Sorry to hi-jack but can I ask all of those with babies going to sleep around 7ish I am assuming they are then going to sleep for the night? Is that something they have done by themselves or have you worked on them going to sleep and staying asleep? My DD goes to sleep at 7 but treats it like a nap and then won't go into her night time sleep until 10 ish so was wondering if other babies develop this earlier bedtime naturally or have some help to get to there?
DD currently goes to bed at 8.30pm - but her bedtime has changed over time, and normally at her instigation. There was only one time when we moved her bedtime, when she was having probs settling, and so we gradually changed it from 9pm to 8pm to stop her getting over tired. For quite a while between 1yr and 18motnhs, her bedtime was 6.30 on the dot!
Lana: I started a routine with all my kids in hospital of bath, feed and bed.
I just continue on and it all seems to fall into place. This may would not work for all bubs, it just depends really.
With DD I let her feed as often as she likes (within reason) during the day, her last feed is at 6:30pm then I pop her into her gro bag and she just seems to know that this is night time and time to sleep. Give her a kiss and say nighs nighs and walk out of the room. She sucks her fingers so that helps alot.
So you could say I have worked on it of sorts, she just follows my lead.
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