https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:40:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193892 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 19:45:41 +0000 autumn865 1193892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO was pretty high maintenance when she was little (still is actually) so we never messed with bedtime. I was just so afraid to screw with bedtime once we got it down. Do you have family or trusted friends that can watch her and put her to bed? That way it can be a night out for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193702 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:24:49 +0000 Penny Lane 1193702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: woohoo!! her little furry suit is adorable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193688 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:04:01 +0000 winniebee 1193688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Glad it worked out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193336 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 09:06:16 +0000 Smurfette 1193336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is great!! She looks so cute in her snow suit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193324 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:51:35 +0000 LovelyPlum 1193324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: that is so fabulous! I'm glad you had fun. Good job, E! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193283 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:12:33 +0000 photojane 1193283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hurray! Babies are more flexible than we give them credit for. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193273 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:05:18 +0000 OldEnglandMama 1193273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: That's great! I am going to live vicariously through you and your little family. No bonfire night for us here. It was always one of my favourite "celebration" things growing up. I managed to save a pack of sparklers from July, and DH will humour me, but it's pretty pathetic :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193263 Sun, 03 Nov 2013 07:48:43 +0000 nana87 1193263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay, so glad it worked out!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193140 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:27:25 +0000 googly-eyes 1193140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Worked out perfectly! Glad you guys had a good time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193132 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:15:00 +0000 ALV91711 1193132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! Glad you had a good time and went. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193062 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 21:08:54 +0000 Foodnerd81 1193062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! Love her little snow suit too. So glad it was a success! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1193030 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 20:55:16 +0000 illumina 1193030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: glad to see you had fun!! I've just ordered the Dr Weissbuth book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192884 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:45:36 +0000 cmomma17 1192884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I didn't give you any advice, but she's cute and I'm glad you guys had fun :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192873 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:41:02 +0000 BabyMats 1192873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so great!! Glad everyone got to enjoy her smiles!! So cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192776 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 17:47:32 +0000 Bookish 1192776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: that's awesome!!!! I'm so excited that y'all got to go have a good time! :D she's so darn cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192744 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 17:10:11 +0000 Cherrybee 1192744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update!! </p> <p>The Little Bean napped really, really well today so we took her to the firework display. The husband wore her and she fell asleep in the carrier on the way there - it was half an hour before bedtime. She woke up just before the fireworks started and had plenty of smiles for our friends (much to my surprise!) and then she loved the fireworks!! She was fascinated!!! </p> <p>We got home and she went to sleep pretty easily (even without her swaddle!!). Bless - I'm looking at her now on the monitor, arms spread wide, fast asleep.... aaaaw!!! </p> [attach=2581/13/mvnpkz.600x600.1d9ac19f-d539-404d-988b-0fc6f281b48e--2-.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192190 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 09:25:38 +0000 LemonLong 1192190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our LO to the fireworks when she was 7 months old. Her normal bedtime is 5 pm, but the fireworks didn't start until 9 pm. We put baby noise cancellation headphones on her and she slept through the whole fireworks show! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192166 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 09:07:58 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1192166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go. I tend to be pretty laid back because I have learned that in the end, it always works out. Whenever I'm apprehensive about deviating from her schedule, she always surprises me with her ability to adapt and ends up being a dream toddler (and it was even easier when she was a baby)! So, I say have fun with your friends and go for it. You never know until you try. E will do great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192084 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 07:41:00 +0000 shellio 1192084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @loveisstrange, we were super consistent about LO's schedule from very early on and it served us well. He did miss naps or bedtime occasionally but it had to be kind of a big deal. He actually did ok when things would change a bit but he did great on his schedule and we figured, why mess with success? I think you should just tell DH to go without you two and have fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192005 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:55:54 +0000 Cherrybee 1192005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: Gah! My head's spinning!! Stupid fireworks!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime/page/2#post-1192004 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:53:44 +0000 loveisstrange 1192004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I wouldn't. We skipped July 4th when C was 3 months for similar reasons, we didn't want her out past her bedtime and we thought the fireworks would scare her.</p> <p>We lived and died by her schedule when she was little though, she didn't respond well to change as a baby and a later bedtime meant hysterics and an early wakeup, followed by a cranky butt all the next day. We're just now at the point where keeping her up later doesn't cause a massive meltdown and she does okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1192002 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 03:32:38 +0000 Cherrybee 1192002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh..... I don't know what to do ....! I was all up for going after all your comments but then, last night, she made progress on the swaddle weaning front. It took an hour to get her to sleep but then she slept 3, 3.5, 3, 2 hour stretches in just her sleep sack. We have a long way to go to get back to her usual stretches but to make actual progress is amazing! I don't want to ruin it! Ugh!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191988 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 02:15:07 +0000 Penny Lane 1191988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally would. especially 10 min walk away from home!! but my LO slept happily in a stroller or a carrier at that age anyway :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191969 Sat, 02 Nov 2013 01:13:06 +0000 lemondrop 1191969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we aren't schedule people and have a very easy going little guy. We've taken him to evening baseball games regularly (from 8 weeks through now at 22 months), and many end with fireworks and he did just fine and even slept through many of them. Babywearing can be a magical thing. </p> <p>I figure until he starts school, we are fine with those special occasions and may as well enjoy them as a family while we can. Basically we always agreed that if he got too upset or wasn't doing well that we would head home since he is our first priority. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191949 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:02:39 +0000 googly-eyes 1191949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't, but my dd was still SUPER fussy at that age. We could barely take her out of the house during the day (and rarely did.) Thinking back to about four months...maybe once. But I think it would have been just as stressful keeping her out and I'd rather have just missed it unless all our family was going or something... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191882 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:16:20 +0000 birdofafeather 1191882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: 10 minute walk from home? GO!! (if you want to!) ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191521 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:09:15 +0000 sarac 1191521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My very flexible unscheduled baby would have loved that. But if she'd had a firm schedule? I would have stuck to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191345 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:43:04 +0000 littlebug 1191345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: I know, it's hard! Especially that young, it's hard to feel like you KNOW them yet! 10 minute walk from home? Yeah, I might have considered it then! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191317 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:32:19 +0000 kodybear 1191317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope, my LO is also a very good sleeper, but only in her crib, with her white noise machine, and blackout curtains. so i know she wouldn't sleep during it. she'd also be super fussy because shes tired. and the noise might make it worse. if it was something more low key like a family party i'd probably extend her bedtime. but nothing that would make her overtired or overstimulated. it would stress me out! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-take-a-3-month-old-baby-out-well-past-their-bedtime#post-1191313 Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:31:17 +0000 Cherrybee 1191313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@deerylou: I haven't got a clue how she would react because I'm so not flexible about bedtime! I'm not flexible about anything!!! </p> <p>Okay, I'll go! It's only a 10 minute walk from our house so we can always bring her home if she gets fussy. </p>