When is your 9-12 month old bedtime?
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carmenlotusfeet
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I put my baby girl down around 7 ish (7:15 - 7:30) and she messes around in her cot and wants to play with her a little before she drops off. It's been getting later & later now and she usually is asleep by 8. I'm happy with this as I have the rest of the evening with my hubby !
Chinchilla
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My husband works quite late every night, coming home around 9:30 pm. So I like my daughter to sleep late so they can play with each other for a while. He also manages another hour before leaving for work in the morning. If she went to bed earlier they would only see each other on Sundays.
Anna,
Do you have a bedtime routine?
A bath, a message, softly singing or music, looking at books or pictures together?
If not it might be worth thinking of introducing one. For some ideas look at this thread, http://www.geobaby.com/forum/thread119851.html
If you already have such a routine, try bringing it forward slowly – maybe by five minutes each day. The best way is to bring the bath forward and continue to be relaxed with all the other activities. If your baby shows signs of being too awake with the move forward keep the bath time stable for a few days and then start bringing it forward again.
This method takes two weeks at the quickest to move the bedtime forward an hour. But slow and steady seems to work better than quicker methods.
(Just like dieting!)
Best wishes,
SARAH
Do you have a bedtime routine?
A bath, a message, softly singing or music, looking at books or pictures together?
If not it might be worth thinking of introducing one. For some ideas look at this thread, http://www.geobaby.com/forum/thread119851.html
If you already have such a routine, try bringing it forward slowly – maybe by five minutes each day. The best way is to bring the bath forward and continue to be relaxed with all the other activities. If your baby shows signs of being too awake with the move forward keep the bath time stable for a few days and then start bringing it forward again.
This method takes two weeks at the quickest to move the bedtime forward an hour. But slow and steady seems to work better than quicker methods.
(Just like dieting!)
Best wishes,
SARAH
mrs.duarte
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Anna,
My baby girl almost turn 10 months now, and her bed time is the same as your boy. I try to put her to bed earlier, but it doesn't really work.
She usually gets up at 10 or 11 am. Some time she will gets up at 8 or 9am.
If you guys baby go to bed at 7 or 8 pm, what time do they gets up?
My baby girl almost turn 10 months now, and her bed time is the same as your boy. I try to put her to bed earlier, but it doesn't really work.
She usually gets up at 10 or 11 am. Some time she will gets up at 8 or 9am.
If you guys baby go to bed at 7 or 8 pm, what time do they gets up?
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barbwong_130
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The time your child goes to sleep is a very cultural thing.
In the English speaking west (especially countries with a British influence) children tend to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. Likewise reducing or eliminating the daytime naps is a favourite in these cultures. This is heavily reinforced in books advising on childcare ? most of which have are heavily culturally biased. Even the good ones like ?The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night? assume that the American/British way is the only way.
The cultural norm for Hong Kong is for babies to go to bed later and wake up later. And to retain the afternoon nap for much longer ? maybe even until the child is six years old. This is also true in the Mediterranean.
Babies all need around the same amount of sleep (some individuals more and other less) so if you have time in the evening while your baby is asleep you won?t get it at some other time of day.
For me the Chinese culture of a long afternoon nap (so I got time a break from the children) and sleeping late (so my husband got time with my children) suited me fine. I know I didn?t get as much time alone just my husband and me (but I decided we were a family now). I did, however, make the most of Sunday afternoons when my husband and I were awake but the kids were asleep!
In the English speaking west (especially countries with a British influence) children tend to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier. Likewise reducing or eliminating the daytime naps is a favourite in these cultures. This is heavily reinforced in books advising on childcare ? most of which have are heavily culturally biased. Even the good ones like ?The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night? assume that the American/British way is the only way.
The cultural norm for Hong Kong is for babies to go to bed later and wake up later. And to retain the afternoon nap for much longer ? maybe even until the child is six years old. This is also true in the Mediterranean.
Babies all need around the same amount of sleep (some individuals more and other less) so if you have time in the evening while your baby is asleep you won?t get it at some other time of day.
For me the Chinese culture of a long afternoon nap (so I got time a break from the children) and sleeping late (so my husband got time with my children) suited me fine. I know I didn?t get as much time alone just my husband and me (but I decided we were a family now). I did, however, make the most of Sunday afternoons when my husband and I were awake but the kids were asleep!