Moms of kids 2-5 months old - sleep questions

[karinothing]

1. 5 months

2. 7pm, he has pretty much wanted to go to bed early since birth. Even as a newborn he was down around 830pm or so.

3. I think we might be hitting on now. 4 months was good, but he has been waking more lately. But sometimes he just has bad sleep for a week or so and then goes back to normal? So ask me in 4 days lol.

[mcfelix]

Jan 2, 2016 14:42:22 GMT -5 @starry said:

1. Age

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent?

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue?

1. 4.5 months
2. 6:15 to 6:30 consistently
3. Yes. Just started in the past week or so. It used to be easy to nurse her, put her in the crib drowsy and then she'd drift off to sleep. Lately she starts crying as soon as we put her down. Last night it took almost three hours and multiple visits for her to finally go to sleep for the night!

[preppy]

1. Age? 3.5 months
2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent? Between 6:30 and 7. It's extremely consistent and has been since 8 weeks.
3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue? Not yet. I'm living in fear of the 4mo regression and hoping it skips our house.

[wanderingenough]

1. Almost 2.5 months

2. 10:00-10:30 - It's consistent for the most part. He takes a catnap in the early evening and then eats again about 9pm before going in his crib for the night. 1-2 MOTN wakes.

3. Not yet. I'm scared!

[soozy87]

1. 3.5 months
2. 9:30-10:00
3. Not yet

[humpforfree]

1. 3 months
2. Usually by 8:30- I start nursing around 7 and she falls asleep, but it usually takes several tries for her to stay asleep when I put her down
3. I don't think so. The last couple of weeks she did add in an extra wake up or two (so 3-4 wake ups instead of 1-2), but I think she was going through a growth spurt.

I have a question too- if your baby goes to bed early (6/6:30), is that the time you feed/start a bed time routine, or is that when the baby is sleeping? What time do you start to put them down? I'm wondering if this would help e with the hours long attempt to stay asleep in the RNP. mcfelix preppy farmvillelover

[preppy]

Jan 2, 2016 15:28:36 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

1. 3 months
2. Usually by 8:30- I start nursing around 7 and she falls asleep, but it usually takes several tries for her to stay asleep when I put her down
3. I don't think so. The last couple of weeks she did add in an extra wake up or two (so 3-4 wake ups instead of 1-2), but I think she was going through a growth spurt.

I have a question too- if your baby goes to bed early (6/6:30), is that the time you feed/start a bed time routine, or is that when the baby is sleeping? What time do you start to put them down? I'm wondering if this would help e with the hours long attempt to stay asleep in the RNP. mcfelix preppy farmvillelover

We start between 6:15/6:45 do bath time (6:15 start if its bath day) then diaper swaddle bottle and she's in the crib asleep by 6:30/7. She goes down really easy and the process without the bath is maybe 15 mins at most? She breaks down if we try and stretch it any later, we've tried. She's down for the night.

[Deleted]

1. 5 months
2 Bedtime is 7:30-8
3. He was eating 0-1 times a night but has been now eating 2 times a night since 4 months.

[Deleted]

Jan 2, 2016 15:46:40 GMT -5 @starry said:

So only one other person with a night owl. Where is countthestars? I think she might be in the group with us.

DS went to bed at 10:30 until 3 months when he decided within a week that 7:30 was a better time.

[ebeth]

1.Age
4 months

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent?
Between 7:30 and 8. It's become pretty consistent over the last month

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue?
I don't know if it was a true sleep regression. It's hard to say because we've done a lot of transitions in the past month with the potential to fuck with her sleep. But the last two weeks (16-18) she was def up more at night and also more alert when she was awake. Usually she'd just kind of stir/whine but the last couple of weeks she was waking up loud and pissed. It seems to have stopped now (2 nights in a row of normal wake ups), but who knows

[ebeth]

Jan 2, 2016 15:46:40 GMT -5 @starry said:

So only one other person with a night owl. Where is countthestars? I think she might be in the group with us.

My kid was still going to bed at like 10 or 11 when she was 2.5 months. She didn't settle into an earlier bedtime (7-8) until about 3 months.

[aprilsails]

4 months

9 - 10 pm We are on the late shift too but she sleeps in reliably until 8 or 9 which is awesome. I'm SAH right now.

No regression but she always eats once MOTN. The past two nights she's been more awake but I attribute that to the transition to the crib and it taking me longer to get to her.

[geek96]

1. 5 months
2. 7-8. We don't have a set schedule yet but definitely earlier than the 10-11 she was last month.
3. She wakes 1-3 times a night. She doesn't take the paci so it's always to eat and I have no way to soothe her without the boob. She goes right back to bed. I don't really let her fuss because she sleeps next to me and that just keeps me up longer at night.

[bekiwi]

1. 3.5 months

2. It still varies. Usually between 9-11 PM. She takes a very late nap usually around 6 so I don't see her moving up her bedtime until she settles into a different nap pattern. Her sleep is getting a bit more predictable though.

3. She wakes up 2-3 times at night. The longest stretch she's done is 4 hours and she's only done that twice so there isn't much to regress to at this point.

[runblondie26]

1. 4 months

2. 7:00-7:30 until 6am

3. Knock on wood, he's been a rockstar sleeper. If only my 2yr old would get on board the sleep train.

[ax2]

3 months

He does to bed between 8-8:30 pretty consistently.

He was only waking once until a week or two ago, now twice. I assume it's growth spurt related.

[stackingtens]

1. 4 months

2. 630 at the latest. I wish it was 7 pm but she starts melting down around 530 and im lucky to get her to hold out past 6. Also, my first kid NEVER went to bed this early, but this baby is 100% ready every day.

3. Yes, the last month (since thanksgiving) has been terrible, after being off to a decent start. The last two nights have been like a 20% improvement so I'm hoping we are going up from here.

[turtlegirl]

1. Age: 4 months, 1 week

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent?
Between 6:30-7:30pm depending on when she wakes up from her last nap.

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue?
About 2-3 weeks ago she started waking every 2 hours or so just for a paci replacement (and 1 feeding between 2-4am). I knew she was capable of better stretches (5-8 for the first long stretch). So we did some CIO right when she tired 4 months last week and within 4 days and never crying for longer than 20 mins at a time she is back to just one wake up a night. It also looks like she might be a thumb sucker, she still likes the paci to fall asleep, but seems to be finding her thumb to self soothe during some naps and at night.

[kiddoc]

1. She's 5.5 months

2. Bedtime is between 7:30-8 and it's pretty consistent. We start bedtime routine at 7.

3. We unfortunately did get to experience the 4 month sleep regression. She had a cold for the last 1.5 weeks and has been sleeping poorly, but it's hard to tell if that's due to being sick or a continuation of the sleep regression. We plan to try sleep training this coming weekend as H is on vacation the following week.

[nachos]

1. Will be 4 mos this coming Friday.

2. Between 8 - 8:30 (tonight was 7:30 though)

3. No nighttime regressions yet (knocking on all wooden things), but his daytime sleep has gone to hell. Used to be that he'd only sleep on me or in the stroller. I was fine with that; I got lots of snuggles in the morning snoozes, and exercise in the afternoon ones... Now it's been too cold to walk, so we're housebound. He's also traded in legit naps for catnaps that end as soon as I move so much as an eyebrow. He's exhausted, and I'm at a loss as to how to comfort him/get him to nap well during the day.

His transition to the crib was flawless; aided by the V-Tech musical hippo with star projection. He can finally go to be drowsy and drift off!

[countthestars]

I'm here but in the car and my phone is dying! We are creeping earlier but still around 9:30-10:30 right now at 3 months. No regressions but until this week I've been up every 2-3 hours so it would be hard to regress from that...

[miamigirl]

1. Age 4 months

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent? 8 pm. It was really consistent up to a couple weeks ago. She would sleep 8-10, nurse and then she was down until 6 am. I think we've hit a sleep regression and now her sleep is all over the place...

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue? See above . I hope we can work it out, I went back to work recently and need some sleep!

[pooh8402]

1. Age. 5.5 months

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent?
6:30-7:30. Yes, pretty consistent. He gets grumpy if we haven't started the bedtime routine by 6:15, like now.

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue?
Yes, at about 3.5 months. It's still going. 3-4 MOTN wakeups, vs the 1-2 we had prior to the sleep regression. I said I would sleep train after the holidays, and now that it's here, I'm scared. I also don't want him out of my room yet.

[G22]

1. 2 months
2. Average is around 10-11 pm. We haven't been super consistent yet.

3. No, but he's been a crappy sleeper from the start. Which is part of the reason we aren't consistent. He's still doing 2-4 MOTN feedings, nothing has changed there since birth.

[ellipsis]

1. Age 4.5 months

2. When do they go to bed? Is it consistent? 8:15 or 8:30pm, and waking at 7:30am. It's been consistent since about 3mo. I expect we'll have to put her down a bit earlier after starting daycare on Monday (and waking up earlier).

3. Have they hit a sleep regression yet? If so, when? Did it stop / how long did it last / does it continue? She'll have a few nights here or there with 4-5x paci replacement trips, but no MOTN feeds or meltdowns. Also no colds yet (knock on wood), so nothing awful. She's always been a good sleeper.

[midwest07]

Jan 2, 2016 15:46:40 GMT -5 @starry said:

So only one other person with a night owl. Where is countthestars? I think she might be in the group with us.

My DD is 11.5 weeks and we are on a later bedtime schedule. I start a final nursing session around 9pm and then swaddle and to bed around 10pm. Sometimes as late as 10:30pm such as during the holidays when we had things going on later (or tonight we went out to dinner and home late). If it's a bath night. We start a little earlier.

Like you mentioned, I am a fan of one wake up a night and the later bedtime usually results in that.

I EBF and it seems like she still needs at least 8 feeds a day to meet even minimum weight gain goals so I don't understand how others get in all the feeds when the babies go to bed so early.

Anyone care to share their general schedule of feeds/naps? I wouldn't mind an earlier time, esp when going back to work.

[mcfelix]

humpforfree - I'm nursing DS in her room by 6:15-6:30. So she's usually asleep by 6:30-6:45. We don't have much of a bedtime routine yet - basically I just change her, dim the lights, turn on the noise machine, nurse on both sides (unless she keeps pulling off like she's full) and then put her in the crib.

We got home today after being out of town for three nights and she went down easy. Not sure if it's because she was so exhausted or what, but it would be nice if she keeps that up.

[humpforfree]

Jan 3, 2016 20:49:59 GMT -5 mcfelix said:

humpforfree - I'm nursing DS in her room by 6:15-6:30. So she's usually asleep by 6:30-6:45. We don't have much of a bedtime routine yet - basically I just change her, dim the lights, turn on the noise machine, nurse on both sides (unless she keeps pulling off like she's full) and then put her in the crib.

We got home today after being out of town for three nights and she went down easy. Not sure if it's because she was so exhausted or what, but it would be nice if she keeps that up.

Last night I tried starting (the same routine you do) around 5:30, wondering if an earlier estimate would help her. Lol omg no. She actually slept 6-7. Then 7:30-8, up again until 9 or 9:30, then she slept in 30-60 minute increments the rest of the night and I couldn't put her down it was a nightmare. I really hope it is just a growth spurt or wonder week or something. I sleep terribly when we co-sleep because she requires a boob, so I'm freezing and so uncomfortable. She is in the RNP right now, knock on wood. She hasn't let me put her down in a couple of days now.

[kaycee]

Jan 3, 2016 20:53:41 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

Jan 3, 2016 20:49:59 GMT -5 mcfelix said:

humpforfree - I'm nursing DS in her room by 6:15-6:30. So she's usually asleep by 6:30-6:45. We don't have much of a bedtime routine yet - basically I just change her, dim the lights, turn on the noise machine, nurse on both sides (unless she keeps pulling off like she's full) and then put her in the crib.

We got home today after being out of town for three nights and she went down easy. Not sure if it's because she was so exhausted or what, but it would be nice if she keeps that up.

Last night I tried starting (the same routine you do) around 5:30, wondering if an earlier estimate would help her. Lol omg no. She actually slept 6-7. Then 7:30-8, up again until 9 or 9:30, then she slept in 30-60 minute increments the rest of the night and I couldn't put her down it was a nightmare. I really hope it is just a growth spurt or wonder week or something. I sleep terribly when we co-sleep because she requires a boob, so I'm freezing and so uncomfortable. She is in the RNP right now, knock on wood. She hasn't let me put her down in a couple of days now.

This sounds like my life. I keep hoping it is a growth spurt. Or that it was because of the MSPI I think we are struggling with again. I hope you get some sleep tonight!

[humpforfree]

Jan 3, 2016 21:00:20 GMT -5 kaycee said:

Jan 3, 2016 20:53:41 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

Last night I tried starting (the same routine you do) around 5:30, wondering if an earlier estimate would help her. Lol omg no. She actually slept 6-7. Then 7:30-8, up again until 9 or 9:30, then she slept in 30-60 minute increments the rest of the night and I couldn't put her down it was a nightmare. I really hope it is just a growth spurt or wonder week or something. I sleep terribly when we co-sleep because she requires a boob, so I'm freezing and so uncomfortable. She is in the RNP right now, knock on wood. She hasn't let me put her down in a couple of days now.

This sounds like my life. I keep hoping it is a growth spurt. Or that it was because of the MSPI I think we are struggling with again. I hope you get some sleep tonight!

I'm going to start severely limiting dairy as part of weight loss, but also really hoping it helps E's fussiness. I'm about to break down.