https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 21:15:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-2784239 Sun, 05 Nov 2017 04:34:59 +0000 cake2017 2784239@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pepper: I know this old but how long was your baby on this schedule and what was their wake time? Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271379 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:36:57 +0000 NurseMommy 1271379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She keeps changing it around on me a bit, but yesterday this was her sleep...<br /> Up at 8:30<br /> Nap 10:00<br /> Up 10:50<br /> Nap 1:15<br /> Up 2:40<br /> Nap 5:00<br /> Up 6:45<br /> Bed 8:45 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271299 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:05:09 +0000 winniebee 1271299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age he went to bed at 7. Going to bed earlier at that age just meant getting up earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271294 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:03:53 +0000 Ra 1271294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7pm. I think it needs to be pushed earlier but DH is really fighting me on it. LO starts melting down around 6pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271287 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:01:11 +0000 Cherrybee 1271287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel you!! My almost 5 month old has been going to bed at 6.30pm for a few weeks now and pushes for an even earlier bedtime most nights. She wakes up once in the night to feed and then is rarely up before 8am so she obviously just needs the sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271248 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:36:24 +0000 Silva 1271248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: I am running into the same problem with LO's bedtime / my husband's job. I am trying the 2-3-4 thing today (she is 7.5 months) to see how it goes, because her sleep has been weird lately.<br /> But if she goes to bed before 6:40 (usual bedtime is 7:00) she won't get to see him at all. And he won't get to see her except on weekends! Such a bummer!</p> <p>I might just have to keep letting her take a little cat nap so that he can see her. He kind of gets depressed when he misses her every single day. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271185 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:05:41 +0000 Dandelion 1271185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes you just need to go to bed a little earlier! DS has had many days where he goes to bed an hour earlier and still manages to sleep until the same time in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271150 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:47:55 +0000 blackbird 1271150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was in bed at 730, but woke up around 6 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271148 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:47:26 +0000 Trailmix 1271148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7:00! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271082 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:17:10 +0000 Smurfette 1271082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>630-700 and would wake up at 6-630 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271074 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:09:45 +0000 Beyond2 1271074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO went to bed at 7 at 6 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1271052 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:55:05 +0000 Adira 1271052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7:00 - 7:30 when Xander was 6 months.</p> <p>Now at 9 months, he goes to bed between 6:00 and 7:00. Going to sleep earlier usually means sleeping longer for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270997 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:22:20 +0000 mjane 1270997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: Same.</p> <p>She takes two naps a day, but they are long (about 2 hours). She can't be up for more than 2 hours in the morning (really 1.5 hours) and midday, but she makes it okay from 4 - 7:30. But she does do a lot of eating (cluster feeding at the boob and now some solids) at that time... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270993 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:16:35 +0000 Anagram 1270993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: she's also doing two longer naps and a short cat nap around 4:30-5 pm. The few times she hasn't gotten that nap, she's been in bed at 6 or 6:30. Our LO just can't stay awake more than 2 or MAYBE 2.5 hours. </p> <p>But I understand about your husband's job. Mine doesn't get home until 6:30 or later so I also feel like the second he walks in the door he changes our of work clothes and then we have to start the bath. =( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270897 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:02:16 +0000 fairy 1270897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: yeah the alone time is in the morning instead haha. I'm scared to try and alter her bedtime because she sleeps so well worth just one wakeup usually between 6:30 and 9 (used to be later but lately is earlier) to nurse. I will nurse her to sleep during that wakeup and then have time alone to get lots of stuff done and pump, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270894 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 01:01:15 +0000 immabeetoo 1270894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: I say try it! My LO did that for 2 months, then around 8 went to a 3 - 3 -4.5 ish and then at 11 months started transitioning to one nap (BOO!). My husband fortunately had the flexibility to go in earlier for a while and come home earlier, it's hard though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270883 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:36:01 +0000 QBbride 1270883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dreamocracy: wow! That's crazy. It would be difficult not having alone time in the evenings but the sleep ins would be awesome!</p> <p>@scg00387: I'm going to try a loose 2-3-4 schedule depending on his sleep cues and see what happens. I shouldn't complain about a 6pm bedtime but my husband doesn't even get home from work till 5! So then we would start the bedtime routine pretty much right away. Plus, I miss my baby when he's sleeping! He's so much fun to be around :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270880 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:32:17 +0000 immabeetoo 1270880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: that's also the time when my LO went to 2 naps. In the beginning, he went to bed so early, like asleep by 6 PM, but it slowly moved back. Until we transitioned to one nap, and then it was 6 PM again and it's slowly moving back :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270879 Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:23:14 +0000 fairy 1270879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a nightowl. She goes to bed between 11 and 12:30 and wakes up the next day between 11:30am and 1pm. It always blows my mind that most babies go to bed so early because she must have missed that memo! :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270856 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:49:17 +0000 QBbride 1270856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies! We'll see if he keeps it up. I didn't think he was ready for a 2-3-4 schedule yet since he usually was overtired by 2 hours but maybe suddenly he's ready for a modified version! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270803 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:48:48 +0000 autumnlove 1270803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between 6:30-7! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270797 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:44:23 +0000 Sammyfab 1270797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@QBbride: Yes!!! I think your schedule from today looks awesome! For a lot of people, a 2-3-4 schedule works well. For my LO, we were more like 3-3-2.5 because he needed more awake time in the morning to nap better. Basically, you should aim to have about 8-9 hours of awake time at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270795 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:43:38 +0000 Pepper 1270795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 5.5 months and he goes to bed between 8-9... closer to 9. I'm trying to push this back so it's closer to 7-8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270792 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:41:27 +0000 Arden 1270792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10. She goes to sleep at ten with us (we cosleep) and wakes up around 10AM.</p> <p>Edit: she's eight months now but she's been in this schedule for the most part since around five months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270789 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:40:19 +0000 QBbride 1270789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Anagram: thanks! I think he was going to bed closer to 7:30 when he was 5 months. How many naps does your DD have in a day?</p> <p>@Sammyfab: Thanks! My DS normally starts having meltdowns by the 2 hour mark, but over the past few days he's been awake for more like 3 hours at a time... so maybe he is transitioning from 3 to 2 naps.</p> <p>Just when you have then figured out, they change on you!</p> <p>This was his schedule today:<br /> 6:20am - awake<br /> 8:30am - first nap<br /> 10:00am - awake<br /> 1:15pm - 2nd nap, asleep in car (tired awhile before this though)<br /> 2:45pm - awake<br /> 6:15pm - asleep</p> <p>Does this sound about right?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270772 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:33:43 +0000 Sammyfab 1270772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO transitioned from 3 to 2 naps around 6-6.5 months and he regularly went to bed between 5:45 and 6:30 (usually closer to 6). Since you're transitioning naps, just make sure you're stretching the time between wake up, naps and bedtime to 2.5-3+ hours because if he isn't getting enough awake time during the day, he will definitely be waking up super early in the morning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270766 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:31:11 +0000 Anagram 1270766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anywhere from 7-8 pm for our 5 month old. She is ready at 7 but sometimes by the time we do bath and bottle and bedtime routine it's close to 8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-does-your-6-month-old-go-to-bed#post-1270763 Mon, 09 Dec 2013 22:29:36 +0000 QBbride 1270763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As the title says, what time does your 6-month-old go to bed? We have been starting our bedtime routine at 6:15ish and DS is asleep by 7. He's been having 2 good naps and 1 catnap, but he's really been fighting the catnap recently. I'm wondering if it's a good idea to just put him to bed earlier? I'm not worried about him sleeping through the night (since he doesnt yet anyway) but I really don't want him waking up at 4am.</p> <p>He was exhausted so I bathed him at 5:30pm and he was asleep by 6:15pm. It seems soo early!</p> <p>Thanks! </p>