bedtime for 7 week old

[skf28]

hello all

i have loosely been following EASY since dd was born.  we are now in a fairly predictable routine as follows:
wake 6am - e
6.30 - s
9am - e
9.30-10.30 -a
10.30-12 s
12 - e
12.30-1.30 - a
1.30 - 3 s
3 - e
3.30-4.30 a
4.30 - 6 s
6 - e
then may sleep /stay awake and grizzle till
8 - e
then may sleep /stay awake and grizzle till
11 - e
then will sleep till either 4.30/5.30 or 6 am

my question is at what time should i try 'bedtime' - if she goes to bed at say 8pm and sleeps 8 hours that means she'll be up at 4am!  so should bedtime be 10pm? (assuming she'll fall asleep then) - either way i try to do dreamfeed at 11pm.  so far i've only ever done one real dreamfeed as she's normally still awake and crying at 11,
any help appreciated, thanks
sarah x

[m1ch3ll3]

That looks almost exactly like my lo's routine at 7 weeks. She was always up and fussy from about 6pm till she finally fell asleep around 11pm. She would then sleep until 5-6am. I'm not sure if it's because she got older, or because of the hectic schedule over the Christmas holidays (she's now 10 wks), but she suddenly completely changed her routine. She now sleeps more in the evening. She would want to go to bed around 5pm for the night if I let her! I try to give her a 7pm bedtime, but like you say, she's up around 3-4am. And now she's only taking 45 minute naps during the day, whereas she used to do 1.5 - 2 hrs. It seems now we have a whole new set of problems!

Keep me posted on how things go, because I'm really interested to know if it's an age related thing or if she's just gone off her normal routine.

Anyone else had similar experiences with their los?

[jess, lukeys_mom]

hi there,
Welcome to BW!
At your lo's age bedtimes can really vary. I'm going to pop your post over to the EASY forum as I think you might get even more help there.