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I feel like if your LO is getting enough sleep and it isn't interfering with your life (I.e. getting to work on time... but since you're a SAHM I'd think it doesn't matter?) then any time is okay to wake.

My LO generally wakes around 6:30 for the day, but she is usually asleep at 8 (last bottle at 7:30, falls asleep between 8 and 8:30 but usually closer to 8). Sometimes she sleeps in until 7:15 or so... we call those days awesome.

My DD usually gets up between 7 and 7:30, and I definitely don't like it on the occasions where she decides to wake up earlier! I'm not a morning person, though. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with a 7:30 wake time and I wouldn't mess with it unless you're having trouble getting out of the house on time for work or something.

H goes to bed at 7:00-7:30 and gets up between 7:00-7:30 on weekdays. Weekends, she will sometimes sleep until 8:00.

I subscribe to the "If it aint broke, don't fix it," theory. But if that wake time isn't working for you, then definitely adjust it.

@littleredhairedgrl: I don't know if this is true or not since my sample size is basically you and me... but I feel like maybe those of us who have struggled with some serious eating issues tend to get bogged down in schedules and doing everything the "right" way? I know that has been really true for me. I am working really hard to ease up my death grip on our schedule because I'm realizing (for us at least) Fiona has become more adaptable as time as gone on and if she sleeps a little late and eats a little late.... it won't ruin the whole rest of our day like it would have 3 months ago. But it's hard after really HAVING to be strict with a schedule for so long to just go with the flow As far as mom groups go... if you are still on 4 naps that is just hard. We're on 3 naps and things still feel sort of impossible.

@littleredhairedgrl: I don't know what's normal, but if my kids ever woke up even once at 7:30 I'd jump for joy! They are early wakers (between 5-5:30 usually, although if the MOTN feedings work out just so we might get to 6 or 6:15), and I've had to do an early bedtime (6:45 usually, 7 at the latest!) just to make sure they get enough sleep. I think 8:30 pm-7:30 am sounds about right because that's about 11 hours over night. There are sleep charts online that you can see what's appropriate for her age for overnight vs. day sleep. I think generally making sure she gets enough sleep over a 24 hour period is more important than the actual time she wakes up.

I would love a 7:30 wake up! DS1 now wakes up between 6:30-7:30 but at that age it was between 5-6. DS wakes up between 6-7 usually. I wish my boys liked to sleep in!

I would go by her mood. If she seems happy, she's getting enough sleep. My oldest son has LOW sleep needs. I always worried he didn't fit the "norm." But it's ok, it's just his natural tendency.

It used to be 8, but since we moved him to his big boy bed, it's been getting earlier. This morning was 6:45

It varies based on if I work from home with in home care or if I work out of home and have to take him to day care!

ETA: How old is your LO? Agree that it might be time to cut down to 3 naps, or even 2 if you can. I know it's a hard transition at first, but that helped our LO sleep longer and keep more on a schedule.

During the week we usually wake her up around 7, weekends she sleeps closer to 8.

My LO wakes up between 5:30-6. This is a vast improvement on the months and months she woke between 4:30-5. I think your schedule sounds fine.

@littleredhairedgrl: J tends to wake up between 4:30-5:30 and 6 would be a miracle for us. I often wonder if he has a slight day/night mixup. It's really tough trying to schedule these babies to work with those groups and activities! Every single storytime and class here is between 10 and 11 and I'm like, hello! Doesn't anyone have a kid who naps in the morning? But the few times I've gone it turns out they're all meant for toddlers and now I know why. Are you still in NJ? We need to figure out an HB meetup somewhere in Central NJ!

S is 5 months. Usually goes down at 6 to 6:30 and gets up between 7 and 8.

@littleredhairedgrl: For a looong time (probably from 3 months-12ish months), my LO slept from 9pm-8am with usually just one wake up. Now that he's a little older (15 months), he STTN from 8pm-6:30/7am. Honestly, I really miss sleeping in! I think if it's working for you, don't sweat it!

@littleredhairedgrl: J was at 4 naps for a long time, maybe every 90 minutes? Then 3 naps, every 2 hours. I'm starting to think with the preemie/IUGR/feeding issue babies they can be a few months behind with some of these things. I follow his lead with whether he has 2 or 3 naps a day - naps are spaced 2 or 2+ hours apart, and bedtime is 7-7:30, so if he wakes up from the second nap later than 2:30-3, I just give him an early bedtime. Somehow he does okay with the long stretch. But I knew it was time to try dropping the 3rd nap when his 1st suddenly became 2-3 hours once in a while.

But going back to your original question, at some point recently I did sit down and decide times that I actually wanted his bottles to be given when I felt they should be spaced out more and on a different schedule, and worked to adjust all of them to fit that schedule.

My almost 3 year old sleeps 7:30/8- 7:30/8. Sometimes as late as 8:30/9.

Girl likes to sleep. Im not complaining. She's a terrible napper too.

I think that sounds perfectly normal- I say enjoy it

LO generally wakes between 6:30-7:30, later when she actually takes a nap and goes to bed later.

@littleredhairedgrl: lol. My DD is 3, so yeah. We did nap train her when she was little. It worked out okay. She gave up her last nap very early on though, like 20 months.