Whats a good bedtime for a 11 week old baby?
Gramatical Errors asked:
My child is 11 weeks old and hates going to bed before 9 she will lay a measure. are nine too late? I should work it in once more in advance? go to bed until sleep between 3-6 gets up to eat and go back to insert usually raise around 8 eats changing the diaper and go back to sleep until aroun 10 oh i don 't matter that a child will go to bed when ready … we have had for some time an hour and it' s operating dorme not bad … I 'M just concerned if it 's too late … Yes are serious and I just wanted some opinnions.
April 4th, 2008 at 6:33 am
are you serious ?
an infant will sleep whenever it will and wakes to feed and get changed.
you may need to wait for a few more months.
the only thing you can try would be to play with this child until she can no longer hold her eyes open. try mom & dad tag team playing.
this bed time problem may continue for several years.
April 6th, 2008 at 8:57 am
your baby should sleep when she is ready and usually a baby that age will sleep for a while.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Mine was going to bed at 9 for a long time.
I think around 7 or 8 months we moved it to 8.
April 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
My son always went to bed at 7:30 from day one. It was his schedule that he imposed on us, though. If 9 works for her, then 9 it is.
April 12th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
I think setting a routine early on is great!! and it’s what doctors recommend. work her into it… put her to bed at the alotted time… if nine works for YOU mommy then go for it:) if you want to try for earlier then thats what i’d do. do it in 15 min increments each night try for 15 min earler until desired time is reached. if that doesn’t work try 15 min for a few nights and so on… Routine and a bit of a bedtime is GREAT to teach a baby….
I’m not saying to force her btw… i’m saying put her in bed let her know that at that timeshe should be in her room:) if she chooses to stay awake that is great:) she can look around, hear a storyect… but i think it helps to introduce routine:) love her:) give her a bath, read her a story:) turn on some music
April 15th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
i don’t think going to bed at 9 is to late if it works for you. what you should do is get her on your schedule and then if you want her to go to sleep earlier then wake her up 15 min earlier every few days till she is on your schedule it will help her to fall asleep earlier. My oldest stayed up till 11pm but my hubby worked nights and we wanted her to sleep in the morning so he could. She finally changed the summer before 1st grade. If it works for your family then it is OK.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:26 am
my son is about the same age…….he picked his own bedtime so i really had no say in it, hes the first one in the house in bed every night (around 7) then sleeps till around 5, wakes up gets changed eats 6 oz and goes back to bed till 9……i love havinga sleeper finally my others had me up every 2hours tillthey were alot older. a routinen is good but at a young age you cant really pressure them just encourage her to go earlier, maybe a warm bath to calm her will get her in bed earlier.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
Mine goes to bed around 7 pm and sleeps through the night. she is 41/2 months.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
You put a baby that bed to sleep whenever they show you signs that they are tired. Follow your baby’s lead and she will most likely begin to develop a predictable pattern about when she will sleep, wake and feed. Don’t stress about it…..if she’s tired, she’ll let you know.