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  1. Grace

    cantaloupe / 6730 posts

    Mine gets up anywhere from 6:30-7:30. I'd say to enjoy the "sleeping in" because it probably won't last. There will be a sleep regression or teething or the sun will come up too early.

  2. littleredhairedgrl

    persimmon / 1135 posts

    i'm actually better in the morning so want to start her up at 6ish and get her to go down for the night at 7/7:30 instead of 8:30/9.

    today marks day 1 of sleep/nap training (after mapping out my "ideal" schedule for hours yesterday ) working on 3 naps and she's currently down for nap 1

    fx!!

  3. SweetiePie

    honeydew / 7463 posts

    Mine goes down at 7:15/30 (bottle at 7, asleep by 7:15/30) and is awake by 6:30. Sometimes 6, rarely 7. So it sounds like I have your "ideal" bed and wake time. But I do wish he'd sleep till 7:30 That would be amazing!
    But I will say, we wake at 7 regardless. The rare few times he's still been asleep at 7, I get him up even though we don't have anywhere to be. I like to keep his eating and napping schedule consistent day to day and try not to vary more than 15 minutes in any direction. That being said, I do think I should be like @mae and start to loosen up on the schedule. If/when I go back to work he'll have to get used to being on a looser schedule. And it'll probably just make my life easier as well!

  4. SweetiePie

    honeydew / 7463 posts

    @littleredhairedgrl: Good luck with the naps

  5. spaniellove

    honeydew / 7916 posts

    @littleredhairedgrl: I wasn't familiar with nap training (we didn't formally sleep train either) so I read through a blog post here and realized we more or less did that at some point. It helps a lot! Now I can just set him down every 2 hours or whenever I feel like it and walk away.

  6. twodoghouse

    honeydew / 7230 posts

    @littleredhairedgrl: Yay! Good luck!

  7. littlejoy

    pomegranate / 3375 posts

    Our 14 month old wakes up at 7:15 on her own almost every morning. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8, and usually wakes up once throughout the night.

    She also naps 4 hours a day. I think some babies/people just need more sleep. We tried doing an earlier bedtime, but she still slept until 7:15.

    Best wishes with the nap training. I remember we went through sleep training (more scheduling), and then I had to do naps. It's so much easier!! Fingers crossed it's easy for you!

  8. gingerbebe

    cantaloupe / 6131 posts

    My son has been inconsistent with his wake time since 4 months but we shoot for a 7:30am wake up time. He's usually waking up somewhere between 6:00-7:30am and the inconsistency drives me nuts! I usually get up around 6:30am myself to pump and eat and get ready for the day, hopefully before he wakes up.

    His sleep needs have been decreasing a bit. He used to take 5-6 hours of naps a day (4 naps) and then sleep 11-12 hours overnight. Now its more like 4 hours of nap a day (3 naps) and 10-11 hours of overnight sleep. His bedtime used to be a strict 730pm - he was so tired and ready for bed - but lately its been more like 8 or 8:30pm and he's pretty awake when he's put down because his last catnap is around 6pm. He's not ready to drop it yet because if we try to skip it, he's overtired and wont take his last bottle. Once he drops that third catnap around dinner time we should be back to a 7:30pm bedtime.

  9. anonysquire

    cantaloupe / 6923 posts

    10:30, and I will do everything in my power to keep it that way. Getting up early is for the birds. Literally.

  10. 2littlepumpkins

    grapefruit / 4455 posts

    830-9ish! Depends when she went to bed the night before. She's 2.5.

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