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@anandam: yeah I don't care about a schedule either and it was working for us but now it seems like it's not! It's just annoying because she doesn't have an issue falling asleep at night. It's that she is staying awake after her first night waking for many many hours and then sleeps crappy after that. I thought since we don't have her on any sort of schedule it might help.
@blackbird: 9 pm sounds good-that's what we are pretty much doing. But why is she staying awake soooo long when she wakes up after her first feeding? Don't get it. And because of that she wakes up at a different time every morning. -
With DD, yes... it was 6:30 pm every day. With DS, no... it was just 3 hours from his last nap of the day, so it would vary anywhere from 6:30-8.
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at 3 months LO went to bed anywhere from 6:30 to 7:30pm, depending on her last nap.
@ellewoods84: At that age my LO would have a cat nap around 5:30 or so for about 30-45 minutes, then I would have her in bed by 7pm usually. She might be awake for long hours in the MOTN bc she is overtired. 2-2.5 hours is a long awake time at that age. How long is her last nap usually?
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Ha, if by "consistent bed time," you mean she slept at some point every night, then yes. If there was a routine, she was generally asleep by 11. Otherwise, no!
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@Mrs. Oatmeal: @jhd: yep, this is us! I tried to make it 730 a while, but she would take a catnap and then wake back up, happy as can be. She sleeps like a champ in the morning, though. Whatever, we will get there
Mama's tired, but I'm not out to change the world. One thing at a time!
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We started moving towards a consistent bed time at 3 months. By 4 months it was 7 pm.
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@NovBaby1112: we aim to have awake of 1 to 1.5 hours between naps depending on how long it takes her to fall asleep. I always prep her for nap around 1 hour. She naps okay...2-2.5 for her first nap, but then usually 45 minutes the rest of the day. Usually her last nap is 30 min maybe 45. I don't want her to be awake 2 hours but she just won't sleep any earlier. But maybe if I push the routine up earlier she would sleep earlier.
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@LovelyPlum: lol I know we will get there. We both will! I am just over these motn parties! I thought maybe instituting an earlier bedtime would help! Who knows.
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@ellewoods84: ahh ok, well in that case yea I would def try to have her asleep earlier, esp after only a 30-45 minute nap. I would aim for 45 minutes - 1 hour awake time after that last nap, so you would start your actually bedtime routine (whatever you do- ie. bath, book, milk, etc...) and try to have her ASLEEP within 1 hour from when she wakes up. I would give it a try and see if she falls asleep easier and hopefully stops being up for hours in the MOTN.
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@NovBaby1112: sounds good to me! lol, I will try anything at this point. Thanks so much for the advice. I was just struggling with okay, if she wakes up at lets say....6 pm, should I keep her up until 7 and then try for another nap? or start her bedtime routine at 6 pm and then get her to sleep at 7? Either way, I guess it doesn't matter because if she stays asleep at 7, awesome, but if not, we can just treat that as a nap!
Mama's tired, but I'm not out to change the world. One thing at a time!
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