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| Okay... so our daughter is only going on four months old, but we are trying to get her used to a bedtime routine so she gets a good start for getting to bed at a decent time. She will be so tired, yet refuses to go down until 9 pm or later, and to achieve this feat we often have to work with her for some time. Are we completely bonkers to try and establish this routine now, or is our little girl already learning how to buck the system? We are going to continue to try and get her to bed earlier, since it does take time to establish new things, but if anyone as any suggestions that worked for them, that would be great! Our little girl gets overtired easily, and then proceeds to be overstimulated, compounding the issue. Thanks!! |
| Posted by Dawn on 07/23/2008 09:08 PM
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| My husband and I did the same thing, you are not crazy! LOL. Do you have the book by Dr. Weissbluth - healthy sleep, happy child? It sounds like your daughter is doing what she supposed to, her bedtime will gradually get earlier, my daughter is almost 8 months and she goes to bed no later than 8. Sometimes earlier, depending on her naps, etc. We totally have a routine though, bath, nurse/bottle, books. The book was recommended to me and it is great, if for nothing else than to make us feel like all this is "normal" and how you can help your child(ren) develop healthy sleep habits. (mine totally suck! lol) |
| posted by on 07/25/2008 12:30 AM
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| My youngest is 9 months old and we've been doing the rountine thing since about the same age (4-5 months). You're not crazy at all! :) Emily goes to bed between 8 and 8:30 and normally wakes up around 7am. She takes 2 naps durin the day. Her bedtime rountine consist of bath, cereal, teethies, book and bed. Good luck! I found it a bit frustrating at first but it definitely gets easier as she gets it. :) |
| posted by Crystal on 08/06/2008 03:19 PM
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No - you are not crazy! I started the bedtime routine with my son early too! Bath with daddy, night night to daddy, book, bottle and lullabies. For a while I tried the whole cry it out (around 6m or so - when they are technically "suppose" to sleep through the night) and I wish I hadn't done that. He is growing up so fast, and I think of all those times the little man was just wriggling around in crib crying and it seems stupid now. Jake is now 13 1/2 m old and I do have to say that a lot of the things I did when he was really little seem like overkill looking back. I wouldn't stress too hard if you miss bath or something (I was huge stickler for that one). The good thing about a routine is that one day it will click with them. I remember the first time it worked with Jake - he was super whiny and dad when and turned on the tub and Jake went running for his bath. :) Now when he is tired, he brings me a book!
My best advice? She is 4 months old and that is what they do. Just snuggle her and love her to pieces. My mantra to myself when jake is/was getting on my nerves. "he is little. he had no words to express himself. It is hard being little." |
| posted by Nanygoat on 08/06/2008 03:48 PM
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| Thank you so much for all of the responses! Since I posted the bedtime dilemma with my daughter, we have struggled through keeping up with a bedtime routine. My daughter was fighting sleep, but once we really stuck with the routine it seems to have helped. We take her upstairs, give her a bath, put her in her sleeper, and then read a few books. Then we feed her her final bottle or I nurse her, depending on our little one and who puts her to bed. We figured we would eventually give up giving her the final feed before bed when she gets older. We just wanted to establish a solid bedtime routine. Now she has gone to bed pretty successfully for a couple of weeks. I hope it will continue! Thanks again!! |
| posted by Dawn on 08/07/2008 07:57 PM
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