https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 08:20:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1341606 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:09:29 +0000 NovBaby1112 1341606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: that's great! not for your DH, but having a well rested baby is awesome, plus sleeping in later is better for everyone in the household! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1341531 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:51:45 +0000 septca 1341531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wanted to follow up and thank you all for your advice! We moved bedtime to 7:00 starting on Friday night and DD gradually slept later each morning over the weekend. Last night she slept 7:00-7:30. Yippee!!!</p> <p>(My husband is not thrilled and I am bummed because this solution SUCKS for him. But when DD doesn't sleep well, no one does.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330930 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:05:58 +0000 MsLipGloss 1330930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I generally maintain office hours between 8 and 4, which is not nearly enough time to do all I need to do (I have a very demanding job and a heavy workload). After LO goes down for the night, I generally spend another 2-3 hours doing more work. I don't have a *regular* job though, so I have more flexibility in some areas than others (office time is somewhat flexible as long as I meet my billable requirement). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330621 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:41:43 +0000 ShootingStar 1330621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: How do you manage to work and do bedtime so early? DH and I don't get home until 5:30ish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330615 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:40:57 +0000 NovBaby1112 1330615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: no harm in trying an earlier bedtime if you think its what your LO needs! I know how you feel though, some nights my DH doesn't get to see LO before bed, but I think her sleep is more important! and yea, my DD did the same thing during the 2-1 transition. Fighting afternoon nap or only taking 2 short naps, then fighting morning nap, waking up earlier and earlier. When we switched to 1 nap it took awhile for her to adjust (about a month) and she started taking a 1.5-2.5 hr nap and sleeping 7- 7/7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330583 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:36:15 +0000 septca 1330583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: That makes a lot of sense. I *do* think we are in the one-nap transition. She currently takes two, and will sleep for at least an hour each time, but yesterday she took a 2-hour morning nap and fought her afternoon nap hard (according to my nanny), then slept about 45 minutes. I really think a 7:00 pm bedtime is what she needs. I have been selfish is holding off... I usually get eye-rubbing around 6:30-6:45, but then she gets a second wind until her current bedtime. I think I need t0 push my husband to leave work earlier and try a 7:00 bedtime. :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330540 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:27:33 +0000 NovBaby1112 1330540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I think that waking up earlier and earlier can be caused by SO many things, so it is hard to pin point exactly what it is. I am wondering what has caused the wake up time to creep earlier and earlier over the last few weeks. How are her naps? How many hours of sleep is she getting during the day? I remember reading that around 11 months babies can show signs of transitioning to 1 nap, and early wake ups are one of those signs. She might not be ready for 1 nap yet, but you might be in the transition to 1. </p> <p>I know for my LO, an early bedtime definitely helps her be more rested at night and wake up happier/sleep better, but that is only when her naps were short and crappy. However, I do not think 7pm is too early at all so I would def try it. I've put LO to bed as early as 5:45 on crappy nap days, which leads to her being more rested the next day and gets naps back on track and then she can go to bed at her normal time the next night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330441 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 10:05:54 +0000 Smurfette 1330441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try it for sure. </p> <p>R is 10 months but I have found that more tired she is she wakes up earlier. This morning she woke up at 615 and she only had a hour nap total yesterday at day care, compared to she takes 3 (2naps) on the weekends with us. So by the end of the week, it starts to take a toll on her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330375 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:51:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 1330375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I would move her bedtime up. We have settled in to the 6/6:30 range, and while that's earlier than I would prefer (for reasons similar to yours), it is the only way that LO gets 11.5-12 hours of sleep. It has been my experience that sleep begets sleep . . . when my LO is overtired, it definitely shows up in the form of less overnight sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-we-move-bedtime-earlier#post-1330357 Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:45:45 +0000 septca 1330357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD (11.5 months) goes to bed around 7:30 (I put her down 7:20-7:30 and she is asleep within 10-15 minutes). Until a few weeks ago, she slept roughly 7:30-7:30. Lately, however, her wake up time has been creeping earlier... first to 6:30 for a week or so, and today she was up at 6:00. She is usually very tired by the time she goes to bed, but we have kept the later bedtime because my husband doesn't get home until 7:00 most nights. Do you think we should move bedtime to 7:00 anyway? Do you think an earlier bedtime helps babies/toddlers sleep longer (as the sleep sources suggest)? What was your experience?</p> <p>She gets plenty of food/milk during the day so I don't think she is hungry, but we just started weaning, so I know she is pretty attached to her morning nursing session (she only nurses at wake up and bedtime now). </p>