https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:39:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2090602 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:39:58 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2090602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>830-9ish! Depends when she went to bed the night before. She's 2.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2090594 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 22:30:16 +0000 anonysquire 2090594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10:30, and I will do everything in my power to keep it that way. Getting up early is for the birds. Literally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2090419 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:59:02 +0000 gingerbebe 2090419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son has been inconsistent with his wake time since 4 months but we shoot for a 7:30am wake up time. He's usually waking up somewhere between 6:00-7:30am and the inconsistency drives me nuts! I usually get up around 6:30am myself to pump and eat and get ready for the day, hopefully before he wakes up.</p> <p>His sleep needs have been decreasing a bit. He used to take 5-6 hours of naps a day (4 naps) and then sleep 11-12 hours overnight. Now its more like 4 hours of nap a day (3 naps) and 10-11 hours of overnight sleep. His bedtime used to be a strict 730pm - he was so tired and ready for bed - but lately its been more like 8 or 8:30pm and he's pretty awake when he's put down because his last catnap is around 6pm. He's not ready to drop it yet because if we try to skip it, he's overtired and wont take his last bottle. Once he drops that third catnap around dinner time we should be back to a 7:30pm bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089675 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:35:50 +0000 littlejoy 2089675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our 14 month old wakes up at 7:15 on her own almost every morning. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8, and usually wakes up once throughout the night. </p> <p>She also naps 4 hours a day. I think some babies/people just need more sleep. We tried doing an earlier bedtime, but she still slept until 7:15.</p> <p>Best wishes with the nap training. I remember we went through sleep training (more scheduling), and then I had to do naps. It's so much easier!! Fingers crossed it's easy for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089449 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:20:40 +0000 twodoghouse 2089449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: Yay! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089447 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:17:38 +0000 spaniellove 2089447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: I wasn't familiar with nap training (we didn't formally sleep train either) so I read through a blog post here and realized we more or less did that at some point. It helps a lot! Now I can just set him down every 2 hours or whenever I feel like it and walk away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089363 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:01:00 +0000 SweetiePie 2089363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: Good luck with the naps ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089362 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:00:47 +0000 SweetiePie 2089362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine goes down at 7:15/30 (bottle at 7, asleep by 7:15/30) and is awake by 6:30. Sometimes 6, rarely 7. So it sounds like I have your "ideal" bed and wake time. But I do wish he'd sleep till 7:30 :-) That would be amazing!<br /> But I will say, we wake at 7 regardless. The rare few times he's still been asleep at 7, I get him up even though we don't have anywhere to be. I like to keep his eating and napping schedule consistent day to day and try not to vary more than 15 minutes in any direction. That being said, I do think I should be like @mae and start to loosen up on the schedule. If/when I go back to work he'll have to get used to being on a looser schedule. And it'll probably just make my life easier as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089357 Sat, 28 Feb 2015 07:40:16 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2089357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm actually better in the morning so want to start her up at 6ish and get her to go down for the night at 7/7:30 instead of 8:30/9. </p> <p>today marks day 1 of sleep/nap training (after mapping out my "ideal" schedule for hours yesterday :silly: ) working on 3 naps and she's currently down for nap 1</p> <p>fx!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo/page/2#post-2089212 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:27:42 +0000 Grace 2089212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine gets up anywhere from 6:30-7:30. I'd say to enjoy the "sleeping in" because it probably won't last. There will be a sleep regression or teething or the sun will come up too early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2089064 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:54:23 +0000 loveisstrange 2089064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: lol. My DD is 3, so yeah. We did nap train her when she was little. It worked out okay. She gave up her last nap very early on though, like 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2089055 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:49:05 +0000 fairy 2089055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds like a normal wakeup time for the bedtime! My dd was always a 12hr sleeper so when she was going to bed at 10pm early on (she would always wake up as if it were a nap if I tried to put her down earlier) she would wake in the morning at 10am. Now at 21months she requires a little less sleep so she sleeps 10-11hrs usually like 9pm to between 7:30-8:30am. Most of my sahm friends have toddlers who wake around the same time, but most working moms I know have kids with earlier wake times out of necessity since they usually have to leave early for work. I would not be happy with an early wake time! Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2089007 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:00:43 +0000 NovBaby1112 2089007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that sounds perfectly normal- I say enjoy it :wink: </p> <p>LO generally wakes between 6:30-7:30, later when she actually takes a nap and goes to bed later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088844 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:54:49 +0000 photojane 2088844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That sounds early to me! :silly: </p> <p>My LO is in bed by 8p, and wakes sometime between 8:30-9a. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088836 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:51:45 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2088836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: have you tried nap training at all? I'm trying to figure out my ideal schedule for A and getting her to 3 naps. but no clue how I'm going to make it all happen.. I feel so clueless when it comes to this </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088818 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:37:42 +0000 Greentea 2088818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kid never sleeps past 6. Whomp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088788 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:19:07 +0000 loveisstrange 2088788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My almost 3 year old sleeps 7:30/8- 7:30/8. Sometimes as late as 8:30/9.</p> <p>Girl likes to sleep. Im not complaining. She's a terrible napper too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088771 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:09:52 +0000 SleepyMonkey 2088771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between 7 and 730. I think if its working for you and isnt interfering with your life, then dont worry about changing it. My lo used to wake up around 630 and it sucked on the weekends. 730 is great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088697 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 14:23:20 +0000 spaniellove 2088697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: J was at 4 naps for a long time, maybe every 90 minutes? Then 3 naps, every 2 hours. I'm starting to think with the preemie/IUGR/feeding issue babies they can be a few months behind with some of these things. I follow his lead with whether he has 2 or 3 naps a day - naps are spaced 2 or 2+ hours apart, and bedtime is 7-7:30, so if he wakes up from the second nap later than 2:30-3, I just give him an early bedtime. Somehow he does okay with the long stretch. But I knew it was time to try dropping the 3rd nap when his 1st suddenly became 2-3 hours once in a while. </p> <p>But going back to your original question, at some point recently I did sit down and decide times that I actually wanted his bottles to be given when I felt they should be spaced out more and on a different schedule, and worked to adjust all of them to fit that schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088644 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:50:26 +0000 BabyTsMom 2088644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would be so, so happy if my LO woke up at 7:30 every day!!! I'm not a morning person. He used to wake up late, but since about 5-6 months old he has woken up earlier. I say enjoy it!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088641 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:49:08 +0000 lilteacherbee 2088641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: For a looong time (probably from 3 months-12ish months), my LO slept from 9pm-8am with usually just one wake up. Now that he's a little older (15 months), he STTN from 8pm-6:30/7am. Honestly, I really miss sleeping in! I think if it's working for you, don't sweat it! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088599 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:28:30 +0000 twodoghouse 2088599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: I tried to go by max awake time. So first nap 2 hours after waking, second two hours after that, third two hours after that, then bedtime two hours later. Once we tried that out we played around with which ones we could stretch, vs which ones were too hard to keep them awake longer. (First nap is always the least flexible for my kids). I had the 2-3-4 schedule as a goal so that helped determine where I wanted to be eventually. I don't know if this is the "right" way to do it, but it ended up working for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088477 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:06:50 +0000 Mrs. Toad 2088477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S is 5 months. Usually goes down at 6 to 6:30 and gets up between 7 and 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088433 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:36:33 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2088433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: wow that is early! :( what time does J go to sleep? I don't get the early class times at all!! A has been the youngest by far in our story time. don't really think it's for me either. </p> <p>yes we are in Bergen County NJ. would love to do a meetup!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088425 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:31:14 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2088425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh and A is 9 months (7 corrected) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088421 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:30:25 +0000 catomd00 2088421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 12 months and goes down around 7 and wakes up between 630-730 (usually wakes up at least 1x in the motn to eat - typically between 4 and 530). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088402 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:25:16 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 2088402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I honestly don't even know how to go down to less naps. :meh: would I just try to keep her awake as long as I can? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088388 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:19:17 +0000 BlueWolverine 2088388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 25 mo and goes down at 8:30. During the week, we have to wake her up at 8:15. On weekends, she often sleeps until 9 or 9:30 (and one time 10! It was glorious!). Sleeping later might push her nap on the weekends, but we just roll with it. It doesn't affect bedtime at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088372 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:13:16 +0000 spaniellove 2088372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littleredhairedgrl: J tends to wake up between 4:30-5:30 and 6 would be a miracle for us. I often wonder if he has a slight day/night mixup. It's really tough trying to schedule these babies to work with those groups and activities! Every single storytime and class here is between 10 and 11 and I'm like, hello! Doesn't anyone have a kid who naps in the morning? But the few times I've gone it turns out they're all meant for toddlers and now I know why. Are you still in NJ? We need to figure out an HB meetup somewhere in Central NJ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-a-normal-waking-time-for-lo#post-2088365 Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:10:06 +0000 blackbird 2088365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E's 22 months and goes down at 730 and up around 630/7. </p> <p>830-730 with a 5am wakeup doesn't sound bad for me for your babe, though! I would probably dig a 7:30am wake up if I didn't have to be at work at 730! </p>