a trained 6 month old baby boy?

Question

my son will be 6 months old august 3rd and he goes to bed between 7pm -7:30pm and will sleep til 7:30-8a.m the next morning...play by himself in his crib and then fall back to sleep on his own til 9:30-10a.m. i trained him to do that. i did the same to my now 8 year old daughter when she was a baby and it worked out wonderfully for her. I can get up and feed my daughter without the baby, i can sleep in, etc...can anybody say the same?

he will also take one 3 to 4 hour nap in the daytime

he gets plenty of mommy time and he has a ton of crib toys in his crib...so he is not lonely

Answer 1

my son is like that too...except he makes his own schedule....i put him in his crib at 8:30pm...he plays til 9-9:30....drinks his bottle and goes to bed....gets up with my husband around 7am...he gets a fresh bottle and a diaper change...plays til 7:30-8:30 and sleeps til 9-10 (which is great for me bc i am not a morning person) then he usually gets a nap around 1 or 2 and sleeps anywhere between 1-3 1/2 hours.....depending on how much he sleeps then depends on how much of a nap he gets later....he falls asleep again around 6:30....i let him sleep usually around 1/2 hour and he still goes to bed at 9 every night.....so yeah i feel very lucky that my son has this type of schedule....i didnt make him that way he just does it on his own

oh and dont worry about some of what these ppl are saying....every parent and child is different....if the schedule works for your baby then keep him on it....babies are supposed to have schedules. and our babies staying in their crib to play is not harmful at all....it teaches them some independance and is a sign that our babies will be smart and creative in the future....my son half of the time would rather occupy himself...and new toys...he would rather play with the box than the 35 dollar toy i spent money on.

Answer 2

He spends 15 hours straight in his crib??!! Do you change his diaper or feed him at all during that time? My daughter will be a year old next week. She sleeps in her crib for about 2-3 hours and spends the rest of the night snuggled up to me and her daddy. She nurses 2-10 times per night (depending on her teething discomfort). She takes a nap alone in the morning while I work (I work at home) and one with me in the late afternoon. I don't believe in training babies, I think the parents should make most of the concession for the first couple of years. Babies are hard-wired to need a lot of contact and attention and are too young to understand such a rigid schedule.

Answer 3

If your baby is actually sleeping than great but hours on end in the crib just left to amuse himself is sick...why did you have a child? When he wakes at 7 he should be fed and changed and unless he goes back to sleep on his own than he needs to be taken out and paid attention to.This kid is getting very little brain stimulation and will most likely end up slow and learning disabled,this is a very important time for babies and babies are not just born with disabilities they can aquire them ,if the brain isnt being aroused and stimulated it gets lazy and wont work as well as the child gets older.Is this the same so called "hitler baby" that you described in one of your other post under a different name? You are a piece of work,white trash definition right here people.

Answer 4

Both of my boys were like that. Ages one and two. It became a problem when I put the oldest in nursery school. He isn't a morning person and was used to eating and then going straight back to bed until 10am. Now he has to get up and stay up. It's not bad on the little one yet because he still sleeps whenever he wants to.

Do you change your son's diaper when he wakes up at 8 or do you stay in bed and let him deal with a wet hiney?

Answer 5

I think that is about normal amount of sleep for a 6 month old. Nothing special. I do agree that if he is spending hours in his crib alone...wake, then he may need more social time.

Answer 6

Well is he getting any mommy time?

My brothers baby also has a sleep schedule that he follows. but he doesn't play alone in his crib...how sad.

Answer 7

first off, i don't like that word "trained" your child is not a performing seal.

other than that, as long as the child doesn't protest to it, then by all means it's fine. my kids are kept on a schedule as well. it's just regularity. both my children are comfortable playing by themselves or playing with other children. they have a equal amount of time with both. Children who have a regular schedule better adapt to the world around them. And adjust better to discipline.

Answer 8

I feel sad for your baby being so strictly scheduled and being made to hang out alone for so long. I bet he'd like to be treated as part of the family and get out of his cage in the morning. I wonder how long he cried by himself while you "trained" him to your schedule?

Answer 9

your children are not some pet that you can train to whatever you want them to do. hell i wouldn't even train my dog like that let alone my child. what the hell are you thinkin by treatin them like that? all your doin is settin him up for not bein able to express himself when he gets older. that or he'll severly lash out and hurt someone. you so need to learn the phrase 'let them be kids while they are kids'

Answer 10

good for you!
sounds like you are very proud of your parenting style and it works for you and your kids....that's great!

just keep in mind that everyone parents differently and not everyone wants their kids on a schedule like that. some people prefer to follow their baby's schedule.

so, be proud of yourself, just don't look down on someone who parents differently!

take care.