Bedtime 9:00Pm - Is This Too Late?

I wouldn't do bottle and back to bed, but try to nap around 9 and 1 and she can go to bed earlier and sleep about 8-7a. Sounds like you are doing great. An earlier bedtime will give you a little more relax time.

Bedtime is whatever works for your family. I used to nurse my kids during Jay Leno show that ends at midnight. We would sleep until late as well, since I was a stay at home mom. We purposely chose afternoon preschool and Kindergarten (1/2 days in our town) so that we could continue to sleep late and keep our natural rhythm going. Afternoon are easier to get since everyone seems to want mornings I guess because other people's kids get up early. We are all still not morning people, but the kids do make it up in time for school, and the schedule has shifted during elementary school (starts at 9 AM). Now it is shifting again since they are in middle school (starts at 8 AM). Once they get to high school they will have to start at 7 AM, which I personally think is ridiculously early. I always started my jobs in the past at 9 and worked until 6 and have actually chosen jobs because they allowed flex time since I could not possibly be coherent and at a job at 8 AM (nowadays I am, but before kids I had options, lol!). So so whatever works for you, add naps, sleep later, who cares what the outside world has for a schedule unless you need to fit into it for some reason like school or work. Enjoy and relax.

This sounds like what all my kids set themselves into naturally. Even a little later. So long as they get the total amount of sleep the time they go to bed does not matter. Unless it's not working for you there is nothing wrong with it.

My 9 month DD goes to bed at 9... Her routine starts around 8 too, and is nurse, bath, lotion, pajamas, 3 books, then bed. She wakes up at 1:00am to nurse, and again at 6:00am, then wakes up for the day around 8:00-9:00. I love that she goes to bed so late, because that means I get that much more sleep in the morning. :)

The recommended range for this age 14-15 hrs and studies have shown that most only get 12. So you're doing good =).

alot of my friends have their children on the same scheadule as you, and i never understood it. if you put your child to bed earlier they will sleep latter. my 18mnth goes to bed between 6:45 and 7 and doesnt get up till 8:30 or nine

Sounds good to me! My son is the same age and goes to be around 8:30.

The only reason most american kids go to bed at 8ish is because they have to be up by 7ish. Babies essentially need 14/15, Kids 12 hours, Adults 8, and the Elderly (stage 2) 4. ((Of course, there's variation in between each of these, per individual)).

Kids going to bed at 8 that have to get up at 5 tend to be chronically tired. 8pm is not a magic number... it's just the modern day 10-12 hours before school starts number. During other eras in our country kids went to bed between 5pm as the norm (farm kids getting up for work at 430/500) and 10pm as the norm (30's and prior school started much later, family dinner hour was 8pm untill wwii). In Italy & Spain in the modern day most kids go to bed around midnight, because dinner is at 10pm. School starts relatively early, but in Italy at least there's a 3 hour afternoon nap that happens for both school kids AND working adults.

"Bedtime" is whatever time works for your family. Ideally it's one that is about 12 hours before your infants and children get up for the day. Infants get their apx 15 hours by napping during the day.

It sounds like your little one IS getting their apx 12 hours at night (6am isn't really the first bottle for the day, it's the last night feeding, since he's going right back to sleep. 9pm-820am = essentially 11.5 hours.

If 9pm isn't working for YOU... just set your mental clocks ahead an hour. Start everything an hour earlier (just like daylight savings).

I don't understand why you think she needs to go to bed earlier...that seems like a good bedtime to me. She'll be awake ever earlier if she goes to bed earlier.

Try dinner at 5 as you say then let her enjoy her fave activity ( try something that burns up the energy) then top off with a warm bath.. good luck

The thing about having her go to sleep earlier is that she will probably end up getting up earlier because she only needs so many hours of sleep. If you are okay with that, I would probably go about adjusting her nightime sleep schedule slowly over a period of a couple of weeks. The first week, try to have her into bed by 8:40. The following week, shoot for an 8:20 bedtime. And then the next week, move it up to 8 p.m.

Yes, it's too late. Yes, you can - and should - adjust her schedule. I've written a number of articles about sleep training, focusing on different age groups and issues - here's a link to one for your daughter's age, there's a sample daily schedule (nothing too rigid) that works best for this age:

http://hubpages.com/hub/sleep-training-baby-sleep-how-to-...

This topic is close to my heart...hope it helps!

i think that bedtime is fine. if she seems to be okay with it then keep it up i say if its broke dont fix it

I recommend reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. It is a reasearched based book about children and sleep. I always thought my 9 month old was a great sleeper, but have learned 9:00 was too late for her. She now goes to bed around 7:30 and sleeps through the night until 6:30. She used to wake briefly a couple of times a night and doesn't anymore. Plus she is even happier during her awake time than she was before. And she was pretty happy before, just had more fussier moments than she does now. They recommend 8 month olds to sleep 10-12 hours a night and 2-4 (total between all naps) during the day. They say try any changes for 4 consecutive nights before deciding if something worked or didn't.