Bed time too late?

Question

Hi, just want to know what you think about my daughters bed time. She is now 10 monhts old and she's been going to bed when we go since I can remember (she sleeps in her own bed). Because my boyfirend usualy gets home around 9 pm we all usualy stay up until midnight and she's up with us. The good thing is that she sleeps trhu the night and usualy for 10 - 12 hours a night which is great, because then in the morning I have time to do whatever I need before she's up. It's really working for us this way now and I think that when she goes to creche (probably after she's a year old) she will just change her routine as she will have to wake up early so she will be tired earlier and hopefuly go to bed around 8 pm or so. Do you think that's it's ok for her to be up late with us, it's not like we are keeping her up, she wouldn't sleep before 10.30 pm,we tried. Thanks Klara

Answer 1

She's a baby. It doesn't matter what her bedtime is right now. As long as she gets plenty of rest during the night and maybe a couple naps during the day there's nothing wrong with it. Eventually as your schedule changes so will hers.

Answer 2

Whatever happened to mom & dad time. I think 10:30 is way to late for her to be up, but who am I to say! I have a 6 yr old who goes to bed when I do. Now, that summer is just about over and school starts (he's going into grade 1) I need to change my sleep time as well. How hard is this gonna be I'm 32 wks pregnant with twins. He's normally out like a light at around 10:15...

Answer 3

I think that having her on that schedule is okay. My daughter is nine months old and has been on a schedule like that for quite a while. She goes to sleep around ten and gets up around ten. As long as she is getting enough sleep I don't see a problem. If you started putting her to bed a little earler each night and work your way up to her going to bed earlier. I would try to do it a while before you think her schedule will change so it isn't a huge shock to her.

Answer 4

At the moment her sleeping late should be fine, because she's still getting enough sleep, but as the time gets nearer to her going to creche, you'll need to bring her bedtime earlier, otherwise she'll find it harder to break into the new routine. I think it would be a good idea to start now. A warm bottle might help to put her to sleep earlier.

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Answer 5

Whatever works for you! At 10 months she hasn't really sorted out night and day yet properly anyhow. Try adjusting her bedtime to a little earlier slowly before she starts creche though!

Answer 6

Whatever works for your family is ok. As long as its working, right?

When your or your bf's work schedule changes or if it does, then she'll adjust to that after a while of getting used to it.

It is YOUR family's dynamics. She's healthy, happy, then it is fine.
When she goes to school, she will adjust to that, too. Don't worry... keep taking good care of your child & don't put too much weight into what others think. Everyone has an opinion.

Answer 7

I think that it's fine. Although I don't know what creche is. Babies and young children take longer to get used to a new sleep schedule. So when you have to start changing, it would be a good idea to do it gradually.

Answer 8

I am learning with my wekk old baby that if I put her in bed on the same schedule she was on in the womb that she is sleeping better throught the night. Turns out her clock is not set to go to bed at 8 but rather 10:30. I don't know if it is good for her, but it works for me.

Answer 9

If it seems to be working for you and your family and babies good with you then it sounds good to me. Our daughter kinda ended up choosing her own bed time which now is 7pm. Its what workes for her so we dont change. But she used to go to sleep around 9-10

Answer 10

I wouldn't worry about what time she goes to sleep being that she sleeps so long. The main thing is that she gets enough
sleep. And it sounds like she does.