[minich]

DD goes to bed about 6:30-7pm She usually does 12hrs with 1 wake at 4am which I'm happy with. Sometimes she is just too tired & goes to sleep a bit earlier and yesterday I put her down for a nap @ 3 pm & she didn't wake up, that was her for the night. She woke at 11pm & then 4am & 5:30am awake for the day. She has also gone to bed before @ 4:30pm. I won't keep her awake because she'll just get too grumpy & I'm not sure about waking her up as she may not go back down. Has anyone elses bubs done this?
Today I have just put her down for her afternoon nap & i think she's going to do the same again.

[3_for_me]

My oldest used to do something similiar but it was extra sleep in the morning, he'd go to bed at 7ish and not wake up until 11 or even 12 the next day!! I was really worried and had him looked at by the doctor but he was gaining weight well, happy and healthy and I was told not to worry. He still needs lots of sleep

[qak]

At 3.5 months I might be a bit concerned she was sleeping a bit much; although it is probably OK. Maybe mention it to the CHN or GP, it is the overall sleep hours in a day you should keep track of. I would probably be trying to get the "night" sleep to start a bit later (in hope the early rising is deferred a bit.)
You are lucky to have the overnight sleep!

[twotofour]

all of my babies did this and now at 2.5 my twins still go to bed at 4:30-5:00 and sleep till 6:30 am and my 6 and 4 yr old go to bed at 6:30 and sleep till 6:30. earlier if we have had a big day! Enjoy it dont stress about it

[Kay1]

Yes, both of mine did. It was tricky for a few weeks as they were getting ready to drop their third nap. At that age I'd be aiming for a sleep at 9am (assuming a wake up of 7-8am), one at around 1pm and if necessary a short late afternoon nap. I used to try and wake DS2 from his to give him dinner and bed but then he'd just be super grumpy and miserable. Its a tough transition. If its not affecting her sleep too much I'd continue as you are, letting her sleep through. Eventually she should get to the stage where she can go without the afternoon nap (although maybe bedtime will be 5pm or so, my two both had a 5pm bedtime at that age).

One thing you could try is to keep the first awake period of the day to only 1 hour - sounds odd but it can help with some babies. They should then have a shorter morning nap, a longer afternoon nap and so hopefully not need the third nap.

[dianeandross]

Yes my babies do this too.

I try and stretch it out through the day and have them down between 5.30-6pm. They then sleep for 12 hours.
Emily, has on occasion gone to sleep at 4pm and then slept the night through. I thought for certain she would wake for a feed earlier, but she didn't.

You said that your little one was waking for feeds, 11pm & 4am and up for the day at 5.30am. I definitely would not be concerned at putting her to bed at 4.30pm if this what she did.

If you are wanting to stretch it out though, so she is going to bed at 6-7pm and sleeping through until 6-7am, I would try and adjust her day sleeps. So regardless of what time she wakes in the morning, try and put her down again at 9.30am, then 12.30pm and 3.30pm. Then come 6-7pm for the evening. Do what works for you though, this is just one suggestion as this is what works for me.

However if you are happy to start your day at 5.30-6 - then I would just let her go to sleep when it suits her.

[sophiasmum]

No, I've never done that because I liked to stick to an evening routine of b/f, bath, b/f, bed by 7.30pm. If she went for a late afternoon nap I would wake by 6pm to start the routine. I preferred to wake early with more chance of sleeping through rather than risk having a late night wake-up call. Even now I still wake by 6pm for dinner, bath & bed at 7.30pm.

[nataliepr]

My son did this ...many times and like you mentioned if we were to wake him up to keep the evening routine he would be very, very unhappy and I would need to settle him back with lots of work!

That sounds normal to me and if she is waking for feeds here and there still then there really is no issues. I think they grow when they sleep and we are all different.

[wilma09]

My 4 month old doesn't go down for the night until around 9pm - wakes twice during the night to feed (usually around 1 and 4) and is up by around 7-8am. She only cat naps during the day - usually 3-4 x 40minutes and that's it. It has worried me but I am coming to the conclusion that she just doesn't need a lot of sleep (which is a shame, because I do!). She is alert and happy while awake and as soon as we spot a tired sign, she's off to bed. I am hoping that the more active she becomes the more she will sleep.

[owenwh]

I'm in a bit of a pickle about the 'bedtime' time too...

I'd like to have a bath at 630pm for a 7pm bedtime, but sometimes I find DD just is getting too tired to stay up until 630, and either
a) needs a quick catnap to tide her over, but then that makes bedtime more like 730 or 8pm (which means then i lose my 'ME and DH tome' OR
b) needs to go to bed for the night at 530 or 6pm, but with the risk that she'll wake once more overnight, and then earlier in the morning too.

Not sure what to do either minich! Sorry no help here Will be watching the replies here though