*For example, your 7 month old’s bedtime should be no later than 3 hours after waking from their last nap.
To prevent overtiredness at bedtime, make sure your baby’s bedtime is both age-appropriate (from the tip above) and their awake times stay within these recommendations. But remember, baby sleep is counterintuitive!Īn overtired baby fights sleep, wakes more often and wakes earlier in the morning.
Many parents think an overtired baby will fall asleep easily and sleep later in the morning. The reason why awake times are so important is that they prevent your little one from becoming too overtired. Awake times are simply the amount of time your baby is awake between sleeps. I talk a lot about “awake times” when helping babies learn to sleep well. Your baby has a biological need to sleep often. In general, 6:30-7:30 pm bedtime works best for babies and toddlers. It’s not when you go into the bedroom to start your bedtime routine, and it’s not when you place your baby in bed.īedtime is the time your child actually falls asleep. Bedtime is the time that your baby actually falls asleep. Children with late or inconsistent bedtimes sleep worse at night and wake earlier in the morning! That’s because they’re wired differently. What works for us adults doesn’t work for babies. In fact, it backfires!įorget everything you know about sleep. That may work for us adults, but it doesn’t for young children. Many parents think that a late bedtime will result in their baby waking up later in the morning. Working with families for many years has taught me that babies sleep deeper and longer at night when bedtime is early. When bedtime is in tune with your baby’s natural desire to sleep, she will accept sleep easier because her body is ready for it. This bedtime is based on their circadian rhythm or the ‘body clock.’ Tip #5: Teach your baby to fall asleep independentlyĮveryone has an innate bedtime that works best for them. Tip #4: Avoid too much (or too little) daytime sleep
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How To Stop Your Baby Waking Early in the Morning! RELATED: Here’s my guide on stopping your toddler’s early wakings Consider this to be your definitive guide to stopping your baby waking up too early in the morning. And consider an “acceptable” morning wake up time to be anytime after 6 – 6:30 am.Īfter many years helping tired parents get their babies sleeping great, I have a few tricks up my sleeve to help your stop baby waking at 5 am. To be clear, let’s define night wakings as any waking before 6 am. But the sooner you accept it, the sooner you can move forward with realistic expectations. Getting your baby sleeping until 8 am everyday isn’t so reasonable.Īnd that’s because babies naturally love early bedtimes and early mornings. One of the most common questions I get from exhausted parents is “How can I get my baby to sleep past 5 am?” And that’s a reasonable request. But now that you’re several months into parenthood (or longer) you’d kill to get up at 7 am everyday! The only problem is your baby is waking at 5 am. In your former childless life, waking at 7 am may have felt cruel and unusual. Here’s an ugly truth of parenting that no one tells you until you’re in the “new baby club.” Babies like waking up early in the morning! And by early I mean 6-7 am.
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