My girl is 5 months old, and I am trying to get her to stay up until 8 instead of 6. She is impossible to please when she is tired, so I just lay her down and she will sleep until 2 am and then again till 5ish. Should I just let her be?
2007-03-12 14:46:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
my son is eight months old and I had the same problem but to put him on a schedule I found ways to keep him awake. Try these things when your daughter gets sleepy:
Giving her a bath
if she falls asleep eating take her socks off and lightly tickle her feet
Put on some fun music and dance
change her diaper or clothing
you could change her schedule and wake her up a little earlier and squeeze in an early short nap like a power nap
These are only suggestions, you will figure out what works best for your daughter. Good Luck, Trista and London
2007-03-12 15:00:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The average for infants around 5 months old is to sleep approximately 15 hours a day. If she is taking longer naps during the day, try to limit them to shorter but more frequent naps. My son is five months also and we finally got him on a schedule. Maybe his routine will work for your daughter:
7:00 Wake up, eat breakfast
9-10 nap
10:00 snack
12-1 nap
1:00 lunch
3-5 nap
5:00 snack
we pick him up from day care around 5:30 and he usually sleeps in the car the hour long trip home
7:00 dinner
8:00 bath time and bed time story
9:00 bedtime
He's usually passed out asleep from 9-7 and we don't hear a peep from him.
I hope this helps. Good luck!
2007-03-12 22:01:14 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle Moy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most babies that young need to go to sleep early. Why do you need to change her schedule? The best way to do it is to use cues to gradually bump the routine. I'm working on getting used to Daylight savings time here, and I've put the kids down a half-hour early for three nights now. I'll catch back up to the clock sometime this week. My daytime cue is opening the miniblinds. Before I start the bedtime routine, I dim the lights and close the blinds. If mine wake up too early, I bring them into bed. No one sleeps, but they don't have to cry, either.
2007-03-12 23:47:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it starts in the morning when she gets up give her some breakfast. then a bath and you play with her a little bit or let her play around with her toys. then about 12:00 give her lunch and then change her and give her a milk bottle and put her down for a nap. she should sleep for about 2 hours at the most. when she gets up change her and let her play or do what ever she does. then about 7:00 give her dinner and after that give her a bath and she should be ready for bed arond 8:00. it worked for my daughter but all babies are not the sme but try it.
2007-03-12 22:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by baby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let her sleep. It's good for her. It'll be easier to put her on a specific schedule when she's a couple months older. If she's strictly on breast milk or formula right now she will still get up every few hours to eat. Once she starts eating a good amount of real food, then start a schedule and stick to it.
2007-03-12 21:53:15 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let her cry as long as all of her needs have been met before hand. She needs to learn how to comfort herself and get herself back to sleep. I know how hard it is to listen to them cry and you just want to get up and hold them and rock them back to sleep but dont. If you do, your child will get used to waking up around that time frame every night and it will be MUCH harder to brake her out of that routine (I found that out the hard way with my oldest daughter).
2007-03-12 21:58:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mischelle M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it sounds like she has made her own schedule. my son did exactly the same thing
2007-03-12 22:25:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋