Tonight is the second night in a row LO melted down from exhaustion around 5:30/6pm.. I got her down for a 'nap' around 6:30 and she's still asleep at 7:45pm. We have been aiming for a 8/8:30pm bedtime (she's 11 weeks so I go to bed when she does). Last night I woke her up around 8 and couldn't get her back to sleep until 9:30. I HATE waking her up but this feels like it's cutting into our evening sleep. She last ate at 5:30pm so will need another big meal before she goes down for the night anyway. Not sure what to do..?
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How long are her awake times?
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I would just let her keep sleeping and maybe do a dream feed around 9 or so. She might be ready for an earlier bedtime. I remember around that age lo started going to bed earlier- like 630/7.
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@MsLipGloss: Not longer than 2 hours usually.. today she napped a bit in the morning. She slept in the moby from say 3:30-5, then we got in the car to drive home from a friend's, she ate around 5:30 then conked out at 6:30 after 30 mins of rocking/bouncing.
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@NovBaby1112: good thought.. I've been fighting her on earlier bedtimes because I can't go to bed at 7
and her longest sleep stretch is still around 5 hrs. I am so pained by the thought of the night really starting at 1am.
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@JoJoGirl: she might start sleeping longer and not be so over tired with an earlier bedtime. But yea, I know it's rough when they go down so early. A dream freed might be enough to keep her sleeping longer- so if her longest stretch between feeds is 5 hours, if she goes down to bed around 7, you could dream feed around 9/10 and then maybe she will sleep 5 more hours after that. Just an idea though!
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@NovBaby1112: Yeah I think we'll have to test that out by default tonight. It won't be a real dream feed since I need to take off her clothes and change her diaper before she's down for the 'night' which might wake her up anyway, but definitely won't encourage anymore awake time tonight.
and her longest sleep stretch is still around 5 hrs. I am so pained by the thought of the night really starting at 1am.
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