Getting my baby to sleep earlier…
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I just put my daughter in her crib at 8 pm. She takes one or two naps a day and still goes to bed at 8 (to maybe 9 on a bad night).
Sleep training works. My daughter was going to bed on her own at 5 months at 8 pm (helped by me actually, just showed signs of being tired, I actually “taught” her how to sleep when she was about 8 months).
You can try the moving up slowly, but when my sister was a two my mom told her to go to bed at 7:30 – 8:00 (depending on how sleepy or annoying she was acting, like my daughter my sister got destructive when she was over tired). When you were told to go to bed, it didn’t matter that you weren’t tired, you were to STAY IN BED! As for the infant, just start EVERY NIGHT to try to put him to bed at 8 PM (or whatever time you WANT him to go to bed). Eventually he will get the idea, like I said you can TRY the moving bedtimes, or you can just “tell” him and do the bedtime routines at the SAME time every night at the time you WANT him to go to bed. He SHOULD get the idea A LOT faster then if you “move it slowly”.
Tonight my daughter went down for a nap at 6 PM and still hasn’t woken up. I won’t wake her (I have tomorrow off, I don’t care if she wakes up) and she actually MAY sleep until 7 AM, she seemed to be in a good deep sleep when I checked on her at 10 PM, didn’t even stir from me going in and out of the room helping ym fiance get ready for work.
My daughter goes to bed at 8 (sometimes nine on a bad night and sometimes 10 on a “I want daddy night”, daddy goes to work at 9:30) and she doesn’t get up until 7 AM. She will usually (6 days out of the week) let my fiance and I sleep in until 9 or 10 in the morning. She just plays in her crib with her animals or watches Sesame Street if we wake up and see she is awake (we change her diaper and put her back in the crib).
It works for me, may or may not work for you. I just call myself lucky because she is so easy to put to bed. On the FEW nights I have to FORCE her to go to bed at 8 (because I can see she is OVERTIRED), she WILL cry. I’ll just respond and tell her that if she is still awake when I come to check on her in 30 minutes that she can get up and play for fifteen minutes more. Her little 17 month old self usually settles down and I have only had to keep to that promise about once or twice and then she went down the SECOND time I put her to bed.
Try which ever you like. 
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Do it slowly. Move the bedtimes 15-30 minutes at a time until
you get to a better time for your family. I’ve got 2 that are 18
months apart, and I’ve adjusted bedtimes a few times over the
years. The key is not to try and change from midnight to 10PM in
one week – it’ll take 4-6 weeks to change bedtime 2 hours. Move
bedtime to 11:30 and keep at it until it works (easily can take a
week for that adjustment) and then start again. Good Luck!
It works for me, may or may not work for you. I just call myself
lucky because she is so easy to put to bed. On the FEW nights I
have to FORCE her to go to bed at 8 (because I can see she is
OVERTIRED), she WILL cry. I’ll just respond and tell her that if
she is still awake when I come to check on her in 30 minutes that
she can get up and play for fifteen minutes more. Her little 17
month old self usually settles down and I have only had to keep to
that promise about once or twice and then she went down the SECOND
time I put her to bed.
You can try the moving up slowly, but when my sister was a two my
mom told her to go to bed at 7:30 – 8:00 (depending on how sleepy
or annoying she was acting, like my daughter my sister got
destructive when she was over tired). When you were told to go to
bed, it didn’t matter that you weren’t tired, you were to STAY IN
BED! As for the infant, just start EVERY NIGHT to try to put him to
bed at 8 PM (or whatever time you WANT him to go to bed).
Eventually he will get the idea, like I said you can TRY the moving
bedtimes, or you can just “tell” him and do the bedtime routines at
the SAME time every night at the time you WANT him to go to bed. He
SHOULD get the idea A LOT faster then if you “move it slowly”.
So my suggestion is baby steps. Try moving his bedtime routine to
11pm for a week or two. And gradually move to 10:30 then 10. He
probably won’t notice the difference.
This is what I do. Everyone stay in bed with lights switch off
regardless if you are awake or asleep.
Tonight my daughter went down for a nap at 6 PM and still hasn’t
woken up. I won’t wake her (I have tomorrow off, I don’t care if
she wakes up) and she actually MAY sleep until 7 AM, she seemed to
be in a good deep sleep when I checked on her at 10 PM, didn’t even
stir from me going in and out of the room helping ym fiance get
ready for work.
What if moving it back 1/2 and hr doesn’t work? We have tried
that and all it does is add 30 min of him getting out of bed and me
putting him back. He is 2.5 and a climber so going back to he crib
is not an option. Niether is leaving him to scream because he will
do it for 4 hrs if we let him.
Rachel – I’m with everyone who says to move it up gradually. I have
always had a bedtime routine with my two. They have a bath and then
I read them a couple of books and they know it’s bed time.
Eventually, no matter what time it is, once you have done the
routine, they will know what is next. Good luck.
Try which ever you like.
To Heather – just be consistant. He will get tired of being put
back in bed eventually.
I just put my daughter in her crib at 8 pm. She takes one or two
naps a day and still goes to bed at 8 (to maybe 9 on a bad
night).
Sure, move it back a little at a time. He won’t know the
difference and before long you’ll be where you wanted.
Sure you can! I’ve moved bedtimes several times over the last
year. My twins are 21 months and they now sleep 7a to 7p. But that
wasn’t always the case. When they were younger they didn’t sleep 12
hours, so their bedtime was later. Around six months old they slept
9p to 7a. When we felt they needed more sleep, we started to move
their whole nighttime routine back a half hour.
Sleep training works. My daughter was going to bed on her own at 5
months at 8 pm (helped by me actually, just showed signs of being
tired, I actually “taught” her how to sleep when she was about 8
months).
My daughter goes to bed at 8 (sometimes nine on a bad night and
sometimes 10 on a “I want daddy night”, daddy goes to work at 9:30)
and she doesn’t get up until 7 AM. She will usually (6 days out of
the week) let my fiance and I sleep in until 9 or 10 in the
morning. She just plays in her crib with her animals or watches
Sesame Street if we wake up and see she is awake (we change her
diaper and put her back in the crib).
I’m in the process of starting to do that again with my third
child who is two months old. She’s been sleeping really well from
about midnight to 6 or 7 am. Just move it up a half an hour or so
just like everyone has been saying. That works like a charm.