https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:28:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931748 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:09:10 +0000 meredithNYC 931748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: Yep, ours are like this:<br /> <a href="http://www.blinds.com/control/product/productID,105392" rel="nofollow">http://www.blinds.com/control/product/productID,105392</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931747 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:08:59 +0000 looch 931747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was never a textbook sleeper, but i did find that blackout lined curtains helped lengthen afternoon naps. Ours were just plain curtains, with a black out liner...they function just like regular panels.</p> <p>Now we have blackout roman shades and they are just not as good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931740 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:06:55 +0000 pastemoo 931740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Cool. Can you pull them up for playtime? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931711 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:59:26 +0000 meredithNYC 931711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: They're up all the time and we use them for naps, too. We didn't want to invest the money in them initially so we used the type you can get on Amazon that you essentially tape up over the window, but they were a pain and always falling down. So we got the expensive ones and they keep LO asleep until about 7-7:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931698 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:56:59 +0000 pastemoo 931698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: Black out blinds? Do you take them off in the morning before LO wakes--or LO wakes while it is still dark?</p> <p>Sometimes cosleeping does give me a little extra time to sleep--and to sleep while nursing, too. That's why I do it. Lately LO hasn't been as interested.</p> <p>We sometimes do the 7pm or 7 30 bedtime. Bedtime was 7 30 a while ago and he started to wake up in the 4am hour FOR THE DAY so that's why I pushed it back to 8. :) I don't actually know if that helped or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931610 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:31:14 +0000 meredithNYC 931610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: What seems to work for us is a slightly earlier bedtime (7pm-ish) and also, black-out blinds. Now that it's summer and the sun comes out bright and early, the blinds are a lifesaver and worth every penny.</p> <p>Also, we don't co-sleep because my LO never took to it, but a lot of bees seem to do that after their LO wakes up for the day and some say it gives them another couple of hours. Might be worth a try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/so-your-lo-technically-sleeps-through-the-night-what-next#post-931592 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:25:31 +0000 pastemoo 931592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this is a "sleep training" post or not really.</p> <p>My LO is sleeping through the night (EIGHT HOURS! YAY!) He sleeps from 8-4 straight. Finally! He is almost 14 months old.<br /> It's been maybe 4-6 weeks of this (maybe 6 nights a week).</p> <p>I am interested in seeing if we can stretch this 8 hours to more. I know he needs more than 8 hours but once I feed him he goes back to sleep and wakes every 45 minutes until he is up for the day (between 5 and 6 30 depending on the day).</p> <p>If I don't nurse him, he still needs to eat and generally just decides to be up for the day (though once DH got him to drink water and eat fruit and then go back to sleep!).</p> <p>I am inconsistent in whether I put him back in the crib or if I bring him to bed with me/us.</p> <p>Should I mess with a good thing? If so, how?</p> <p>Tell me about your sleep journey with your LO. :) </p>