Bedtime and Waking time?

Rosalyn - posted on 02/06/2010

My man will not go to sleep at night if he knows the sun is still shining (which can be till 8pm here in Australia) so he goes to sleep between 8 and 9 and wakes at about 4 or 5 but can be fed back of to sleep and then will wake again properly at about 7 or 8.

Melanie - posted on 02/06/2010

My little girl is asleep by 7.30pm and she wakes about 6-6.30am every morning

Jamie - posted on 02/05/2010

We just recently put my preemie son on a schedule! He is 10 months adjusted, 14 months chrono. He goes to bed between 9 and 10 after brushing teeth and a story. It may seem late, but it gives him more time with my husband who works all day. He typically sleeps till about 8 - 9am, with a few self soothing wake ups at night. And he usually takes two 2 hour naps for me during the day. This schedule is new...before this we let him sleep on our chest whenever in the evenings while we watched movies or whatever, and while I LOVED the contact, it made him have to be held to sleep. I knew it was a bad idea to start the habit, but after 5 1/2 months in the hospital, I never wanted to let him go! I was afraid I'd end up with a big kid who couldn't sleep without Mom and Dad, so we had to get on a schedule, and into a routine to get him asleep in his crib.

Tiffany - posted on 01/31/2010

My twins go to bed around 7:30 each night. They usually wake up between 7 and 7:30 each morning. We get them up by 7:30 unless they are still asleep. They are still napping twice a day.

Claire - posted on 01/31/2010

I put Jack down at 6pm every night, sometimes he falls asleep straight away and sometimes he chats to himself for upto a hr, he then sleeps through untill 6 - 6.30am. Back down at 10am for a 2 hr nap too! He is like a teanager, ha

Jessica - posted on 01/27/2010

Between 6 and 7 and wakes between 7 and 8 usually although depends on teething etc. Benefit of an early bedtime is that my husband and I get all evening to ourselves and to get on with things and eat dinner.

Kerry - posted on 01/27/2010

Carter goes to bed at around 8 or 8:30 and he sleeps until about 10 in the morning. I have been worried that he is sleeping too late in the morning, but he only naps once a day for 2 hours so I think he's doing just fine.

Dawn - posted on 01/26/2010

Rylee goes down between 7:30 and 8:00 and gets up at 7 a.m. She "scrunches" about twice a night. I have a water bottle in her crib that she drinks throughout the night. It really works for her.

Robyn - posted on 01/25/2010

I put my boy in bed at 7.30pm. He may chat for 10 mins but then he sleeps right thru till anywhere between 7-8am. He has slept 10hrs plus at night since 12wks old. My 4 & 1/2 yr old daughter has same bedtime so we have any evening!!!

Rachel - posted on 01/25/2010

my daughter is the same and she is so restless while she sleeps it's so hard! Are you breast feeding some people say thats the reason and others tell me i need to let her cry or scream for a couple of nights but sometimes i cant just let her scream..

Fatmagül - posted on 01/25/2010

Hi, How could you manage Sophia to set a routine. Our daughter has really hard time to go to sleep (at around 11pm) and wakes up almost 3-4 times every night. We tried letting her only one daytime sleep to make her bed time earlier but it seems not to work...

Chantelle - posted on 01/25/2010

Hi Lori, I put Thomas in bed by 20:00 and he wakes up at 06:00/ 07:00.

Taryn - posted on 01/25/2010

My son Thomas is 14 months old and he gets put to bed at 7:30pm every night and wakes up on average 6:30am.

Flugel - posted on 01/24/2010

I put both my sons to bed at 8pm, Josh is 3 1/2 years old and Aaron is 14 months.
Josh sleeps through till 7am, and Aaron wakes once in the night for a milk bottle and sleeps till 6am/7am. Aaron also takes his day nap about 3-4 hours after he wakes up in the morning and usually sleeps for 2-3 hours. Both my boys are very good about going to bed.

Sharon - posted on 01/24/2010

My Daughter Ellisa goes to bed at 8 and usually wakes at 7:30am and sleeps through the night.

Dana - posted on 01/24/2010

My son Payton goes to bed at 8:00 p.m and usually wakes up around 7-8 a.m. Being a stay at home mom I like to have me time (and hubby time) in the evenings (8 p.m-11 p.m.)

Jamie - posted on 01/24/2010

Gavin goes to bed at 8:00 p.m and usually wakes up about 7:30 a.m.. I do not about the rest of u but I like my me time and my time with my husband.

Jennifer - posted on 01/24/2010

my son goes in between 7:30-8pm and wakes up around 7-730 am

Shona - posted on 01/24/2010

my lil girl izzy goes to bed with bottle at 6 and sleeps thro till bout 8am. usually has brekkie then goes back to bed for bout an hr. thro day she has 1 or 2 naps totallin bout hr n half.xx

Jaclyn - posted on 01/24/2010

Noah goes down at6:30 every night and some nights he sleeps through and some nights he wakes up for bottles..but his usually wake up morning time is bout 6:30/7:00

Shirley - posted on 01/23/2010

i put my son to bed between 9 - 10 and he wakes up between 8:30-10

Stephanie - posted on 01/23/2010

my 14 month old goes to bed between 7-8pm and gets up between 8-11am. our 6wk old is still on his own time ;-)

Tara - posted on 01/23/2010

My son is a terrible sleeper still. Mostly my fault since I breastfeed him to bed but he screams and screams for a really long time and my husband and daughter have early morning schedules so I can't let him. Kudos to everyone who has children who figured out the sleep routine.

Alisha - posted on 01/23/2010

Olivia is usually in bed around 7:30 and up anywhere between 5:30 and 7 am. She still takes 2 naps about an hour each.

Cathy - posted on 01/23/2010

Kiya goes to bed between 6:30pm and never later than 7:30pm and will sleep through the night until about 7:30-8am. She doesn't get bottles anymore. She usually will nap once during the day for an hour maybe a little more on daycare days and on non-daycare days she usually naps for close to 2 plus hours.

Cindy - posted on 01/23/2010

Hi Ava allways in bed 7.30pm, latest is 8pm, sleeps until 7am or 7.30. She gets good night bottle before bed, that seems to settle her. xx

Shannon - posted on 01/23/2010

Gavin usally goes to bed about 730 and wakes up anywhere between 8 and 9

Andrea - posted on 01/23/2010

Jude goes to bed around 8:30 or 9 and wakes up about 8 the next morning. He seldom wakes up at night anymore since we did the Ferber method :)

Rachel - posted on 01/23/2010

everybody is lucky here! My daughter is usually falls asleep between 8pm-8:30 p.m and she will waKe up between 11pm to 1:00am and every three hours after that i dont sleep and she is not hungry. She just wants to be up with me and wants my boob all night and be in my bed next to me all the time.

Wilma - posted on 01/23/2010

Isabella goes to sleep at 8:30 ( the same time as my 7 year old )and she sleeps until 9:00, soon however I will transition her to go to sleep at 7:30, that is when my 5 year old goes to bed. I try and give my kids 12 hours of sleep at this age.

Carol - posted on 01/22/2010

Caden goes to bed at 7 - 7:30pm and wakes at 6:30 - 7am.

Krista - posted on 01/22/2010

Hannah goes to bed at 7:30 and sleeps anywhere from 7-8:30am. She's a great sleeper- hope the one we have on the way has similar habits!!

Maria - posted on 01/22/2010

What time does he usually take his 2nd nap? I've noticed with my son Ethan takes a later-in-the-day nap, I have a hard time getting him to go to sleep and stay asleep, he's very energetic! I was giving my kids their bath before dinner but now I let them have dinner and play then I give them a bath, kind of calms them down, esp the littler one. I try to keep Ethan from taking a nap if it's late in the afternoon.

Beth - posted on 01/22/2010

This is my 1st time posting and my son Cody takes 2 naps a day and he goes to bed between 8:00 and 9:00. He wakes up at 2 to 3 times during the night. Does anyone have some suggestions on how to get him to sleep through the night?

Maria - posted on 01/22/2010

I usually try putting Ethan to bed around 9, since I have to get up at 6 am for work, on weekends though he'll wake up around 7:30 am...he sleeps through the night MOST nights, there are the occassional times where he wakes up around 3:30-4:00 am ready to take on the world, lol!

Linda - posted on 01/22/2010

Well i'd love to help you out lori, but my lady is a pure insomniac... leah will go off to bed between 7-8 and wake a few times for her dummy and then wake up at around 2 for a full hour.. this is happening alot lately and she's not teething!! so she has no excuse!!

Belinda - posted on 01/22/2010

i have 3 kids 5 1/2 4 and 1 the 2 older ones go to bed at 7 and get up at 6 30 7 o'clock and the younger one goes to bed at 8 and wakes up at 7

Melissa - posted on 01/21/2010

My son goes to bed at 7:00 pm then is up at 8:30 to about 9:00am he does wake up and he wants his bottle/ cup of water in the midnight area.

Rolanda - posted on 01/21/2010

I guess I am the only mommy who has a baby that wakes up in the middle of the night at least once, usually twice and has to be coaxed back to sleep....we have never had a "sleep through the night" night since he was born.

Kelsey - posted on 01/21/2010

We put Sabby down between 730pm and 815pm each night and she wakes up around 8am each morning .. though occaisionally I get the 10am sleep in!!

Jazi - posted on 01/21/2010

My 14 month old Zander goes down anywhere between 830 to 1030pm, wakes up when I head to bed between 2 and 3am, then gets woken up by my partner at 630 for a diaper change and milk bottle then goes back down till around 1030 am. he doesn't normally nap durring the days, however while he's been sick the last 2 weeks he's been going down for a few hours in the afternoon - Jazi

Natalie - posted on 01/21/2010

If you want your child to wake up early..then put them to bed early and vice versa if you want them to got to bed late and wake up late. It will take sometime to get them into a routine according to how you wish them to be, but it can be done! :)

Natalie - posted on 01/21/2010

My bub is in a routine where she wakes and will stay up for 3 hours and then nap, this is twice a day, so usually it is 3 hours after she last napped. It is always around the 6-7pm mark. And most of the time she will sleep 12 hours exactly, but still wakes for one feed, sometimes two during the night.

Sarah - posted on 01/21/2010

i do the whole, bath story and bed thing so he has wind down time. put him down at 7 o clock (when night garden ends) he sleeps then until 7 or 8 with usualy one wake up in the night for his dummy back in. i was advised on this routine as its a good waking time for when they have to get up and get ready for nursery. ds is now 14 months and has been doing this for about two months. previously i was laying in there with him and never got a moment to myself!

Vicky - posted on 01/21/2010

Sophia did not sleep through the night until 2.5 months ago (every 3 hours she would be up screaming) finally we have a routine and 830-9pm she is out until 730-8am. We do have some exceptions when we are out, which means she will go down later and wake a little later.

Michelle - posted on 01/21/2010

Emma goes to bed between 7.30-8.15 p.m. most nights and wakes between 6.30-7.00 a.m. The time she falls asleep seems to be getting later with age. We used to struggle to get her to stay up past 6.30 p.m. the first 6 months! The odd night she can wake once or twice (usually if shes off colour) and usually just needs you to go in and give her back a rub or give her her dummy and she settles off fairly quickly again.

Erin - posted on 01/20/2010

Michaela goes down at 8 pretty much every night (thats when shes sending us the sleepy signals) wakes up at 7 - takes a bottle and then usually goes down for another 2 hours till 8-9AM...the later we push her schedule the later she sleeps in. We can also usually coax her back into snuggle/sleep time with mommy after she wakes up...its so nice to sleep in with her nestled into my arms in the morning in a nice dark room!

Tonya - posted on 01/20/2010

Hi! We put our 14 months old daughter to bed between 6 and 7 pm, and she wakes up around 7 am everyday.. she's been going to bed around 6/7 pm since she was 4 months old. has the day before been exceptionally tiring then she can sleep til 8-9 am but 7 is the usual! she sleeps 1 nap during the day around midday :)

Monica - posted on 01/20/2010

I put damian to bed at about 7:30-8:00 and he sleeps right thorugh until about 6:00am.He has had this schedule since he was about 6 months and it works for us! I think if it the schedule works for you ,why change it?

Jackline - posted on 01/20/2010

Well my daughter Angelica sleeps from 12 am to 4 or 5 am, I have tried putting her to bed early but it doesn't work, but she also goes back to sleep from 8 am to 1 pm.