If your baby is a grumpy, sleepy mess

[carfar]

Before regular bedtime... Do you put them to bed early? Let them do a cat nap? Tough it out until bedtime ? (If so how long?)

[bowies]

We move up bedtime.

[carfar]

Aug 7, 2015 19:38:22 GMT -5 bowies said:

We move up bedtime.

Even if it's, say 2.5 hours early?

[rbp]

We do a catnap. If I put him down for the night at 5, I'd be afraid he'd be up for the day in the MOTN!

[carfar]

Aug 7, 2015 19:41:28 GMT -5 rbp said:

We do a catnap. If I put him down for the night at 5, I'd be afraid he'd be up for the day in the MOTN!

Exactly! @this 8.5 mos. bed time is 7. He was tired and had his cranky pants on at around 5.

[nessness]

DD was cranky an hour and a half before bedtime today. I powered through for an hour then put her to bed a half hour earlier. I'm never sure what the right decision is though.

[Deleted]

I'd do a 10-15 minute cat nap then gently wake up with some music or movement and talking to her.

[cricketwife]

Cranky, I power through and move up bedtime. Actually falling asleep, I out to bed. In those cases he always STTN normally and didn't wake up for the day in the MOTN.

[zarapipe]

I wouldnt put to sleep that early. I would settle for an hour early and go outside for a walk if you could to help them power through.