My 3 month old sleeps really well during the night- only up once to eat between 3 & 5am. She goes to bed around 8pm (give or take 15 minutes) and generally has no problems. The thing I worry is that I should move her bedtime earlier. The reason is because her last nap of the day starts around 5:30 or 6pm, and I have to wake her from it 90% of the time (out of a deep sleep, no less). Rarely do I have to wake her from any other naps throughout the day, so this is why I think she might be confusing this as nighttime sleep (or perhaps her body is telling her she NEEDS this to be nighttime sleep).
I want to put her down at her natural bedtime, but I also don't want to mess with her bedtime if I don't need to. She's usually up for the day between 7 & 8am, so going along with the theory that babies thrive on 12 hour days and 12 hour nights, I would think her bedtime needs to be around 7 or 7:30, right?
Our EASY is still all over the place because she can only stay awake for an hour or so before needing to sleep, and sometimes it ends up being EASAE. Also, she usually sleeps for an hour, but has one long nap a day, which is at a different time everyday. The only things that stay the same are the following:
~She's up for the day between 7 & 8am
~She eats her first bottle at 8am
~She goes down for her first nap at 9am
~Her last nap starts right around 5:30 or 6pm
~She's up from that nap by 7 (even if we have to wake her)
~Bath is at 7:30, followed by lotion, jammies and final bottle
~Bedtime is between 8pm and 8:15
Everything in between is all over the board.
Thanks for any suggestions!
