btdt mom help! -should I change her bedtime?

My routine with Talia has been to bathe her at 9 then feed her a bottle - she would fall asleep for the night between 10:30-11 and wake up between 6-7am.

Lately she is sleeping quite a bit after her second to last feeding - if her feeding is at 6 - she'll sleep from 8ish -9 normally, but the past few days she has been sleeping later (like um...right now...she has been sleeping since 8)

I have broken my cardinal rule and woken her before (which I think I am about to do) but she isnt happy - she eats a very little bit then goes back to sleep.

What to do with this? Should I see if she sleeps through this feeding? (the 9pm) - that would mean she would wake up in the middle of the night i assume...advice?

Message edited 11/17/2005 10:05:23 PM.

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OMG im trying to decide what to do with Ryan as well... I usually put him down @ 10...but lately he's been so fussy by 9 and then barely eats @ 10 cuz he ends up falling asleep....

Im scared if I put him down any early...he start wanting to wake so much early...hmmm...????

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same here Marissa - I dont know what to do!!

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Could you bump the feeding up a little so that she goes to sleep a little earlier and it doesnt cut into bedtime?

I had another idea but the thought just left me.
I'll edit if I remember.

ETA: How long has it been going on? Do you think its a growth spurt and maybe it won't last.

Message edited 11/17/2005 9:49:14 PM.

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Jen the problem is - I am not sure how to do that - am still feeding her every 3 -4 hours - depending on when she wakes from her naps...so the last bottle always seems to fall around 9. This is the third day in a row that it has been like this, I don't see her eating more - or more often so I don't think it's a growth spurt...

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Re: btdt mom help! -should I change her bedtime?

If she's getting fussy put her down earlier. Don't wake her up. You can dream-feed her (feed her at 9pm in her sleep).

I used to do this with both Joseph & Madeline - worked like a charm.

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I agree with Barb. If I felt he had to eat I would feed while he was sleeping. Maybe they don't need that late feeding anymore and you can make up the ozs during the day.

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I agree with Nrthsgrl. I would put Alex to bed and then DH would give him a dream feed at about 11. We stopped doing that at about 12 weeks. The dream feeds helped a lot and he was sleeping from 10pm to 6 by 8 weeks.