Is it important what time your bub goes to bed? Due to certain books I have read I have a thing about making sure he goes to bed around 7 but this means DH hardly sees him after work.
dS is 11 weeks and no matter what time he goes down this past week we have had issues with sleep. He also tends to fall asleep around 5 pm for a nap which all the books say is a no no.
I haven't read any books so I don't know what the 'acceptable' thing to do is...but since the beginning DS has just slept when he's tired. We co-sleep at night and have always followed his cues. He is generally tired by 7pm and has a catnap for about half an hour, then we eat our dinner, give him a bath and feed and he's usually asleep for the night at 9pm. He sleeps through the night most of the time, but sometimes goes through patches of stirring at around 2am for a feed. If I manage to get a breast in his mouth in time, he dream feeds.
All babies are different - try not to get too worried that your bub doesn't do what they say in the books
Don't worry/stress too much about the 7pm bedtime, ds didn't really go to sleep much before 8:30pm and still at about 2.5yrs old he only goes to sleep around 9pm - he won't sleep before then - the stress wasn't worth trying to get him to sleep be fore 8:30
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Ours always had 7 as a bed time from early on but realistically, it did mean that on some nights it was 6, 7, or 8 at that age depending on feeds. For us though any feeds after 7 were quiet dark feeds, as opposed to the others that were out in the lounge, tv on and people around ITMS. If your DH doesn't get home until later maybe you could adjust things so that he could spend some time with bub - maybe bath etc before hand and put into pjs. Take bubs cue and do what suits you xoxo
Thanks for the replies everyone.
It's nice to hear what others do. I have a group of friends who all tend to do things the same and they're all pretty strict about a 7 pm bedtime. I have had a few funny looks about Dd not going to bed till 8.30 Nowdays but she sleeps all night and goes to sleep with no probs so it works for us.
My sisters kids have never had set bedtimes due to her DH working late too, and they have always been bad sleepers so I was scared that bedtime might be a factor.
You're right - they so do t read the books. Up again all night from 2 pm last night.
7pm- oh I wish! lol
DD (my 3rd) at 7mths still goes to bed for the night at 8.30pm, this is after working hard to get her used to that- otherwise she would happily be up at 10pm still.
If you "must" have a 7pm bed time, I would suggest moving to the bedroom at 7 (after a bath etc) and having quiet time, books, cuddles etc then ds may get use to evenings being quiet.
Dont stress to hard, nobodies baby goes by the book, do what works for your family and ignore everybody who says you shouldn't do it that way.
DS is 6.5 months and his bedtime is around 6pm and has been for ages. Early, I know, it's because hubby works evenings so our family meal is lunch and I find it easier getting my tea and stuff when Izzy's in bed. That being said, my bedtime is about 9ish, I'm a total nanna.
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