A gentle reminder: every baby is different. And a reminder not to expect miracles overnight. You are trying to change his schedule over time. Fifteen minutes earlier than his usual time each day…you’ll be at an earlier bedtime real soon! Our little one goes down at 6:45 and I thank the stars for it. And thank “Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child”. Good luck.

I read somewhere that if you’re going to make changes, do it 15 minutes at a time! Too bad that was after I tried changing up the routine by about an hour… I had the same awful night and learned my lesson. But apparently, if you do it 15 minutes a night… or was it every few nights and wait for them to adjust? Jeez, these babies can be complicated! Hope tonight is much better for you & baby Tate too!

I honestly don’t understand why anyone wants their baby down that early. When would your working spouse really see the child? Don’t you like to go out to dinner, or take an evening walk sometimes? I would feel grounded in my house starting at 6pm (or if the baby is down at 6pm, 5:30pm – when the nighttime routine begins). That would mean not only are you stuck at home for a morning nap and an afternoon nap, you put them to bed and have 6 more hours at home before you go to bed. Cabin fever anyone?
I understand that children need plenty of sleep, but mine just slept a little later in the morning, and my husband and I got to have a life without booking a babysitter multiple times a week. And I always find my kids most enjoyable in the evening, and a later bedtime means I have my husband home and doing a lot of the dinner and bedtime routine; I’m not flying solo.

Yea I’ve been putting my daughter to bed at 7, and it seems to work well, it doesnt seem to matter if i put her down on time or later she always wakes up on average at 7:30, probably because she got so used to mommy getting up then for work, but even though i have never been a morning person getting up that early is kinda nice because i actually get more things done during the day

I put the baby to sleep when she is tired. Usually its around 8:30 or 9. She has an older sister she shares a room with so doing it any earlier usually just makes her wake up when the older ones are getting ready for bed. We wake up at 6:30 to eat before the kids go to school and she is back to sleep right after we drop the other kids off at school. She sleeps between 8 to 11 and I do everything I need to do then. I enjoy our night family time. On the weekend I work so she just sleeps through til about 9:30 or 10. It works well for everyone. I am also in school so I just do homework til about midnight after she sleeps and nap with her during her afternoon nap.