https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:09:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staggered-sleeping-will-it-work-on-the-long-run#post-2293290 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:49:21 +0000 blackbird 2293290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dh and I used to switch off nights when E was formula fed. I'd get one night, he'd get the next. Staggered sleeping has always worked well for us when we implement it. If you're tired enough to go to bed at 7, that is! But yeah, do it while it works and change it up when it doesn't!</p> <p>Plus, T used to sleep GREAT at 6 weeks old. 1 wake up a night great. Now he's up like...4-5 times a night sometimes. So sometimes you just have to go with the flow! But enjoy it while it lasts :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staggered-sleeping-will-it-work-on-the-long-run#post-2293242 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 08:28:29 +0000 Mae 2293242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It may. But your lo might starting waking at regular times only during your shift or the other so it may stop making sense. Do what works while it works and figure out something new when it stops working. You can't make any sort if long term plans based on baby sleep :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/staggered-sleeping-will-it-work-on-the-long-run#post-2293168 Thu, 17 Sep 2015 07:49:03 +0000 Ms. RV 2293168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO will be six weeks next week and I'll be returning to work (she'll go to daycare). She is bottlefed (EBM and formula). OH, even before LO, got up for work at 4am and left at 4:30am. LO wakes up to eat around 2am. For the past two nights, OH has gone to bed at 7pm and woken up at 2am with LO. I sleep from 9pm or 9:30pm and wake at 4am. This way I know I can get a shower in before OH leaves if LO is awake and fussy. I'll be getting home by 4pm from work, so OH and I will have 3 hours to see each other each night. If LO wakes before midnight, it is my duty. After is his.</p> <p>Has anyone ever tried anything like this? It has worked great the past two nights but I'm wondering if we're just being naïve. Even if LO would be up the whole night, we both get 4 hours of sleep no matter what.</p> <p>Once LO is STTN or falls right asleep after a night feeding (she can take an hour or so right now), we'll both sleep 9 to 4. </p>