I have a nine month old whose goes to bed at 730 and wakes up about 730/800 in the morning. He also wakes up once to be nursed or just plays in his crib for an hour and then goes back to sleep. He is slowly taking less and less naps. He naps 10-1045 and 130-230, but he used to take 2-2 hour naps. Is he going to bed to early? What is a good bedtime for a nine month old (he will be ten months in a few days)?
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okay, in response to all you helpful mommies out there, I would like to answer a few of your posted questions. He sleeps from about 730 until 730 0r 800, but he wakes up atleast once and sometimes he just plays in his bed and is a little fussy, but she is awake for just under 2 hours before finally falls back to sleep on his own OR he screams until I get him out of bed , then I will nurse him in my bed and then put him back into his crib awake (most of the time)and he soon goes back to sleep quietly. However, he is sleeply and ready for is morning nap 1.5/2hrs after waking up in the morning and ready for his afternoon nap about 3 hours after waking up from his morning nap. Sometimes he misses that afternoon nap because he gets overly tired and in turn I will put him to bed 1.5 hrs earlier, but he still wakes up in the middle of the night and stays up for almost 2 hrs and i believe this is why he sleeps so late in the morning. which throws his whole day of naps off and in turn pushes him into a later bedtime. Any advice for minimizing the 2 hrs awake time in the middle of the night?
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I don't know what they are "supposed" to be doing, but my baby at 9 months went to bed at 9 PM, slept til 9 AM, took a nap 11-1 and another nap at 3-5.
No, 7:30 is good. Not too early at all. You don't want to wait till he's too tired.
Not sure how to help you get him to sleep longer. When my 9-mo old wakes before getting at least an hour in, or if I want to see if she'll go longer, I go in swiftly and nurse her back to sleep with as little shuffling, noise-making, etc. as I can manage. See if this helps. Just quick intervention :)
Read Elizabeth Pantley's No-Cry Sleep SOlution for lots of great, very helpful advice on all sleep issues.
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He is getting ready to end one of his naps. As for overnight, make sure he is not teething. If he wakes and puts himself back to sleep without crying, let him. If he cries and you've given him something for his teeth, just check on him every 20-30 minutes, but don't pick him up. Speak soothingly and rub his back for a couple of minutes and then leave. It may take a few nights, but he should be sleeping through the night in a few days. Also, is he eating solid foods? Make sure he has some before bed.
He is just probably getting ready to go to one nap a day. He is still getting about 14 hrs of sleep a day which is plenty. He may start wanting to nap more when he starts walking and getting into everything. He'll tire himself more and want to sleep longer. Be thankful for a night-time sleeper as it's much easier than staying up with him all night.
My oldest child slept 12 hours a night by the time she was just a few (2 - 3) months old. Her day time naps started getting very short (sometimes only two 30 minute naps). Her naps seemed to lengthen when she started crawling and again when she started walking. I used to jokingly wonder aloud if running could be another sleep stretcher. I vaguely remember that with my next two to some degree, but not as drastic. I think all babies go through some degree of sleep cycles and their patterns change as they hit growth spurts, etc. Listen to your mother's intuition.
i personally think when he is tired he should nap or go to bed. My son went to bed that early and slept the same amt of time like your child. I loved it because i was able to sleep all ight without getting up and he napped only onne time a day for about an hour no more than an hour and a half.
i think it is normal. the older they get the less likely they are to take naps. as long as he is sleeping good throughout the night i would be happy as pie ;)
good luck
The bedtime seems to be fine - mine all had an 8:00 bedtime and my first two slept 12 hours at night - like yours. The continued to take two 1.5-2 hour naps until well past one year. By 9 months old, he also shouldn't need to be fed during the night but should be getting plenty of nutrition during the day. I'm wondering if your little one has gotten used to being nursed or rocked to sleep and hasn't learned yet to put himself to sleep. Then, when he's napping, he stirs during the nap, wakes himself up and then can't go back to sleep? I'd be kind of surprised if were already transitioning to a single nap - that usually doesn't happen until more like 15-18 months. But, every child has different sleep needs. The real question is - Is he cranky and tired? or Does he seem to be well-rested?
Total sleep time sounds fine, although it may be that getting ready to transition to 1 slightly longer nap rather than 2. You might try consolidating nap times into one and see if this helps. You might also try waking him up earlier (although, again, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with the amount of sleep he's getting) which may help lengthen day time napping. Seems like we were going to bed around 8:30 and getting up around 7 at that age, with some pretty substantial day time napping. Just because he wakes up doesn't mean you need to get him out of bed...have you tried giving him the chance to fall back to sleep like you do at night? In any event, unless his altered schedule poses a problem for you (or is causing him to be irritable), I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Sounds like he is sleeping good to me!! Doing better than my 9 month old. Keep on keeping on!
he is definitely NOT going to bed too early. he is getting a perfect amount of night time sleep. as long as he is happy and not cranky during the day, his nap schedule is fine too. he knows when and how much he needs to sleep.
unfortunately, around 12 months that morning nap goes bye-bye and mommy gets less time, so enjoy the little break you still get because its days are numbered.
