I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but, this is just an encouragement for people who are looking (like I was) for information on babies who had a later schedule.
I remember being pregnant and searching the term "late bedtime" because I knew that I wanted to sleep in when baby was born. My husband and I are night owls and function much better when we sleep later into the day. When my baby was around 3 months old (he's now 9.5 months old), I remember waking up with him for the day at 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. He would go to bed around 7:00 or 8:00pm. It was brutal. I thought, "Man, there has to be a better way to get my baby to sleep in".
Everyone online kept on insisting that babies just normally wake up early. There was all this "scientific evidence" saying that babies get their best sleep between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. or whatever. I refused to believe that, and my husband and I decided to shift our baby's schedule back by HOURS. Boy oh boy, let me tell you how wonderful it's been! Our baby's bedtime is now 10:30 p.m., and he typically wakes anywhere between 8:30 and 9:30 every morning. I'm able to sleep in till about 8:30, and I spend my morning cleaning and organizing the house for the day while enjoying my hot cup of coffee. It has been such a game changer for my mental health!
My baby is now 9 and 1/2 months old and he wakes once in the middle of the night for a bottle and then sleeps the rest of the night. He takes two naps around 12:30 to 2:00, and then 5:00 to 6:00. It's also nice because we can enjoy dinner together as a family around 8:00 / 8:30 if we want and not have to wait until baby goes to bed.
We never actually sleep trained, we kind of just let baby fuss until he fell asleep. I guess that's called fuss it out. It has worked so well for our family.
I just want to say that it's okay to not do what everyone else says you should do. It's okay to find what works for your family. Obviously, our schedule only works for people who don't need to be up for work early in the morning (I'm a SAHM), but for those of us who don't leave the house in the morning, a late schedule for your baby can work!
May the sleep gods shine upon you!
I remember being pregnant and searching the term "late bedtime" because I knew that I wanted to sleep in when baby was born. My husband and I are night owls and function much better when we sleep later into the day. When my baby was around 3 months old (he's now 9.5 months old), I remember waking up with him for the day at 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. He would go to bed around 7:00 or 8:00pm. It was brutal. I thought, "Man, there has to be a better way to get my baby to sleep in".
Everyone online kept on insisting that babies just normally wake up early. There was all this "scientific evidence" saying that babies get their best sleep between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. or whatever. I refused to believe that, and my husband and I decided to shift our baby's schedule back by HOURS. Boy oh boy, let me tell you how wonderful it's been! Our baby's bedtime is now 10:30 p.m., and he typically wakes anywhere between 8:30 and 9:30 every morning. I'm able to sleep in till about 8:30, and I spend my morning cleaning and organizing the house for the day while enjoying my hot cup of coffee. It has been such a game changer for my mental health!
My baby is now 9 and 1/2 months old and he wakes once in the middle of the night for a bottle and then sleeps the rest of the night. He takes two naps around 12:30 to 2:00, and then 5:00 to 6:00. It's also nice because we can enjoy dinner together as a family around 8:00 / 8:30 if we want and not have to wait until baby goes to bed.
We never actually sleep trained, we kind of just let baby fuss until he fell asleep. I guess that's called fuss it out. It has worked so well for our family.
I just want to say that it's okay to not do what everyone else says you should do. It's okay to find what works for your family. Obviously, our schedule only works for people who don't need to be up for work early in the morning (I'm a SAHM), but for those of us who don't leave the house in the morning, a late schedule for your baby can work!
May the sleep gods shine upon you!
