What time does/did your 3 month old go to bed at night?

My daughter is 12 weeks old today and she goes down for the night at 9pm and wakes at 7am then wants to eat and play. Then she takes a nap around 10am for 2 hours.

I just follow her cues. If he isn't acting that sleepy at 6:30 or 7 then I wouldn't force it on him. :)

Don't stress too much at this age just yet. Infants kind of stick to their own schedule of sleep. My daughter slept the majority of her days/nights when she was that age. Don't let other people influence your child's sleep schedule. Work it around what works best for you. If 8:30 works for you and your baby then it's fine. I'm sure he gets adequate napping time and play time throughout the day. If he's not getting enough sleep he WILL let you know. I was concerned about everything I did when my little girl was that age. You can never ask too many questions.

My doctors/nurses/friends/family have always said it's better to ask too many questions than not enough :) Good Luck and Congrats on your new baby!

I have about the same schedule as you but tonight he fell asleep at 6, but I imagine he will wake up in less than an hour and have a late bedtime tonight. My sister in law put her kids to bed at 530 and they slept until 6, then napped from 9-11, and 1-3...I am like WOW! You are lucky! My son only cat naps throughout the day...30 min here, 30 min there

You're lucky! My son didn't go to bed until close to midnight when he was that age. But then again, his whole schedule was wacky for a couple months.

The 6:30 bedtime is geared more toward the older babies who are sleeping through the night. But if 6:30 works for your child, then try it. But 7 or 7:30 sounds good to me...

At that age, mine went to bed when I did. So usually 10 or 11pm.

Some people do put their baby's down early, but that never worked well for our lifestyle. My husband doesn't get home from work until 7pm most nights so I would never put my kids down that early.

What matters is the total hours of sleep, not what time they go down.

Your schedule sounds great! At 3 months my son was sleeping 9 hours at night except he didn't start those 9 hours until 11pm! He would eat at 7pm but would be wide awake and then sort of snooze on and off until 10:30pm. He ate at 10:30 then went to bed at 11pm until 8am. He did this from about 9 weeks old until 4 months old. By that time he had gradually changed his own schedule so he ate by 8pm and was down for the night. It seemed so late to be going to bed but I got myself ready for bed before his 10:30 meal and then I was off to bed too for 9 hours and at only 9 weeks old I couldn't complain about that! You may find that he adjusts his schedule himself. My son is now 8 months and has changed his feeding and now meal schedule and naptimes on his own to suit his changing needs. He gets up at 7:30 and eats breakfast and a bottle, then goes down for a nap at 9:00. He is up by 10:30 and eats lunch at noon. He had another bottle at 1:00 then goes for a nap right after that until 3:30-4:00. He has dinner and a bottle just before 5:00 and his final bottle at 8:00 and then it's right to bed until 7:30am. Sometimes he goes to bed later if we are out but he always goes right back to this same schedule. I think maybe they know what's best and if your son wants to go to bed a little later right now, that sounds fine to me.

ur schedule should work for u. ur baby should get about 12 hours of sleep a night. whatever time he wakes up, he should go to bed that night. and a lil tip her from a mommy of 2 - i know its so sweet to cuddle him at night after a feeding but its best if he learns to sleep on his own. feed him, then lay him down - drowsy but not totally out. so he learns to sleep in bed, and not while eating. i did what u do with my first and she wouldnt sleep by herself til she is 2. so i put my second to bed drowsy and she would go to sleep all by herself in her own bed. its best to do it while they r real young like ur baby is now. good luck momma - sounds like u r doing good!

Only you can answer your question. Ask yourself are you and your baby happy with the routine you have? If the both of you are then you have no problem. Also as you have your baby in a routine now it will be harder to change it. Hope this helps

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