To wake a sleeping baby?

[MilkOnTap]

Jedd's night time routine is shower, bottle, book, cuddle, bed. I usually like to start it around 830-9pm'ish - but the last 2 nights he has been asleep when I have begun - so I have woken him up.

He still doesn't sleep the whole way through the night - should I let him sleep instead of waking him for his night routine? Or is waking the right thing to do?

[lukaelmo]

Have you ever tried not waking him to see what happens?

Hee hee, I am the worst person to ask, Luka took a year to start sleeping through and Chuckie is up every two hours at night :laughing:.

Good luck.

[Beany]

I tend to go with the "never wake a sleeping baby" approach. By all means keep up your bedtime routine when he's up for it but waking him to put him to sleep will likely just make him grouchy.

[borntobemummy]

I agree with Beany. We didn't get into our bedtime routine with DD until she was about 6 months. We tried on and off when we could, but didn't get regular until after then. I'm learning to relax this time around and 'go with the flow' more.

[Rainbowbrite]

I wouldn't wake either. I would have the routine earlier though, but thats me & we didn't start anything like that till MJ was older :o

[shed]

At this age I would probably just let him sleep, but I am not really a 'routine' type person so that might explain that. We still don't have much 'structure' one year on (working on it, slowly).

At Jedd's age its a case of 'once you figure him out he will change the rules', so just do whatever it easiest for you! You're the boss.

[TyBean]

I tend to go with the no waking a sleeping baby thing too... Tyler usually goes down about 7:30 at the absolute latest... and he was sleeping all night but has decided he needs a drink or two through the night now...

He showers at 5:30 just after his dinner and then has a bottle and dadyy time and then bed.

However, if he miraculouly (and it does sometimes happen) fall asleep before all of that and sleep through I just let him go!!... if he wakes I just feed him and then I just shower and stuff in the morning!!

P.S... Jedd is gorgeous in your Av too!! :thumbsup:

[*munchkin*]

I'd let him sleep. It's hard to have a routine at such a young age - I sort of started at about 4 months trying to introduce a routine.

Maybe try the bath thing earlier before his sleep if he's regularly asleep then?

[Areca]

We had a bath time rotuine before bed for DD too (still do) but as she moved her bed time back we moved her routine back. We used to do it at the same time as you but it soon moved back to being done around 7pm...and now she gets bathed at 6.30pm. She didn't sleep through the night for 12 1/2 months and she still wakes up now, almost 20 months on, but when she was a newborn she wouldn't go down for the night until 1am and I do think the bath before bed routine helped bring it back to a more reasonable hour (by 3 months she was sleeping from 8pm-7am with two 20 minute feeds).

[Seekrit]

at his age I wouldn't wake him.. I tend to wake Cobes now though... more so because he doesn't nap in the day as much anymore so I get no 'catch up' iykwim

[Chub Chub]

I'd let your cherub sleep. I am a big believer in letting them set their own routine:yes:

[jorey]

I read a book and it says if the baby doesn't wake up for the feed past 9:30pm, let him/her sleep that will help them extend their sleep gradually during night time. I followed this and and my baby started sleeping through since 6 weeks old.

[ButterflyMama]

I'd let him sleep. I don't believe in waking sleeping babies unless it's for medical reasons. :thumbsup:

[Ange&Seth]

I probably wouldn't wake him, but maybe you could start the bedtime routine a little earlier? When Seth was only a few weeks old, we would bath him at 10.30pm-11pm and then put him down for the night. We gradually started bringing it earlier, by about 15 minutes-half an hour each night until it was about 8pm that he was going to bed.

When we got to the 10pm bed time, that was the first night he slept through for 7 hours (he was 7 weeks old) and as we brought bed time earlier, he slept longer:D

Good luck :thumbsup:

[SilverStarfish]

I tend to go with the "never wake a sleeping baby" approach. By all means keep up your bedtime routine when he's up for it but waking him to put him to sleep will likely just make him grouchy.

I agree. Never wake a sleeping baby!! Save the stricter routines for when they get older.

[pookiesossige]

I started with a good, regular routine at 6 months both times. Until then I just did whatever worked and suited our family at the time :thumbsup: :yes:

At Jed's age, I'd certainly let him sleep. But I'd also try to start his bedtime routine earlier before he gets settled in for the night. My kids really love their 6.30pm bedtime routine... they set it themselves because it's what they preferred. ... and I'm not complaining!!
That's just an example though- 6.30pm is pretty early. Have a look at when Jedd's getting ready to start his longest sleep and just go with that, IMO.

Then I just let them gradually stretch their night sleep out longer as they got older and it suited them.

[Alex06]

At his age, I wouldnt worry so much about routine, coz its gonna change again and again until his older. I definitley wouldnt wake him, I would work around his naps !

Cheers !!!