Baby’s bedtime
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Topic: Baby’s bedtime
Posted By: Jaxnz1
Subject: Baby’s bedtime
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 8:28pm
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As much as we try, Georgia will not go to sleep before 10pm. She sleeps great during the day, settles herself or if she has a bit of trouble she soon drifts off with a dummy. We follow a routine of feed/play/sleep and then night time routine is feed/bath/bed at 7pm. However this is extremely short lived and is soon awake and crying. She is obviously tired but nothing will settle her, not even the dummy! She cluster feeds during this period and then eventually just crashes at about 9:30/10pm as she's just so exhausted.
This makes for a really long day as I'm up once during the night and then early in the morning and our whole evening is spent just trying to settle her. I realise this is quite common, but what can we do to encourage her to make bedtime 7pm? I just really need reassurance that this will not last forever and I will eventually get to watch all my favourite programmes in peace and for me and DH to have some quality time again!! 
Would love to hear of others who have had the same problem and what you did to resolve it etc etc .  ------------- 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 8:39pm
that to me sounds very normal for a bubba that age. it is just a stage and will eventually pass.
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Posted By: crakars
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:02pm
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Just keep persevering and eventually she will get the idea of bed at 7 - remember she is still young -------------  http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:04pm
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Yep, my girl is doing this at the moment - I can put her to bed at 7pm after her bath and feed and she will for all purposes look like she's out for the night, but 15 mins later she is awake and crying for the next 2 hours until 9pm when it's like a light switch and she's finally asleep for the next 4+ hours.
My first did this too and it is just a phase - just keep up the good bedtime routine of feed bath bed and she will probably within the next few weeks start to sleep earlier. ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:11pm
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My DD2 was just the same, and more often than not I would just sit there with her asleep in my lap and watching the telly - back when DH would still fetch me my drinks LOL I know it is frustrating, but I urge you to just cuddle her lots and treasure these moments while she is still really little - as it will pass all too quickly. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 09 January 2010 at 9:22pm
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I am similar to HippyMama. Ben was the same as well when he was younger. He wouldn't settle to sleep and would pretty much feed non-stop from 6-9pm. I gave up sitting alone in our room trying to settle him. I just fed him on the couch while I watched telly and ordered DH to get me a cuppa! I can't remember when I started trying to get him down at an earlier bedtime, maybe 12wks or so and since then it has worked. It won't last for ever. ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:31am
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Yep, its fairly normal. Cam will not go down before 8pm, if I try, he is awake within 20 mins crying and grizzling. I know he is tired, he looks shattered but he is up again, feeding (again) and until that magic number hits the clock, thats what we do.
I spoke to plunket about it and they said its normal but that after 3 months things should start to settle (we have no routine either plus he is demand fed, sometimes every 2 hourly during the day). It does make for a long evening though, especially when you are tired and gagging to climb into bed too! I wish we had My Sky. Then I wouldn't miss my programmes too. But alas.  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:45am
Thanks ladies, nice to hear of others going through/been through the same thing! We gave up putting her to bed and trying to settle her and now I just sit with her on my lap with the dummy or DH wanders around the house with her crying until she has that final feed and crashes. 
Nice to know it will get better too. I can't really complain as this is our only real problem, the rest of the time she is a dream baby. Can't have perfection! CuriousG we have My Sky, it's brilliant! Although I always forget what I've taped and don't really get a chance through the day to watch everything. -------------
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Posted By: Jane25
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 9:20am
I just have another couple of questions on this topic... if you don't mind me threadjacking  as I am experiencing the same thing.
a) If you do get them to bed earlier ie. 7 instead of 9 will they wake earlier or just sleep longer and wake up at their usual time? b) Should you persevere with putting them down earlier trying to settle them or will they just do it themselves eventually? Thanks ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 6:32pm
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a) there is no way of knowing this I reckon until you actually try it - but we haven't got a set routine, just a pattern we follow around when most people consider it bedtime. DD2 wakes anywhere from 6-7am regardless.
b) if it's more effort and more frustration for all involved with trying to settle earlier, I'd let it go for a while as IMO they'll eventually settle into their own bedtime. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 10 January 2010 at 7:59pm
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Funny, all us Nov Mums experiencing the same thing! We are just going with the flow - which means that we don't often even try to go to bed until after 10.30. Only once has she slept from 7pm, but we live in hope and as some of the more experienced Mums put it I just tell myself that this is such a short period of time, so just relax (but sometimes I want to scream and cry, and SLEEP)...after the last feed (I try not to feed after 11pm, she is DH's 'problem' and he has to get her down, as I know I'll be up to feed her sooner or later). I cannot wait for the 12 hour sleeps - 7 til 7 sounds AMAZING....it's not that far away...I hope! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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