What time does your newborn go to bed?

if Madison is not down in her sleeper by 9 PM she is a screaming baby...............

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I don't recall DD having a bedtime when she was a newborn she just seemed to sleep all the time.

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The first 2 - 3 months she went down around 10 - 11pm. She was a screaming baby every night!!!

If I had only know they sleep better if you put them bed earlier I would have started doing that at 2 months rather than 3. I think I was of the mindset that if I put her down too early she'd wake up early...but guess what, she was going to wake up anyway! I could have gotten a couple of quiet hours. Note for next baby!!


At 3 months I started her rountine at 7:00 and she's asleep by 8pm. That still holds true today (at 6 months)

Message edited 6/23/2007 9:41:05 PM.

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We start the process between 8-9 o'clock.

He's usually out by 9:30 at the latest.

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Jayden is usually out between 7-8pm... he'll be up at 2am for feeding and then wake up around 6am.

Message edited 6/23/2007 9:34:47 PM.

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ok i thought i was crazy for putting her down at that time, but she will stay asleep till about 3-4 to eat then up at 8 for the day............. but i only get 2 20 min. naps a day...........

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He's passed out at almost 8 on the dot every night for the past 2 weeks.

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He would go to sleep at like 9:30 and then I'd get him up to feed him around 11:30 and put him in his pj's.

Starting tomorrow I going to try to give him his last bottle between 9-10 and then put him to bed then.

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hmm, we dont have a set bedtime...maybe thats my problem?

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Um, 11pm..sometimes later! Very tough right now.

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Kerri always went down at 9pm when she was a newborn

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It's hard before 2 months but the sooner you set a routine the better. They'll get used to the routine and see that as the cue that bedtime is near. We start the routine at 6:30... bathtime, last bottle, storytime... in the crib between 7:30, the latest 8 pm. They wake around 3 am for feeding, ten back to sleep until 7:30-8:30 am.

One of the best pieces of advice anyone gave me was "Sleep begets sleep". The earlier to bed the longer they sleep. It's very true. They should be put to bed before they get tired. It's usually when they are overtired that we have the most trouble.

Ped said 3 month olds should be getting 12-14 hours in a 24 hour period. It's important for brain development.

Good luck.

Message edited 6/24/2007 9:07:43 AM.

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About 8:30-9:00. Usually he'll be down for the count until about 1-1:30, then again at 5...if we're super lucky, 6. It's kind of a forced routine at 8:30-9 though...DD was/is a routine junky...she was in bed happily at 8pm every single night.

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Mikayla was going down around 10-11pm for a while when she was a newborn....then at about 8 weeks or so, I started putting her down earlier (10, then 9:30, then 9, etc)

Now she is usually sleeping by 8:30 and sleeps until 7 or so....

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I try to get Bella down by 10-11, because she'll wake for a 2:30-3 am feeding and then she'll go back down til about 6:30-7.

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DD is three months old now....
She is usually asleep on the couch between 8-9:00pm. We move her upstairs and attempt to feed her a bit before going in her crib. She usually only drinks one oz. and she is out. She sleeps to about 4:00am and I feed her sometimes...other times I just out the paci in her mouth. She wakes at 6:00am and I bring her in bed with me and we sleep together (and have snuggle time) to about 8:00am.

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anywhere between 10 and 11.

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10:30-11PM

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Posted by Tah-wee-ZAH

It's hard before 2 months but the sooner you set a routine the better. They'll get used to the routine and see that as the cue that bedtime is near. We start the routine at 6:30... bathtime, last bottle, storytime... in the crib between 7:30, the latest 8 pm. They wake around 3 am for feeding, ten back to sleep until 7:30-8:30 am.

One of the best pieces of advice anyone gave me was "Sleep begets sleep". The earlier to bed the longer they sleep. It's very true. They should be put to bed before they get tired. It's usually when they are overtired that we have the most trouble.

Ped said 3 month olds should be getting 12-14 hours in a 24 hour period. It's important for brain development.

Good luck.

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THIS happened to me tonight--I tried to keep him up for a 10:00 bottle and he was flipping out!!

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11-11:30... she sleeps till 6:30.....

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10 then she is up at 4 and then again at 7

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We try for 9pm but then he is up at 11:30, 2:30, 4:30 & 6:30

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About 9:30

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my DS is just about 2 months old and goes to sleep around 10 pm, wakes at 1 and 4 to eat (only half bottles) and never has a problem going back to bed - we are very lucky.