Hi--
We've been having trouble getting our 4 month old son to bed at a "decent hour". The bedtime has gone from 7/7:30 pm to 8/8:30 pm to 9/9:30 pm in the last three weeks. I think what we've been doing is trying to avoid a battle and waiting for really clear sleepy signs. We get them, but later and later, and indeed, if we wait, we avoid as much of a battle.
He doesn't give us much of a problem going down for naps, and he takes good naps-- three totalling 4 1/2 to 5 hours. The last one ends by around 5 pm. He's still on a 3-hour EASY schedule, but it's a loose schedule.
We have recently been on vacation, and we've been wondering if this is just a readjustment period after that... could be, but since we've been home, the bedtime has just gotten later. He's also not accepting the bundle or the binkie as readily as before. It may just be time to transition him out of these?
We're sort of lost here and have just been ending up taking him out of bed for a little while longer before trying again because the PU/PD and shush-pat just wear us down after awhile.
Thanks--
Lauren