Hellobee Boards Topic: When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?

Hellobee Boards Topic: When did you move bed time up? And stop waking? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:43:58 +0000 Tanjowen on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1703910 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:57:50 +0000 Tanjowen 1703910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just kind of picked one of his sleepy times around 6 weeks, which was 8 p.m. and did his bedtime routine then - he was still waking up every 2-3 hours to eat at night at that point, but started stretching it out as the weeks went by, and I think the routine helped soothe him. He changed his bedtime to 6:30 p.m. around 4 months old, which has been very nice! ScarletBegonia on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1702022 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:04:08 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1702022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @skibobrown: totally agree on having adult time! So important. skibobrown on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1701976 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:55:50 +0000 skibobrown 1701976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We stopped waking for feedings early. Like as soon as the doctor had no more worries about DD's weight gain. Our daughter did not naturally shift her bedtime earlier, but around 10 weeks (I think?) I started trying to enforce an earlier bedtime. I'd give her a bath starting around 7 or 7:30 and then go through something resembling a bedtime routine to get her down. She didn't take to it immediately, but I kept at it, and it was pretty firmly established after a couple of weeks. I really appreciated being able to have some grown up time w/ DH after DD went to bed, which was entirely missing when we were all going to bed at 10 or 11. ScarletBegonia on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1701947 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:57:21 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1701947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We moved bedtime up starting around 7-8 weeks...mostly because he was falling asleep downstairs with us around 630 anyway, so we figured he might as well sleep in his bassinet! We never woke to feed cause he got back to his birthweight after 4 days. At the moment I take him upstairs to our darkened bedroom between 645 and 7, diaper change, into PJs, nurse one side, swaddle, nurse to sleep on the other side (only works if he's had about 90 mins to 120 mins awake time before bedtime), sing twinkle twinkle little star, and into bassinet by about 715. He often wakes after 1 sleep cycle and my husband can usually shush him back to sleep. If not, he will sleep through til sometime between 3 and 5. That's been our experience so far and I DO NOT want to mess with it!! I'm getting more sleep now than I was in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy! LovelyPlum on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695379 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:30:25 +0000 LovelyPlum 1695379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our routine is similar: I feed her between 10 and 11 for the last time, and then she sleeps until she wakes up between 2-4 to eat. She goes back to sleep until about 7, and then depending on the day, I either put her back down in the RnP or feed her and take her out for the day. She takes a nap in the evening that we're trying to make bedtime, but she often doesn't want anything to do with it. Or, she'll sleep for an hour and then wake up for another hour or two before I nurse her for the last time. Our new goal is to keep her happy at night, whether that be awake or asleep. I figure an earlier bedtime will come if we follow her cues, so I'm trying not to stress too much about it! She is 8 weeks old now. blackbird on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695334 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:13:54 +0000 blackbird 1695334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We were still on 9pm bedtimes around month 4 or so. We slowly moved to about 730/8:00 around month 5 and by month 6, we were at 7/730. Probably a few months ago, we had to start putting E down around 6:45 because she would get really fussy by 7:00 and overtired. I just sort of followed her cues and started bumping things up in 15 min increments. If she was too tired, i had missed it and would try earlier the next day. It took some time, though. I distinctly remember working when she had a 9pm bedtime...and 9pm is *my* bedtime :wink: So she wasn't too old lawbee11 on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695333 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:13:32 +0000 lawbee11 1695333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We moved her bedtime up when she was around 12 weeks. It was originally 8:30...now it is 6:45/7. We stopped waking to eat around 3-4 weeks. autumnlove on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695324 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:09:25 +0000 autumnlove 1695324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO 1 was eight weeks when she started STTN but she was going down around 9. It took a few months to get move it to 6:45 -7. She had no interest in sleeping that early the first few months! SleepyMonkey on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695279 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:50:55 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1695279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our pedi said by the time she is back at her birth weight and gaining weight, there was no need to wake her to feed. For earlier bedtime, we waited until she moved it on her own, which was around 10 weeks. Charm54 on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695260 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:42:58 +0000 Charm54 1695260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ By 4 weeks she was sleeping 8 hour stretches and dr said no need to wake her so I didn't. Her bedtime was 10pm... Around 3 months she started pushing her bedtime earlier by an hour each month until she had a 7pm bedtime by 6months. She would give me her tired cues earlier and earlier. I was surprised at how she transitioned herself so easily! Adira on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695250 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:39:52 +0000 Adira 1695250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Xander just started falling asleep on his own earlier, so by 10 weeks, his bedtime was between 7:00-7:30. But I did a dreamfeed at 9:00 until he was about 8 months, haha! Smurfette on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695244 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:38:12 +0000 Smurfette 1695244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We never woke her up to feed!! But our pedi said at 2 weeks we didn't need too. I think around 12 weeks she moved bedtime to 8. Then not long after that it was to 7. knittylady on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695238 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:36:02 +0000 knittylady 1695238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Our ped said bedtime should be between 6-8- but that was around 12 weeks I think? Also I've heard, and experienced, that an earlier bedtime can actually lead to later wake ups! No clue on te waking to eat though- good luck an enjoy your rock star sleeper!! Mae on "When did you move bed time up? And stop waking?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-move-bed-time-up-and-stop-waking#post-1695218 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:30:55 +0000 Mae 1695218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ So I think we might be a little bit off from this yet, but I just have no clue what is normal. My LO is 4 weeks old and we have a very established routine with her that has worked for us since week 2. We take her upstairs to our bedroom at 9pm, I breastfeed her and swaddle her and put her to bed about 10pm (in our room) and we go to bed. Then I wake her up to eat at 2am (at her 2 week appointment doc said she can go 5 hours between eating overnight), and she is almost always super sleepy at that point. Then put her back down and she usually sleeps until 5:30 or 6 before waking me up to feed again (I have an alarm set for 7 but she has never made it that long). Then sometimes she will go back down, and sometimes not. So basically she is sort of a rock star at night and I'm not sure when we should try moving bed time back earlier? And how early? I know most people seem to put their kids down a lot earlier than 10. Also, at what point did you stop waking to feed at night? I feel like if I didn't wake her she should probably give me a 5-6 hour stretch at the first part of the night, which would be nice :) Although I don't know if I put her to bed earlier if she'd then be up for the day a lot earlier. I guess it will be a bit of trial and error! Still, I'd love to hear what other people did.