Comments on: Baby and Toddler Bedtimes By Age – An Easy Reference Chart from The Baby Sleep Site®

By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site

Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:01:35 +0000

In reply to Allison.

Hi @Allison –
Thanks for writing, and we’re SO happy to hear that you love our site!!! Sorry to hear that some mornings include a 5:30am wake up time. Having an inconsistent schedule can be so rough, as can those 5:30 wake up times!! It sounds like you’re working hard to find the right schedule for all of you, and that you’ve done your sleep homework! A great way to get these specific schedule questions answered by an expert would be to join our VIP Members Area! Our VIP Members Area gives you access to all of our e-Books as well as audio tele-seminar recordings, case studies, and do-it-yourself tutorials, including a workbook designed to help you create your own sleep plan.
My favorite feature, and the one I think you’ll love is the access to our weekly “members only” expert chat sessions, where one of our sleep consultants will answer your specific questions live via chatroom! You can also write a message on any of the pages within the VIP Area, and a Sleep Consultant will reply!
I think this would be a great fit for you Allison, and the VIP subscription is available in varying lengths/sizes to fit every budget. Members also receive 20% off of all personalized sleep consultation services, should you find that you would like more personalized assistance at any time.
You can read more about our VIP Members Area here:
https://www.babysleepsite.com/diy
Thank you again for being a loyal reader Allison!

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:26:17 +0000

Hi! We really love your site and the approaches you take 🙂 A question about bedtime and consistency. Our 8 month old’s bedtime is generally either 6ish or 7ish, switching back and forth nearly every day or two, depending on how her second nap goes. (Some days great, 1hr30, and some days it’s one 35-min sleep cycle). This switching back and forth seems to affects her morning wake up time – it’s like she’s on a 23 hour clock, and each day everything gets pushed earlier and earlier until one day there’s a 530am wake up, feeding, and back to bed til 7 and then everything is later again. Any advice on what to do about this? Keeping a set bedtime would be hard on the days she takes a bad second nap, as 4+ hours is too long a last wake time. Thanks for any tips!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:58:24 +0000

In reply to Abby.

Hi Abby,
Thank you for using The Baby Sleep Site as a resource! I’d be happy to help with your question. Although occasional 6 month-olds can sleep through the night without eating, it’s far more common for babies this age to need to eat 1-2 times overnight. We have a night feedings by age chart you can see here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/baby-night-feedings-age-chart/

And we also have an article on how to tell is a night feeding is necessary or not, which I hope will help you, here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/baby-night-feedings-when-necessary/

Please let us know if you have any questions!

By: Abby

Abby — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 02:37:20 +0000

Our baby is 6 months old. We’ve been told to keep him in his crib once he’s down for the night and not to feed him until after midnight. We think our son is actually hungry (he only wakes 2xs per night and it is to feed) and aren’t sure it’s a good idea to withhold food. What do you think of this?

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:03:08 +0000

In reply to LUCY KALINDA.

@Lucy Kalinda, thank you for writing to us. Would you mind providing a few more details so I can better answer your question? Are you saying he goes to bed late (23:00) and wakes up for feedings just a few hours later, or wakes up for the day? How is the rest of his schedule with naps? Here is a link to a sample toddler schedule to give you an idea of what the goal would be to achieve: https://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/toddler-schedule/
I hope this helps but let us know more details and we’ll be happy to help further.

By: LUCY KALINDA

LUCY KALINDA — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 05:23:57 +0000

Hello.
My son .he is 1 years and seven month am confused he sleep late like 23:00 and waking up @02:15 or 03:00 in the morning ..Its been two weeks now .I am thinking to take him to the Doctor .Is it normal or what else?

By: Danielle

Danielle — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:29:42 +0000

In reply to JR.

Hi JR,
Thank you for using The Baby Sleep Site as a resource! I’m sorry to hear your grandkids are having some trouble with overtiredness. We have worked with families who keep a very loose schedule/routine, and it can work for certain personalities fine, so if your daughter and her family are happy with it, just focusing on having an early-enough bedtime for the kids might be enough. If she’s unhappy and just is not sure where to start adjusting, I’d recommend our article on how to put a child on a schedule here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/baby-toddler-schedule-how-to/
A schedule is always a great first step, and after that’s implemented, she could work on transitioning out of co-sleeping, getting kids sleeping through the night on their own, etc at her own pace.

If she needs more support, this is definitely something a sleep consultant could help her with, too. A consultant could look at your daughter’s sleep situation and goals, and create a step-by-step plan she can work on at her own pace. You can read more about consultations here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/

I hope this helps, but please let us know if you have any questions. Good luck!

By: JR

JR — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 03:21:19 +0000

My grandkids – now 4, 5, and almost 2, never had a designated nap time or bedtime. Naps just didn’t/don’t happen, and bedtime is/was when everyone fell asleep. Could be 10, 11, 12, or later. The older ones never used their cribs, “she’ll cry if I put her in her crib”, “he throws up if he’s in the crib and I don’t want to be cleaning the carpeting every day”. So they slept with mom and/or dad, all together in a double bed. Dad works nights so when he gets home he usually just heads for the couch as it’s hard to sleep in a double bed with mom and two little ones. The baby was started in its crib around 9 months to a year; prior to that mom wanted to co-sleep, and dad was worried about that so took the couch.

Wake up time is whenever people wake up – no schedule, no routine. Play, romp, tv, snack, romp, tv, snack, play, eat, get in car seats when parents need to go out for appointments and errands, stay in car seats while one parent does the errand or goes into the appointment and the other sits in the front of the vehicle. Back home after hours in car seats, play, snack, tv, fast food, tv, snack, play, eventually everyone goes to bed but night-working Dad.

Now old enough for preschool and kindergarten; tired, tantrums, bad behavior, missing readiness skills.

Baby/Toddler is pleasant, very independent and likes to do things itself, but lack of routine and structured interaction.

What to do, other than Mary Poppins AKA SuperNanny?

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