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So far, yes! T had some trouble sleeping but we've finally got earlier bedtime down around 7. Now he sleeps until 7:30pm instead of 6:00 or sometimes even 5:30.

Not for us. Dd wakes around 6:30-7 regardless of when I put her down (which is usually between 7-7:30).

Have you ever tried nursing her at 6 then putting her back down? M usually wakes around 6/6:15 so I nurse her then put her back down and she sleeps until 8/8:15. She goes to bed between 6:30 and 7.

ETA: Yes, earlier bedtime means later wakeup for us.

@Foodnerd81: Yeah, I'm grateful that I at least get to sleep in on the weekends seeing as she's still not STTN. If she didn't STTN and woke up for the day at 6 I might cry. When I nurse her at 6 she's usually awake when we're done and looking around. She'll babble and roll around in her crib for a minute but quickly goes back to sleep.

She definitely doesn't nap as well at daycare as she does at home. She usually takes one 1.5-2hr nap at daycare. On the weekends she takes two 1.5hr naps. There have been days where she's teething and only takes one 30-45 min nap at daycare all day! On those days I put her to bed by 6.

Yes - for last night. DS went to bed earlier (15 minutes) and woke up 1.5 hours later than normal!

Yes. She sleeps 12-13 hours from when she goes to sleep, whether that's 7:30 or 9.

She slept better and longer when we put her bedtime early when she was an infant too.

For us, it meant she went down earlier so she got more sleep but didn't sleep in

One thing that annoys me is that when someone else watches her, we say her bedtime is 645/7. Then she gets kept up until 8pm or later because "she wasn't acting tired". Then she usually wakes up EARLIER. So it's a bad cycle for us if she doesn't go down earlier

No. As a baby he would only sleep 10 hours. He had a 730 bedtime but if we put him to bed earlier than that he would just wake 10 hours later. There were a few 630-430 debacles.

Not for us. it just meant more sleep. As you can see some kids just sleep longer in the morning. As someone who is often up before 6 due to LO, 6:30 seems pretty reasonable to me.

for my LO, it never ever made a difference when he went to sleep in terms of his wake up time (always between 6 and 7am, with exceptional days of earlier or later)...but once we moved it earlier, he got more sleep overall and seemed happier and got a better daytime routine going. His bedtime now is about 730pm.

@Foodnerd81: I hear you. We have struggled through this too. I wish I had better advice for you.