Bringing sleeping time earlier

[mcdill]

My 3 mth old goes to sleep around 8.30-9pm. It would be good to have more time with her on weekdays as it is already about 7pm when I come home from work. So I just go to bed early so I can get up the same time as her in the morning.

 

[Obiwan]

hi Mcdill, do you increase her feed during the day to make up? am i right that your baby girl has about 4 feeds a day?

 

[AmyH]

my daughter is 4 months old now and she is in bed asleep by 8pm every night. She has been doing this since she was 8 weeks old. I was very lucky with her as it was not something I did on purpose, she just put herself into that routine. She has 5 bottles per day and sleeps until 7am every day.

 

[mcdill]

Obiwan, because my baby has some reflux, she has lesser amounts and more frequent feeds than a "normal" 3 month old. So we usually wake her up at 11-11.30pm for a feed to last her through the night, as she doesn't go to sleep on a totally full stomach. She will then go back to sleep quite quickly because she is quite drowsy then.

I also asked my friends whether they increased their babies' feeds during the day once they started sleeping through the night. Some did so, while others found it was not necessary.