4 mo old sleep patterns..

[melbelle788]

Hey girls,

Just wondering how your babies slept at 4mos, my girl is almost 4 mos and goes to sleep at about 2-3 am and sleeps 8 hours. Any tips for her to go to sleep earlier and sleep a bit later?

Thanks and hope youre all doing well!

[tsaunders]

Miss P sleeps from 9pm until anywhere from 6am-830am. I started her on a schedule when she was about two months old; bath, bottle, BED. It worked beautifully, she used to sleep until about 430am and wake up to eat, but since I started her on solids she tends to go for a few extra hours. I would suggest trying to get on a solid routine, give her something to identify bedtime, like a bath. Now, you can try to just lay her in her crib every night at a specific time so she gets the hint, but since she doesn't sleep until 2-3am I would definitely not start at 9pm, try doing it around midnight, then slowly move it up. I hope this helps! Good luck!

[Leli]

I'm interested in this, too. I want to get Eli on a schedule during the day (and have him start napping without being right beside me) and going to bed at a set time at night. I'm just not sure how to do it!

How'd you get Peyton to sleep on her own (or was she like that from the start)? Did you have a few rough days/weeks before she got the hang of it?

I just can't decide when to start with Eli. I have this feeling that he'd really benefit from more structured naps but I don't know if he's too small to try to structure his day like that. Also, I don't want to stop co-sleeping, just get him to go to sleep on his own. Any advice?

[tsaunders]

Originally Posted by Leli

I'm interested in this, too. I want to get Eli on a schedule during the day (and have him start napping without being right beside me) and going to bed at a set time at night. I'm just not sure how to do it!

How'd you get Peyton to sleep on her own (or was she like that from the start)? Did you have a few rough days/weeks before she got the hang of it?

I just can't decide when to start with Eli. I have this feeling that he'd really benefit from more structured naps but I don't know if he's too small to try to structure his day like that. Also, I don't want to stop co-sleeping, just get him to go to sleep on his own. Any advice?

I know it is hard, but to be fair, I didn't b/f either so co-sleeping wasn't really going to happen. I didn't want to. She did sometimes, when I fell asleep before she did- lol oops. But what happened was dh and I always held her until she fell asleep. Being new parents, we had no idea how to do any different, we thought that is just what you did. We wouldn't put her down until she was out. Well that was just silly, one night I was SO exhausted that I decided to put her in her crib awake to see what she would do... BEST DECISION EVER! She made little squeaks for about 20 minutes and some grunts but eventually just fell asleep on her own. So I kept doing that, now, she was so little that I would never let her scream though. But its okay if they make SOME noise. But I just waited until she was sleepy around 9pm one day and then I bathed her and gave her a bottle and NEVER looked back, and she's been doing it ever since. She associates her crib with sleep now, so during the day at nap time I just put her in there and she knows. They say babies thrive on routine so I started to get on one.... and it is SO amazing. Good luck. Just give it a try, putting him in there. Give him a soother (if you use one) and turn on a mobile if you have one to distract him and help him fall asleep, maybe do a bath before nap time to help him get the idea? I hope something works for you!

[*cindylou*]

I put Abby on a schedule at around 6-8 weeks. Well thats when I started the schedule and when she started sleeping through the night (8 hours) and I didnt give her solids until 6 months. But at the same time, all babies are different so just go with what you think your baby likes. Shes not going to sleep until 9 if you have to get her up at 7 to go to daycare or whatever.

I also started putting her in her crib awake, but I did that from day one. I had never had a baby before, nor had I ever been aroudn them, so I didnt know even enough to rock her to sleep! lol!!!!!! So she has great sleep habits only because I didnt know how to enable her to sleep any other way except for the way an adult does...poor thing

AT 5 months Abby started sleeping 12 hours at night from 7 to 7. NOw with the time change its 8-8 lol!

This is my opinion, but try a 10pm bedtime, and if she gets up in the middle of the night, try giving her a pacifier first before bottle, try to delay the bottle 15 minutes everyday until she has an 8 hour schedule. Once she has that, try moving the bedtime earlier too. Or whtaever works for you in that reguard.

[Anthonysmommy]

Noah will be 4 months old in a week and a half....and he goes to bed at 10 at the latest and wakes up at 2-3 for a bottle then back to sleep til 8 (hed sleep longer but i wake him up) ...i just turn the lights down low in the room we are in and rock him to sleep sometimes he fights it but not often