https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:53:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier/page/2#post-838614 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:29:53 +0000 SleepyMonkey 838614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>around 10 weeks. before that she had a bedtime of 10pm. then there were a couple nights were she was tired an hour earlier and we let her move it up naturally to around 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838597 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:17:10 +0000 sslm 838597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheert16: I'm so jealous!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838549 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:40:29 +0000 hilsy85 838549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: same for us, except muh earlier...dh does story time before bed and sometimes he gets home in the nick of time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838548 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:39:06 +0000 Smurfette 838548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: We were 9-10 till this week. Last night she slept 8:10-6:15. She isn't napping good at day care so early bedtime is what is needed. I like it so much better </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838544 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:29:20 +0000 cheert16 838544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo is 7 weeks now and falls asleep around 7-7:30 after I feed him ( he just passes out!) I wake him around 9:30/ 10:00 for a dream feed and he sleeps from then till about 5am. My show has to get up really early for work, so it works out for us now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838514 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:31:15 +0000 blackbird 838514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 weeks old, between 9 and 10. I hope she shifts to 7/8pm soon. DH and I get up around 5am for work. I'm hoping once I start having to wake her for daycare that happens? I'm thinking I should start a bedtime routine at a hard time each night soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838257 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:39:05 +0000 erwoo 838257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think most people work their kid(s) bed time around their schedule. My husband comes home later (7:30-8pm) so my kids have always had a later bed time (9pm or slightly later...). They have later wake times though which works for me. I don't remember when we started it though... I want to say when we sleep trained them around 5.5 - 6 months b/c we wanted them to have a routine starting when we sleep trained them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838233 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:26:37 +0000 photojane 838233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: So far 8:30 is working for us... she isn't showing any signs of needing an earlier bed time. It could change, but so far so good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838173 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:57:31 +0000 winniebee 838173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: yeah u also have a late working husband. He misses T a few nights a week which sucks. I wish we could out him down later! Maybe when he is older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838164 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:53:56 +0000 MrsScallop 838164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say my LO started going to bed at 7pm around 3.5-4 months. It was a slow transition that she led us through, as we noticed she would consistently melt down at bedtime unless we put her down earlier than we had before. It took a while to find the sweet spot, but bedtime has been so much better since we figured it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838154 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:50:57 +0000 shopaholic 838154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: @hilsy85: @winniebee: @oliviaoblivia: Oh I REALLY hope K doesn't naturally shift any earlier! Some nights I'm waiting for DH to come through the door just to do bath time and that's the only time she gets to see him awake! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838090 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:30:50 +0000 photojane 838090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: The routine is great for us! By bedtime she is READY for sleep. We start 45 minutes before bedtime, but it depends on how long it takes M to eat &amp; get to sleep. We put her in the bath at 7:45, massage/pj's/story at 8:00, then bottle &amp; cuddles until I put her in the crib drowsy but awake at 8:30! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838078 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:25:23 +0000 skibobrown 838078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started putting DD down earlier around 3 months. She didn't make the transition on her own, but when we helped her do it, she figured it out pretty easily. (We helped her by simply putting her to bed around 7:30-8 PM, and then if she woke up again before 11 PM or so, we would just sit with her and rub her belly or rock her until she fell back asleep.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838074 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:23:54 +0000 sslm 838074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: we were just saying we need to start this. We tried a couple of weeks ago with no luck and just got frustrated. All I've been doing since then is diaper change, swaddle, nurse, rock, which ends in multiple nursing and rocking sessions until she finally sleeps. </p> <p>Tomorrow we are going to try the bath, book, swaddle, nurse, rock thing and see how that goes. </p> <p>What time should we start that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838064 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:20:39 +0000 sslm 838064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: nope she definitely is good at night once she's asleep. We usually get 9-10 hours with one wake up, and then she doesn't sleep a whole lot during the day. A couple of 30 min naps in the morning, and a longer nap in the afternoon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838056 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:18:21 +0000 photojane 838056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Do you have a bedtime routine? Bath, book, etc.? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838045 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:12:52 +0000 hilsy85 838045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: do you think she has her days and nights mixed up? Does she sleep a lot during the day? Or she might just be. A night owl? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838039 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:11:07 +0000 sslm 838039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: hmmm. She doesn't fall asleep in the evening. It sucks. She's typically awake from 5 until she goes to bed!!! I feel like she's a night owl. I wonder what we can do to get her sleepy earlier... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838025 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:07:33 +0000 oliviaoblivia 838025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I wish L still had a later bedtime. But she has reset herself to seven. DH gets home at 7:30 it's a big bummer for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838020 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:06:20 +0000 hilsy85 838020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: it's different for all babies! At 6 wks lo fell asleep one night at 630 an slept til 1230(!) so we figured he could state going to bed earlier and last a long stretch. We kind of chose 7/730 at random...over the next few wks it moved to 630. I would just follow your Los cues...we just happen to notice that around 7 was when lo was doing a long stretch of sleep so we went with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838018 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:06:03 +0000 photojane 838018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: I get that! Dan has to get up at 4am. :( He doesn't usually go to bed until 9:30 though, so we have an hour together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838012 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:03:49 +0000 sslm 838012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: really?? At six weeks? Yikes. I don't think she'd go to sleep that early. We are still battling to get her to sleep right now, even though we started trying an hour and a half ago... :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-838000 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:01:53 +0000 sslm 838000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I have no idea if they have to, we would just like it to be earlier so we can have some time to ourselves in the evening before bed! DH gets up for work at 5:45 and we've always been early to bed people, so right now we go to bed when she does. Some alone time would be so nice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837997 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:01:08 +0000 winniebee 837997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: @photojane: I didn't want an earlier bedtime, but over time, I could see that it was what LO needed. We have to bust ass to get him in bed by 7:30 during the week, but he has a naturally set clock that wakes up at 6 a.m. (started around 5 months) so if we put him to bed any later than 8, he just wouldn't get enough sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837992 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:59:46 +0000 winniebee 837992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was 10 or so up until 12 weeks - then slowly started moving back and then was 8/9. </p> <p>By 4 months, his bedtime was 7 p.m. He started only taking 30 min naps and got pretty cranky by evening so we worked to move it up. By 9 months it was 7:30 p.m. and at 12 months it's still 7:30 p.m., give or take. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837990 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:59:20 +0000 hilsy85 837990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 6 wks his bedtime moved from 10 to 7/730. @shopaholic: I think most babies do need/do better with an earlier bedtime (like between 6 and 8) but if its working for k then I would stick with what you're doing! Some babies are night owls :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837982 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:57:54 +0000 photojane 837982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I'm no sleep expert &amp; I haven't read any books, but all of my nieces &amp; nephews have always had a later bedtime. I wouldn't want Sadie to have a 7 or 7:30 bedtime! That's too early for us. Our lives would revolve around her bedtime.. we could never go to dinner, etc. Plus, I'd rather her sleep later the next morning. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837974 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:55:06 +0000 autumnlove 837974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Springtime: same here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837958 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:51:08 +0000 Springtime 837958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say around 6 months is when he started going to bed around 7:30. Before that it was 9pm and we slowly transitioned up to 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-baby-start-going-to-bed-earlier#post-837919 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:45:06 +0000 shopaholic 837919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Q: Do they have to go to bed earlier? Or is it something parents want? K used to do 10:30-11 and now we have to start our routine at 9 and she goes to sleep around 10. I don't want it any earlier than that since DH isn't usually home till 9-9:30! </p>