfa_lady 2589243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyTsMom: OMG. This is exactly what I want to hear! Haha. How long did it take to make the full half-hour-later-wakeup transition? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589242 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:31:49 +0000 BabyTsMom 2589242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 26 months, but around 19 months we started pushing bedtime back to about 8. He wakes up anywhere between 6:45-7:15am most days. Before, he was waking up at 6:15-6:45am, and going to bed around 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589240 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:26:17 +0000 mfa_lady 2589240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: I WISH DD would sleep in our bed with us for the pre-5:30 wake-ups! But no such luck. She's too busy pointing/poking/identifying our eyes, ears, mouths, and her most recent favorite: nipples! (DH's, not mine. Hahahaha.)</p> <p>@caterw: Adding a snack is a good idea for going to bed later. She still does get milk before bed, but we eat around 6 so I think a little something to gnaw on right before going to sleep would be a good idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589237 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:23:48 +0000 caterw 2589237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is a super night owl- she will stay up until 9 regardless now that it's light out so I just hang with her and we do something active in the afternoon or sometimes a craft so she is actually tired when I put her down. She tends to get up super early if she isnt worn out- one week she woke up at like 4 am every day!! I also make sure she has milk (and possibly a little snack) right before bed so she doesnt wake up hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589155 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:11:44 +0000 FaithFertility 2589155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Now before I go sounding like she sleeps like a dream 5-6 nights a week she wakes between 2-4 a.m. and I just put her in our bed :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2589104 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 13:24:24 +0000 mfa_lady 2589104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: @oliviaoblivia: @Banana330: @winniebee: @FaithFertility: Sounds like I should give 8 a try! Thanks for weighing in--I'm optimistic it will make her happier and MAYBE we'll be lucky enough to get a later wake time, too. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588981 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:31:15 +0000 FaithFertility 2588981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: I would push it to 8<br /> G this past month is in bed now 8/8:30 with a nap 12:30/1:30-2<br /> She is up 7-7:30 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588974 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:26:16 +0000 winniebee 2588974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R went from going to bed at 7:30 to 8, just in the last month or so. He's 19 months. Previously he was doing 7:30-6:30 with nap from 12-2/230 and now sleeps 8-7 and naps usually 1230/1-3ish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588960 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 10:12:48 +0000 Banana330 2588960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you have black out blinds? lots of people have been complaining about early wake ups/trouble falling asleep in summer cause of the light filtering in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588941 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:45:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2588941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C has recently moved from a 7/7:30 bedtime to an 8/8:15. She was just rolling around in there awake. I felt like putting her to bed at her usual bedtime was just becoming me putting her in her room alone.<br /> 8 seems to be working for her. Had to wake her up at 8:15 today. Don't mind that at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588940 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:45:22 +0000 snowjewelz 2588940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When's her nap? </p> <p>DD had been waking at 6 for the LONGEST time... And then needed to nap by like 11-11:30... Waking up by 12:30-1 and then needing to go to bed by 7:30 the latest.</p> <p>Finally in the last month or so she started napping 12-12:30 to 1:30-2, so she goes to bed later at 8-8:30 and thankfully is waking up no earlier than 6:30. </p> <p>Tho she still has low sleep needs and rarely sleeps more than 10 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-back#post-2588929 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 09:32:34 +0000 mfa_lady 2588929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost 19 months old and sleep has been wonky since she turned one. We've turned a corner and things are back to normal for the most part, with the only difference being she now wakes between 5:30 and 6:30 every morning (a 6:30 morning is a glorious, few-and-far-between treat these days) whereas she used to sleep until 7.</p> <p>She goes down between 7 and 7:30 consistently, but recently has been taking a long time to fall asleep. She'll roll around, talk to herself, yell "night night," etc for up to an hour before she's actually out. A couple of times over the past two weeks she's actually started crying and we've had to go in and explain that it was bedtime and time for night night and all that in order to get her to settle back down. </p> <p>Do you think putting her to bed closer to 8 would be better? I'm so wary of doing that (I'm 25 weeks pregnant, lol) in case it would actually make things WORSE, but I want to find the sweet spot for bedtime and ideally get to sleep later than 5:30 again, too.</p> <p>Any ideas welcome! </p>