7 Month Old Baby Schedule
Posted by Nicole on November 6th, 2008
This article outlines the average 7 month old baby schedule, including feedings, solids, naps and night sleep.
7 month old baby’s sleep
At this age, some 7 month olds can sleep through the night, without a feeding, and take two to three naps. Some babies don’t ever have 3 naps, but many will have 3 naps until around 9 months. The third nap is almost always a short 30-45 minute cat nap. Your 7 month old should be napping a total of 2-3 hours per day plus sleeping 11-12 hours at night. If you’re having trouble with naps, you might be interested in helping your baby nap.
All babies vary, but here are some rough schedules you can use to make your own for your unique baby. I should warn you that I am in the camp that breast milk or formula should be the primary nutrition for the first year and solids come secondary. Below are the amounts recommended from Super Baby Food, the book I use for reference (as a guide, not as the end-all-be-all because I don’t give my kids nuts before a year or follow other things in the book, but it’s a good reference guide). Another useful reference is Wholesome Baby Food. Although I work full time, I did make most of my baby food (I’d make 1 big batch of something each weekend in 1-2 hours), but even if you don’t, the website is useful as a guide when to introduce what food and other meal ideas.
The amount of food at 7 months is very similar to the 6 month baby schedule, but you can introduce egg yolk (not whites) if you want and some dairy.
Amounts per day:
• At least 5 nursing sessions per day or 26-32 ounces formula or combination
• Although some say 4-6 oz of water is okay, I usually discourage it at this age
• 1-2 servings baby cereal (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons dry)
• 1-2 servings fruit (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons)
• 1-2 servings vegetable (1 serving = 1-2 Tablespoons)
• 1 serving Dairy (1 serving = 1/3-1/2 cup yogurt or 1/4 cup cottage cheese)
• You can also offer cooked egg yolk (but no egg whites until 1 year old due to allergens)
The first schedule is what I call a “staggered” approach. My first son did better nursing fully and then having solids a bit in between nursing sessions. He was a little hungry but not famished. He just didn’t do well with stopping nursing mid-way to eat solids.
Schedule 1
7:00 – Wake and Breast milk or Formula
8:15 – Breakfast
9:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
10:00 – Breast milk or Formula
12:30 – Breast milk or Formula
1:00 – Early Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – Breast milk or Formula
4:00 – Optional Catnap (30-45 minutes)
4:30 or 5:00 – Dinner
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Breast milk or Formula and Bedtime (goal to be asleep at this time)
+Plus possibly 1-2 nighttime feedings
If your baby doesn’t mind a more “consolidated” approach to eating, like my second son, here is another type of schedule:
Schedule 2
7:00 – Wake
7:15 – Breakfast plus Breast milk or Formula feeding
9:00 – Morning Nap (at least 1 hour)
10:00 – Breast milk or Formula
12:30 – Breast milk or Formula
1:00 – Afternoon Nap (at least 1 hour)
3:00 – Breast milk or Formula
4:00 – Optional Catnap (30-45 minutes)
5:30 – Dinner plus Breast milk / Formula feeding
6:15 – Begin bedtime routine
7:00 – Breast milk or Formula
+Plus possibly 1-2 nighttime feedings
Note: Many people prefer to follow an eat-play-sleep routine, which is a good routine to follow, however, sometimes hard to implement at this age when the amount of time between naps is not long enough and your baby wakes too early from his nap because of a feeding. I take all of that into consideration when making my schedules. The most important part is to be careful not to create sleep associations with feedings too close to sleep times, which we saw become important at 4 months old.
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What is your 7 month old’s schedule?
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March 24th, 2009
Great website — thanks for the information!! We have nap issues, but other than that, this is just about right on our routine. My 7 month old wakes anytime between 6:30 and 7:15, nurses, then goes to daycare. He takes 3 six ounce bottles at daycare (about 3 hours apart — EBM and formula). He eats cereal with fruit in the morning and veggies in the afternoon. Depending on what time we get home (work fluctuates), he’ll either nurse right when we get home, or we’ll give him a veggie if he’s just had a bottle. Bedtime routine is anywhere from 6:30 to 6:45, he nurses, and then he’s in bed by 7:15ish. At daycare, his standard is three 30 minute naps. We’re lucky if we get anything approaching an hour. He naps better at home. Oh, and he wakes at least once, usually twice, to eat overnight (sometimes he wakes and goes back to sleep, but we can definitely tell the hungry cries from the interrupted sleep cries!). I’d be giddy if his daycare napping can improve and we can get down to just one overnight feeding (or no overnight feedings!). The tips on your website are super helpful … thanks again!
March 27th, 2009
@Heather You’re welcome! Thank you for sharing your schedule. Many babies eat 1-2 times through 9 months old. Hopefully your he’ll stop waking to eat on his own, soon!
May 11th, 2009
I have 7 month old twins. They both take 2 naps per day; usually one around 9am for about an hour. Then another one around 1pm for about an hour and a half. They are in bed by 7:30pm. One of them will sleep great – straight through until 6:30-7am. The other wakes every night at 4am! I know she isn’t hungry because she rarely finishes her 1st morning bottle. She doesn’t cry when she wakes – she just seems to be ready to start the day. She babbles and squeels in her crib until around 6am when she’ll finally fall back asleep. I wake her at 7am to keep her on schedule. Any suggestions on how I can get her to sleep past the 4am wake up?
May 15th, 2009
@Jill Any reason they aren’t taking 3 naps? One might be more sensitive to being overtired and therefore without a 3rd nap, bedtime is too late, so she is having trouble sleeping through that 4-6 a.m. window of lighter sleep that we all have.
June 2nd, 2009
I just had a question, I have a 6 1/2 month old she pretty much feel into her own schedule with her dad that takes care of her early morning, with both of us running a business we have her on this schedule.
7am wake up- bottle
7:30-9- swing for cartoons and takes about an hour nap
9:00-10 play
10:00 breakfast- oatmeal and fruit/ bottle
11:00 Nap for 1 1/2 to 2 hours
mid afternoon- play bottle
3:00 Nap
5:00 Dinner- Veggies/ bottle
play
6:00 cat nap followed by bottle
8:00 bedtime
the only concern I had after reading example schedules, info books etc. is that all the breakfast times seem to be earlier morning before 9- this make any difference? She doesn’t really take that much bottle early morning so we have found her to be more interested in eating later
June 10th, 2009
@Ashton If your baby doesn’t get hungry for breakfast until 10 then it’s perfectly fine that she doesn’t eat earlier than that. Some people eat a big breakfast while others don’t. I would not worry at all. It sounds like it’s working for her, so I wouldn’t change it.
August 6th, 2009
Thanks for all the advice. Can you help me?
My 7 month old is eating 3 meals a day (seems to be eating alot, but keeps opening her mouth for more) I am struggling to get her to take the 7pm feed before bed. She eats dinner at about 5/5:30 and is still having a dreamfeed (which we are starting to phase out).
Should I be concerned? She only wakes at about 4am for her dummy and goes straight back to sleep.
Debby
August 11th, 2009
I have a 7 month old who pretty much set his own schedule. I am worried that he is not eating enough food in the day without taking out some formula.
7-7:30 formula- 8oz
10:30 nap (anywhere from 1-2 hrs)
12:30 formula-8oz
3:30 nap (again anywhere from 1-2 hrs)
5:00 dinner with cereal and alternating fruit & veggie -2T of cereal & 2oz of formula & 1 container of satge 1 food
7:30 last bottle of formula -8oz
He sleeps through the night.
Do I need to do breakfast and half the amount of formula for his first feeding?
August 14th, 2009
@Debby I would not worry at all. A healthy baby will neither starve herself nor overeat. Sounds like she’s doing great!
August 17th, 2009
HI, my baby (almost 7 months) has 3 naps during the day – generally 2 hours long each… however does not sleep great at night – goes to bed around 8.30sh and wakes maybe twice during the night (definetly once). How do I get him to sleep all night through? Thanks
August 17th, 2009
Hi, my baby (7 months in 2 days time) past few days failed to have her morning & afternoon naps, she will only naps 1/2 hour to 15 mins, this really worries me, but she will go to bed latest at 9pm and will sleep throughout the night till bout 5am, then will sleep back after nappy changed and formula and wake up at 8am, should i be worried if my baby didn’t get enough of her nap time during the day? thanks
August 19th, 2009
My 7 month old loves to eat baby food, but I am having trouble getting her to eat formula during the daytime hours. If she gets up early (6-7am), we’ll give her a bottle and then breakfast a bit later. if she sleeps in (8am) I’ll give her breakfast right away.
During the day, she seems to have no interest in a bottle. Unless I wait a good 4 hours between eating, then she may be hungry enough to eat 4 oz. There is no way she’s getting more than 20 oz. a day. I do give her a little water here and there from her sippy cup, which she loves. I also will offer her formula inthe sippy cup, since she likes drinking from it so much right now.
September 3rd, 2009
I know I am doing something wrong because my little guy is 7 1/2 mo old now and his schedule sucks. Ours does to so that doesn’t help.
4-5 wake
Eat breakfast
play
Depending on when he has woken up he will nap around 6:30-7 and this will be from 30-1 hour.
He then goes to the babysitter and eats 20-24 oz during the day plus solids
total he eats about 32 oz formula plus 8 – 12 oz solids
i pick up the baby around 4-5p
the babysitter says that he takes 2 naps in the daytime but sometimes when i get him home he is exhausted.
by the time i get him home which is a half an hour from when i pick him up he won’t nap again and wants to play
dinner is at 5:30
we start his bedtime routine at around 6-6:30
This is where the fun starts. He goes to sleep great. Hope reigns that he will sleep through the night like he used to when he was 5 months old. on a good night the boy will wake up at midnight, 2, 4 and finally at 5 or 6
on a bad night- it is once an hour with a desire to play at 4.
I do feed him at night because there seems to be no other way to get him to go to sleep. he hates pacifiers and won’t be rocked until he has a bottle.
I hope you all have suggestions.
September 3rd, 2009
@Courtney A healthy baby will neither starve himself or overeat (those are learned behaviors), so I would try not to worry he isn’t eating enough. Solids should come secondary to formula in the first year, so I would not worry about making any changes if it’s working for him and he’s sleeping through the night. That’s great!
September 3rd, 2009
@Dee 1 or 2 feedings are normal up through 9 months. Is he eating during the wakings or just not sleeping? Three two-hour naps is a lot of daytime sleep, so if the night-wakings are not feeding related, I would limit the first 2 naps to 2 hours each and limit the 3rd nap to just 30-45 minutes and see if night sleep improves. Good luck!
September 3rd, 2009
@Jeng A 15 minute nap is not really a nap at all. Your baby should be napping 2-3 hours during the day and sleeping 11-12 hours at night, on average. Without knowing all your details, she probably needs to learn how to fall asleep on her own at nap time in order to lengthen her naps. Any “help” you are giving her to fall asleep is probably keeping her from being able to get through her sleep cycles. Hope this helps! Good luck!
September 15th, 2009
My baby is almost 7 months old
His normal schedule is
9-9:30am eats 4TB cereal, 6oz bottle
1-1:30 eats 1/2 container veggie or fruit, 4oz cup formula
5-5:30 eats 1/2 cotnainer veggie or fruit, 4oz formula
9-9:30pm eats 4Tb cereal, 6oz bottle
Then bed
Wakes up at 4-5:30am for 6oz bottle
Is this too much food and not enough formula, any suggestions will be helpful! He is spitting up alot lately
September 18th, 2009
@Heather That sounds exhausting! I remember those days. It sounds like your son has a sleep association with needing to eat to fall back to sleep. This is common. The key is to break the association. Here is an article that explains it: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-association/
September 21st, 2009
My baby is 7 months and one week.
8:00-9:00 has a 6oz bottle and plays in her jumper
9:00-9:30 oat cereal with fruits and plays for half an hour
10:00-2:00 sleeps for a nap (sometimes sleeps until 4:00)
2:00-4:00 6 oz bottle and plays
4:00-6:00 nap
6:00-8:00 6oz bottle and mashed up dinner that we are having and jar of fruits.
8:00 bed time for 12 hours straight through the night.
My concern is, is she getting too much sleep? My baby does not eat heavily but seems to be very chubby. Is it because she sleeps too much and not working the fat off? Since age of one she has been sleeping 12 hours through the night and three huge naps during the day. I am not complaining, just wondering why she is in 95th percentile for weight when she only has three bottles and eats solids twice a day.
September 22nd, 2009
From what I gather here, every baby has a pretty different schedule. Mine is 7 months and a half, wakes at 7am ish, nurses immediately, and about every 2-3 hours. He’s awake between naps for about 2-3 hours as well, but his naps are short, at most 45 min, but mostly only 30min. On rare occasions when he’s super tired, he might nap up to 1 hour. His bed time routine starts around 6pm, and his bed time feed is around 6.50pm, he falls asleep totally by 7.30pm to 8.00pm. He does wake up for night feeds but not consistently. On a good night, he wakes up at 11pm, 4am and up to the morning, but there are nights that he wakes up more often. Though he only wakes for feeds and it takes 15 min to put him back to sleep, which is not a huge problem for me. My question is, is it ok to bring him out at nights past 9pm once in a while when there is a special occasion? I am so far really afraid top bring him out and has been turning down invitations, as I don’t know how that will affect his sleep pattern.
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September 25th, 2009
@Jennifer It looks like enough formula but if the spitting up is new, he might be overeating a bit. My younger son did that a lot, but they do start to learn to stop doing that. You might just give him time to feel full by giving a break in the bottle or between solids and bottle if the spitting up is a problem. Good luck!
September 25th, 2009
@Tamara Wow! She does need a lot of sleep, but if she’s happy and healthy I wouldn’t worry. She must just need a lot of sleep. Enjoy it now because I’m sure it will change.
She could be chubby because she sleeps so much, but once she starts crawling and moving more, that will change. My younger son was in the 95th percentile by 6 months, but once he started moving he slimmed down A LOT and he’s now 50th percentile, but very healthy so I’m not worried. He never slept that much, though. If your doctor is not worried I would not be either. Good luck!
September 25th, 2009
@Leona Special occasions are bound to happen, so I don’t think life should stop. The main “issue” really depends on your baby. My first was soooo NOT go-with-the-flow so we passed up MANY invitations and it really had to be something special for us to break our routine (like when my husband’s grandmother died and there was a late wake). He would just get so overtired and overstimulated that it would take us a good week to get back to normal, so we just didn’t do it often. With my second I can definitely see how some people can do way more things. He’s so much more laid back and although he can get overtired, he’s much more go-with-the-flow and we can get back to normal so much quicker not to mention he’s just not as cranky as my first was when he didn’t get sleep! So, it highly depends on your baby as to how she will react when she doesn’t nap on time or go to bed on time and then it will be up to you whether want to “weather the storm” if there is one. We chose not to with our first. It is obviously healthiest for them to get all their sleep, but again, life should not stop either. Finding a good balance is what I’m all for! Good luck!
September 26th, 2009
THANKS NICOLE! WE HAVE CHANGED HIS SCHEDULE NOW TO
BREAKFAST: CEREAL MIXED WITH FRUIT
1HOUR LATER: 6OZ BOTTLE
LUNCH: 1 CONTAINER OF VEGGIE OR COMBINATION
MIDDAY: 2OZ OF JUICE OR TEETHING BISCUIT
DINNER: 1 CONTAINER OF VEGGIE OR COMBINATION
BEFORE BED: 6OZ BOTTLE
I COULD CHANGE MIDDAY OR LUNCH TO A BOTTLE
HE HAS BEEN WAKING UP TWICE A NIGHT NOW FOR A BOTTLE OR ATLEAST ONCE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DO NOT WANT TO KEEP CHANGING HIS SCHEDULE! BUT THIS SCHEDULE SEEMS TO HELP WITH SPIT UP.
September 27th, 2009
@Jennifer I would definitely err on more bottle and less solids at this age. Maybe try 1/2 container + bottle for lunch. I’d skip the juice and offer a small bottle, instead, too. 1-2 feedings up through 9 months is normal, so I’d keep one feeding at night at least for now. Good luck!
September 27th, 2009
what do you think about
earlymorn: 6oz
breakfast: cereal with fruit
midmorning: 6oz bottle
lunch: veggie/meat
midafternoon: 6oz or 5oz bottle
dinner: veggie
before bed: 6oz bottle
this I got the idea from Gerber a little
what do you think?
October 6th, 2009
Our son is a wonderful baby but he seems to be stuck on waking around 4am. He is napping well – 2-3 naps per day equalling a total of about 3 hrs. He goes down every night around 8pm without much trouble – unless he’s in the midst of cutting teeth. However, we can’t seem to get him to sleep past 4-4:30am before he wants to eat. After a 15-20 min feeding (nursing) he goes right back to sleep until about 7:30. What is frustrating is that a few weeks ago he was starting to sleep until 5:30-6:30am but now he’s back to 4 or 4:30. We actually let him fuss (it’s not an all out cry) until 5am before feeding him and occassionally he falls back asleep until 5:30 or 6am. Any suggestions on how to get him to 5am before waking? I hate to sound selfish, but I did the 4:30am feeds for about 6 months and my body didn’t respond well to that type of sleep schedule and I found myself getting sick quite frequently due to lack of sleep.
October 6th, 2009
I HAVE A 6 MONTHS 3 WEEK OLD SON HE SEEMS TO EAT ALOT.. HE IS VERY ACTIVE HE IS WAKING UP ABOUT 3 TIMES A NIGHT HE IS IN A ROUTINE OF
6.30-7.30 WAKES UP, HAS BREAST
7.30-8.00 PLAYS ON HIS MAT
8.00-8.45 CUDDLES AND PLAY TIME WITH ME
8.45- BREAKFAST EITHER BABY YOGHURT OR CERAL
9.00- BATH
9.30- NAP MAYBE FOR AROUND 40 MINS
10.15- CUDDLES
10.30 PLAY TIME/QUIET TIME ON HIS OWN
11.00- BREAST
11.30 PLAY & CUDDLES
12.00-12.30- LUNCH EITHER FRUIT,OR VEGGIES
1.00- NAP 30MINS
1.30 BREAST- THEN PLAY
2.00 QUIET TIME ON FLOOR MAT WATCHINBG ME
3.00 BREAST
4.00 NAP 30N MINS
5.00 DINNER EITHER VEGGIES OR MEAT AND VEGGIES
5.30 BATH-THEN BREAST
6.00 NAP 30 MINS
6.30 PLAY
7.00 CUDDLES- BREAST
7.30-8-30 BEDTIME
HE WAS SLEEPING ALL NIGHT FROM 3 MONTHS OLD BUT JUST AFTER HIS 4 MONTH NEEDLES HE STARTED WAKING DURING THE NIGHT WHICH I PUT DOWN TO TEETHING WHICH AT 6 MONTHS HE CUT HIS 2 BOTTOM TEETH WHICH HE NOW HAS…..
I AM UNSURE IF I AM DOING THINGS RIGHT OR NOT .I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SLEEPING AS I AM GETTIN VERY TIRED.. PLEASE HELP ME I WOULD LOVE SOME TIPS ON WAT TO DO ?????
October 8th, 2009
Hi, Nicole! Thanks so much for your schedule articles. Every month when I start to have doubts about the next step in feeding or sleeping I read your post and I’m always reasured. I do have some concerns about my own schedule…
We followed (loosely) an eat/play/nap schedule from the beginning and that has worked well for getting our seven and a half month old to sleep through the night. (We had to wake her for a feeding in the night for the first few months to keep my milk supply where it needed to be.)
I’m home with her five days a week and she is at a sitter two.
Here is her schedule w/ Me:
5:30/5:45 – Wake/Diaper Change/Nurse (Usually 30-45 minutes)
)
6:30 – Back to sleep
8:30 – Wake/Play on the floor/read/sing
8:45 – Solids (1 T Oatmeal/2 T Veg/1 T Fruit)
9:15 – Nap some days/Play others depending on her
10:00 Nurse
10-12 Play/Sing/Go for a walk/Run errands
12-2 – Nap
2:00 – Nurse
2-4:00 – Play/Sing/Go for a walk/Run errands (or visit my husband for a quick middle of the day daddy time)
4-6:00 – Play, but sometimes a nap of 45 min-1.5 hours depending on previous naps
6:00 – 6 oz bottle of breastmilk from dad
7:00 – Solids
8:00 – Bath Time! (Beginning of bedtime routine – sometimes this is just a water sport
8:20 – Nurse (usually half an hour)
9:00 – Bed. She is always awake when I lay her down, but settles herself to sleep by 9
When she is at the sitter, the feeding schedule stays the same, but the sleep is significantly decreased. Sometimes only one nap of an hour, which usually indicates a nap all the way home from the sitters and for an hour after we get home and sometimes a nap between 7 and 8pm, thus cutting out the solids at that time.
My question is this, Should she be getting to bed earlier??? If she goes to sleep at 7, my husband would hardly see her! Also, if she naps at 7, she always wakes up by 8:30 without prompting. When this happens, we complete our nighttime ritual, but she has never slept 11-12 hours at night.
We are pretty flexible on everything except the nursing times. These we stick to pretty strictly (meaning we try not to vary them unless she seems hungry early or clearly needs to nap longer.)
Thanks!
AB
October 14th, 2009
I’m having trouble! My son doesn’t go to sleep until between the hours of 5 am & 9 am. I have no clue how to fix this?!?!?! I’ve tried baths, massages, classical music, nature sounds, letting him cry it out. And nothing is working!!
He wakes up around between 2 and 5. And naps a little during the day. But I have no clue how to fix his schedule and I’m just so exhausted!!!! He cries & fusses for hours until he finally conks out… PLEASE HELP ME!!
October 15th, 2009
@Ellen I completely understand wanting to change this. Getting up even one time for months on end is very hard. I fed both boys for the first year and it was ROUGH. Unfortunately, this is normal for this age. You can try to continue not feeding until 5:30+ and he might finally adjust, but that might not happen, either.
You can see if Dad can give him a bottle a few times a week to give you a break, but I also know all too well how it’s hard to go back to sleep once you hear the baby. I wish I had some magical advice, but if he’s hungry, he’s hungry. You can try to offer more to eat during the day, but again, he’s going a good 8 hours. Most likely he will night-wean himself in a month or two! If not, I’d try the “leave until 6am+” again in a month or so. Good luck!
October 15th, 2009
@Tamara Have you tried to consolidate his naps into 3 good naps (1 hour, 1 hour and 30 minutes)? Improving his naps could improve his night-sleep. Does he seem genuinely hungry at night? There is a long gap in nursing sessions in the morning. Have you tried adding another nursing session in? By the way, 4 months is a common time for sleep to go downhill. You can read my article about it here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/how-we-sleep/4-month-baby-sleep Good luck!
October 15th, 2009
@AB The #1 indicator is how happy your baby is and how she’s handling her schedule. All families have unique needs. While we hardly got to see my son when he was younger, he clearly needed an early bedtime, so this just would not have worked for him (he’s completely different now that he’s older!). It looks like she’s getting enough sleep, so if all of you are happy I wouldn’t change a thing!
October 21st, 2009
Hi there my son will be 7 months on 31st October.
His routine is as follows:-
7-7.30am – Wake
8.00 – Cereal & 9 oz bottle
9.00 – Top & tail wash
10.00 – Nap (1hr 15 mins)
12.00 – Lunch, pudding & juice
2.00 – 2.30 – 7 oz bottle
2.30 – 3 – nap (1hr 15 mins)
5.00 – Tea & juice
6.30 – bath
6.45 – 9 oz bottle
7.00 – bed
He is a very contented baby and plays loads in the day, we sing songs together and nursery rhymes and his routine works great
October 23rd, 2009
@Brandi I’m not 100% sure I understand. Do you mean he’s sleeping 5am to 5pm and up all night? If so, you have to change his internal clock to be up during daylight hours. Wake him every 3 hours and keep him up at least 30 minutes to try to reset his clock to nap during the day and sleep at night. I hope I understand the problem correctly. Most sleep consultations I get a page of detail, so sometimes it’s hard to give good advice in the comments.
I try. Good luck!
October 27th, 2009
The best advice I can give to any parent who really wants to put their child on a good schedule would be to buy the book Contented little baby by Gina Ford….. It worked great for my 2 1/2 year old son and now for my 7 month old daughter. It teachs you when to feed the baby and when they should sleep. Both my kids were sleeping through the night from 7 – 7 by 12- 14 weeks…. and still are today!!
Some kids need more sleep than others, and you have to learn that by your child and make changes when needed…. but it ‘s been the best thing since becoming a mother!
October 27th, 2009
Number 1 I have always held to with both my kids…. is that kids are ready to go sleep every two hours. It’s like clockwork….
And you do have to train your kids how and when to sleep and eat… Some things don’t come as naturally as others. But yet all kids are different… some kids are harder than others.
October 29th, 2009
My Daughter just turned 7 month old and i wanted to know if this sounds like a normal schedule.
Wakes up between 5-6 am
6:00 – 6oz Bottle Formula
Usually goes back to sleep from 7:00 – 8:00
9:15 – Take her to school
10:00 – 1 jar fruit
10:15 – 3 oz Danimals Yogurt
12:30 – 6oz Bottle Formula
Usually takes about 30 min nap
3:30 – 6oz Bottle Formula
Naps from 4:00 – 5:00
5:30 – 1 jar veggies
5:45 – 4 oz Fruit Juice
7:00 – 6oz Bottle Formula
7:30 Bed
November 6th, 2009
@Hannah That’s great!!
Thank you for sharing your schedule.
November 12th, 2009
hi, your site is really interesting, so i decided to post my question.
my son is 6 1/2 months old now. here is his schedule:
6-7 wake up and play
7 6 oz formula
8 cereal (which is doesn’t like very much) with fruit
8:30-9 nap for about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs
10 4-5 oz formula
11:30-12 lunch (veggies)
13:00 6 oz formula
13:30 nap for about 2 to 2 1/2 hrs
16:00 6 oz formula
17:30 dinner (veggies)
18:15 bedtime routine (bath, massage, bed time stories)
18:45 6 oz formula
19:00 he is fast asleep by this time
he sleeps through the night till the morning time. he might wake up but he just babbles in the crib and puts himself back to sleep.
my question: he doesn’t have any teeth yet but he is probably teething. he has been having trouble finishing his bottles and closes his mouth after 3-4 oz and i have to try to force him to eat some more. i try to keep his formula total at least 24 oz a day but it’s painful and i don’t like forcefeeding him. do i get rid of the 10:00 formula and see what happens? or should i move it to 11:00? that might be too close to his lunch and 13:00 formula time and he may stay full??? he is above 90% percentile in all three parameters.
thanks so much.
November 13th, 2009
My 7 1/2 month old son does pretty well with feedings. But he doesn’t nap well at daycare. He’ll maybe have 1 hour-long nap or 2 30-minute naps. So when I pick him up at 5:00, he’s exhausted and sleeps all the way home (about 30 minutes). On the weekends, he naps very well at home.
My question is: should I wake him when I get home and keep him awake until bedtime at 6:30/7:00? (He’s fussy if I do this) Or should I just put him to bed when we get home at 5:30?
When he was younger, I would just let him nap and he would wake around 7:00-7:30PM. Then I’d get him changed into PJs and feed, etc for bed. But I did that because he was younger and I figured he needed more sleep. He was waking up twice a night at that time. But I haven’t done this in a while because I don’t know if such a late nap is good for him. Not sure what to do.
His schedule follows:
6-6:15AM: wake
7AM: 4 oz formula
8:30ish: cereal & fruit
10ish: 6 oz formula
12:30ish: 4-6 oz formula
3:00ish: 4-6 oz formula with veggies
4:45: 3-6 oz formula
5:00-5:30: nap on the way home. Waay too tired for any solid dinner food
6:15: start bedtime routine, 4-8 oz formula
Usually asleep by 7PM. Wakes frequently between 9-11PM, usually because pacifier has come out.
2-2:30AM: Wakes for 4-6 oz formula
Falls back asleep within the hour and sleeps til 5 or 6AM.
What should I do about that late nap?
Thanks for your website! =)
November 13th, 2009
@Carrie Thank you for sharing with all of us!
November 13th, 2009
@Laura The schedule looks fairly normal. The only thing that gave me pause was whether she is getting enough formula. 24 ounces is on the lower end, though you might check with your daughter. I opted not to give juice until past a year, for the most part, so you might omit that so she will drink a little more formula. Always talk to your pediatrician about diet, though. Good luck!
November 15th, 2009
Hi,
My son is 6 and a half months, closer to 7mths old however i was advised by a Health Visitor that the normal daily milk intake at this age is between 16 and 20Oz. I am getting confused with the differing information as, although some of the daily schedules on this page resemble ours, some contain much more milk! My schedule is approx as follows:
6 – 7am wakes up and has early morning breastfeed (amount unknown)
7.15 – 8.30 – playtime
8.30 – breakfast of cereal and fruit puree with formula and water, drink of cooled boiled water
9.30- nap of 30 to 60mins
10.30 or 11am – formula feed – baby usually takes between 5 and 6 Oz
11.30/12 noon – nap of about an hour
1pm – lunch vegetables or meat and veg baby meal with a yoghurt and beaker of cooled boiled water or juice
2.30/3pm – 2nd formula feed of 5 to 7 Oz
4pm – nap 30 to 45 mins
5pm dinner of veg and meat with juice or water
6pm bathtime
6.30 breastfeed baby (amount depends on how tired he is)
7pm baby asleep and usually sleeps through the night unless he has been very tired at bedtime and hasnt had enough milk.
Is this routine okay? Should I try to add an additional formula feed with lunch for example? As it is, it is difficult to get the baby to drink a full bottle.
Thanks,
Grainne
November 20th, 2009
we have a pretty solid routine at night. Most of the time my son will sleep through the night but when he is teething he wakes up and then does not want to go to sleep. We tried the cry it out method for 1.5 last night. do you recommend that? or just postpone it?
Our schedule is a little different:
6am wake up
6:20 breakfast of 1tbsp cereal 1/2 jar of baby food and 5oz bottle formula
8-11 nap at daycare
12-12:30 8oz formula bottle
between 3 and 4 he will have a 2-4oz formula bottle
3-5 nap at daycare
6:30 5 oz bottle with 2 tbsp cereal and 1/2 jar of baby food with water (he likes it a little watery)
9:25 bath, diaper, 6-8oz bottle with story.
He is 5.5months old. we don’t pick him up from daycare until 6:00 so we don’t usually make him go to sleep that early. Is this schedule normal?
December 4th, 2009
@Nasim A healthy baby will neither starve himself or overeat, so he is probably doing just fine. I would talk to your doctor if you are concerned and you always have the option of cutting back solids to get more formula. He might just not want his bottle right after his nap. You might try waiting 20-30 minutes and seeing if he’ll be more ready for it. Either way, I would not worry. Good luck!
December 4th, 2009
@Giulia That’s a tough one. My son had a lot of trouble napping at daycare, too.
A 2 hour nap at 5pm is sure to mess with bedtime, eventually, as he gets older and then he will start to get less sleep at night. I’d probably continue with the 30 minute nap on the way home and help him learn to sleep without the pacifier, so he can get a more restful sleep at night. This is not ideal, but I believe this is your best option. Good luck!
December 4th, 2009
@Grainne You can’t compare breast milk quantities and formula and given you are feeding a combination, you won’t ever know how much your baby is getting and that’s ok! A healthy baby will neither starve or overeat. If a baby is eating breast milk from a bottle all day, it wouldn’t get much past 20 oz, usually, but formula is different. If he is hungry he would let you know loud and clear, so I would not worry too much about it. Always listen to your doctor or healthcare visitor as they are trained in the medical profession and see your baby up close and personal. I try to provide accurate information as much as possible, but what’s happening in your home is unique to you and your baby. If you feel your baby is not getting enough breast milk or formula, you always have the option of reducing the amount of solids, but overall, it sounds like he’s doing great! Good luck!
December 4th, 2009
@Thea You might want to look at the 6-month schedule here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/6-month-old-baby-schedule/ He is napping quite a bit at daycare. 5 hours? Is that correct? It sounds like he might be making up night sleep in the daytime and that can cause some of the night-waking. If you KNOW the problem is teething, that would be a temporary problem and I’d advise to make him comfortable, since he’s in pain. It can feel like they are constantly teething for 2 years, so it’s important not to assume it’s teething for longer than a week or two before you need to make some changes. I would need to know more details and progress on the 1 1/2 hours of crying. That’s definitely on the longer end of crying sessions I hear from parents. Good luck! I hope it’s going well!
January 3rd, 2010
My 7 month old daughter sleeps wonderfully at night. 6:30 pm to bed and I don’t hear from her again until 6:30-7 am. However, day sleep is another matter. Her first nap is around 9 am for about 30 minutes and that’s about the extent of her schedule for the rest of the day. I have tried and tried to get her on a schedule and have had no luck, mostly due to her very short day naps. I know she needs more sleep because by the middle of the day I deal with a very cranky, miserable little girl. I don’t know how to help her. I don’t know how to get her to sleep longer. She is eating at 7, 11, 3 and 6pm. She is on solids and doing well. I have never rocked her, from the day she was born she would kick and wriggle when she was held, so I just plop her into bed and she seems fine with that. My doctor said you can’t extend naps, but tell that to my very tired little girl.
January 14th, 2010
This is my 7 month old’s schedule -
Wake up between 6 to 7 a.m., BF 20-25 minutes.
Sometimes goes back to sleep till 8 a.m., sometimes up and playing in crib.
9:15 a.m. EBM 5-6 oz.
10 a.m. nap for about 30 minutes.
11:30 a.m. stage 1 food – veg or fruit.
1 p.m. Formula 6 oz.
1:30 p.m. nap for about an hour.
4 p.m. EBM 5-6 oz.
5:30 p.m. dinner – cereal.
6:30 p.m. bath and bedtime routine.
7 p.m. BF 15-20 minutes, asleep in arms.
Sleeps in crib till 10:30-11 p.m. (Sometimes wakes up couple of times between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. and has to be soothed back to sleep).
10:30 p.m. BF 25 minutes, asleep in arms.
Sleeps in crib till 2-3 a.m., wakes, nurses for 15-20 minutes (eyes shut, almost asleep).
Wakes up again sometimes around 4-5 a.m. and has to be soothed back to sleep.
Question – do I need to add a breakfast of solids to her routine? Can I stop the 2-3 a.m. nursing and let her go till she wakes up between 6-7 a.m.? I am not sure how much she is eating really, her eyes are always shut and sometimes she’s asleep within 5 minutes of being at the breast.
Thanks!
January 14th, 2010
Forgot to add…she takes about 3 naps every day but they are usually not longer than an hour. Sometimes she asks for a nap very late, like 4:30 or 5 p.m. and that is so close to her bedtime of 7 p.m. But if she is fussy, I still put her down for a nap that late.
January 16th, 2010
when ever she crys she takes the breast
when ever she says ee she takes the breast
when ever she bump her head she takes the breast
really i’m serious
January 22nd, 2010
My daughter is 7 1/2 months old and her schedule goes like this.
5:30-6:00 ~ Wake up with 7oz bottle
7:30-8:30 ~30-45 minute nap
8:30 ~ 1 jar of 2nd stage fruit w/6oz bottle
10:30-11:30 ~ 45 minute to 1 hour nap
11:30 ~ 3-4 tablespoons of cereal or oatmeal w/6oz bottle
1:30-3:30 ~ 1 1/2-2 hour nap
3:00-3:30 ~ 1 jar of 2nd stage veggies w/6oz bottle
5:30 ~ Bathtime (every other day)
6:00-7:00 ~ 6oz bottle and bedtime
I try to shoot for every 2 hours after my daughter awakes, she needs to go down for a nap. By doing this, my daughter has been able to get onto a schedule.
January 22nd, 2010
@Michelle You probably want to shorten her awake time and give her some time to go back to sleep after she wakes too early. I encourage you to read more about naps in my e-Book: http://www.babynapswell.com My son was a 45-minute napper until I worked on his naps and then he slept at least an hour for 90% of his naps (not all were perfect). Good luck!
January 26th, 2010
Hi,
My baby is about to enter his seventh month and he’s in the 90th percentile for weight and the 75th percentile for height. I give him 120ml of formula four times a day and he eats wheat cereal for breakfast, vegetables for lunch, fruit in the afternoon, and wheat cereal again before he sleeps. Am I feeding him too much? Also, on a totally different subject, I’m thinking of trying to get pregnant again and I’ve been reading arguements that say it’s fine and others that say it’s too early. What do you think? Much appreciated
January 26th, 2010
I forgot to mention that my baby doesn’t like drinking formula much these days but gobbles down food. It’s a struggle to get him to finish a 120ml bottle, even when it’s the first thing he’s had all day and he’s on an empty stomach. Thanks for any advice you can offer
January 29th, 2010
@Michelle Some babies can “do” a schedule sooner than others. My son was horrible at a schedule until he was 7 1/2 months old because he just couldn’t stay up longer than 1 hour 15 minutes before he needed to sleep again. You might give her more time to be able to stay up longer and opt to put her down sooner rather than later for more frequent naps. Also, don’t rush in after she wakes early, so she can go back to sleep. I disagree with your doctor that you can’t extend naps. My son used to be a 45-minute napper and I did successfully extend his naps and I’ve helped many parents with the same. All of it is in my book: http://www.babynapswell.com. Good luck!
January 29th, 2010
@Jessy It does not sound like a hunger issue, but your daughter needs to learn how to fall asleep on her own, so she can go BACK to sleep on her own. The more she practices this, the better at it she will get. The key is finding a method that will work well for both of you and that you can stick with. Make a plan and then commit. Good luck!
January 29th, 2010
@Jessy A later nap like that is normal and it’s usually better to give her the nap and avoid over-tiredness than to keep her up until bedtime, at this age. Good luck!
January 29th, 2010
@Unknown Breast feeding is about more than just food. It sounds like it’s her comfort, too. Have you tried a lovey? http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-quick-tips/baby-lovey/ Hang in there!!!
February 12th, 2010
Hello,
My son is 7months old and he is taking about 3naps per day between 20 30 min. A very tired mom with no sleep, he’s not sleeping through the night at all we may get 3 to 4 hours. wakes around 1or 2 and eats but after that its restless sleeping for the rest of the night he’s moaning ,humming as if something is bothering him ,i have tried everything i think.. please can anyone help.
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February 14th, 2010
@Stephanie Thank you for sharing your schedule!
March 9th, 2010
I will start by saying that I am having major problems with napping. I KNOW that the problem is really my fault since I started my son on the bad habit of napping in his swing. At the time it didn’t seem so terrible – it was the ONLY place he would nap and I needed the break from him being overtired and cranky. But now he is outgrowing the swing and I’m at a loss. I cannot just put him in his crib or he starts screaming. If I rock him to sleep and put him down he will only sleep for 30 minutes and then wakes up crying. After 2 of these short naps, I will put him in the swing so he’s not too overtired and he sleeps for 3 hours straight!! Do you recommend CIO in the crib?
My other issue is that I sometimes have alot of trouble getting him to finish his bottles during the day. He is still getting up for 1-2 nighttime feedings and he will finish those bottles in 10 minutes flat and go right back to sleep. But during the day he’ll eat about 3 oz and then I have to chase him for the rest of the hour to get him to finish the bottle before I have to dump it. This is what I’ve been feeding him:
he gets up sometime between 6:30 and 7:30 depending on his last nighttime feeding – breakfast of 2 tbsp cereal mixed w/ 3 tbsp formula and fruit plus the rest of the 6 oz bottle (there’s about 4.5 oz left after making the cereal).
somewhere between 10-11am another 6 oz bottle
between 1-2pm 2 oz lunch of cereal and a veggie + another 6 oz bottle
between 4-5pm another 6 oz bottle – sometimes I’ll only give him 4 oz if its closer to 5pm so he’ll eat his dinner better
6:30 – dinner – 2 of either potato/veggie/fruit
6:45 bath
7:00 6 oz bottle and bed – sometimes he goes right off and other times its closer to 8 before we can get him to sleep – we rock him while feeding him and although I know its not recommended at least once he’s down he doesn’t usually wake up again until his first nighttime feeding.
Thats the closest to our “schedule” as I could get since depending on when I’m able to actually get him to sleep it changes. I try to get him down about 2 hours after he wakes although after his 30 minute catnaps sometimes I have to put him down sooner. It is frustrating that sometimes he’s already on his 3rd nap by lunchtime!!!
Also am I feeding him too much solids? I cut back on lunch for a few days and that did seem to help him finish his afternoon bottle at least but then he woke up more during the night so I added lunch back in.
March 21st, 2010
hi!
my son is 6.5 months old and his schedule goes like this
7am – wake & bottle (sometimes he wakes earlier – but i always pick him up at 7)
8am – breakfast – fruit and cereal
9ish – nap (on a good day he will nap for 1.5hrs otherwise 40mins)
11am – bottle
12nn – lunch – veggies
1ish – nap (on a good day he will nap for 1.5hrs otherwise 40mins)
3pm – bottle
4.20 – i try to get him to nap even for a few minutes if he hasnt slept well during the first 2 naps
5.20 – dinner – veggies
6pm – start of bedtime routine.. includes bottle
7pm – bed
10.30pm dreamfeed
he now sleeps through. he used to be on pacifier but i have weaned him off it as i had to get up at night to put it back on every hour. and most days he is getting good naps and his average total sleep hours in 24hr period is 13.5hrs and i think he is very happy with this
he is on this schedule for about a month now, and this really works for him, he used to be having catnaps and a lot of night wakings. however, i am too scared to be out of the house during his nap time. i tend to go out during his wake hours and make sure to be at home for his nap time… he is one very curious boy when out, loves to look around and would not sleep much in his pram.. will it be ok for him to sometimes miss his nap?
March 24th, 2010
@ Irene- You don’t say what times he’s going down for his naps so that would be a helpful place to start for determining how to help get him on a better nap schedule. Do you have a naptime routine where you help him start to wind down before nap time? I would try that for a few days and see if you get him to transition to napping without the swing. At this point, it does sound like he dependent on the swing for naps. I’d also recommend checking out Nicole’s book, Mastering Naps, for in-depth advice on getting him on a good nap schedule. You read about it here: http://www.babynapswell.com
@ Olivia- Missing an occasional nap for a special occasion might be okay, but keep in mind that babies do thrive on routine and consistency. Skipping daytime naps can have a negative effect on nighttime sleeping.
March 30th, 2010
My little angel is 7months and 1 week. His eating schedule is:
? Wake up about 6:30.
? Has a formula 7 oz at about 8 – 9am depending what time at night he got up
? Lunch at 12 7 oz of solids such as veggies with baby rice or veg with meat of some sort and about 5 -7 oz of formula
? Dinner at 5pm oz of solids such as veggies and about 5 – 7oz of formula
? Bedtime 8pm about 5 oz of formula
? During the night 3-5am 7 oz of formula
He does not sleep through the night. When he is with me during the day as I am a full time worker he has a nap around 10am for like 1 hour than around 1:30pm for like 1 hour and then at 5pm after fed he has a nap for like 1 hour.
He goes to bed at 7:30 -8pm and sleeps about 10 hours excluding the 30min to 1 hour during the night when he feeds.
During the day he is with my mother in law and she keeps telling me most of the time that he only napped maybe for like 1 to 2 hours and when I collect him he seems overtired and cranky and sleep to even eat and cries. She tells me sometimes that she leaves him for 5 hours without food instead of the 4 like I do.
My question is do I feed him enough? Is it ok to wait 5 hours between feeds when he turns up too tired to eat as too me it does not. And lately he seems tired all the time can it do with that he might be teething also for the past couple of days he been waking up about every 1 – 2 hours. Yesterday I picked him up and fed him and he collapsed at 6pm till midnight and was awake till 2am and kept waking up every hour till 8am.
April 2nd, 2010
Hi Oliwia,
I would definitely say that 5 hours is way too long for a baby this age to go without eating. Babies need feed throughout the day and not enough food or sleep during the day can affect nighttime sleeping. At this age, some babies will sleep through the night without a feeding but some will still wake for 1-2 feedings. Babies thrive on consistent schedules that are used by all of their caretakers. I would highly recommend that you look at these recommended schedules for a 7 month old and then go over it with your mother-in-law and let her know that you want to stick to a feeding, napping, play schedule when he is in her care. And the schedule you go over with her should be the same as the one you want to use when he’s with you.
April 7th, 2010
Wow, first let me say what a wonderful website! Have been coming back to it as my baby ages to sort of compare where he is compared to others. Would love your input on his schedule though. He is pretty easy (except for teething, which is happening right now). But the sleeping thru thing…well he did it for a few nights and now has been sick with a cold and then teething so back to up every 2-3 hours. GRR. My question is…should I add a right before bed feeding?? I hadn’t done it so far because when I nurse, he would likely fall asleep and we were working on getting him to fall asleep on his own. But that pretty much has led him to wake up between 11-1 every night and either need cuddling or eating.
6:30 – 7:30 Wake up
8:00 ish – Breakfast.. 4-6 oz formula with fruit/cereal
9:00 ish nap for an hour
10:00 nurse if needed.
12:00 4-6 oz formula with veggie
1:00 nap for an hour and a half (on good day)
2:30 nurse
2:30-4:45 play
4:45-5 cat nap 30-45 min
5:45-6 Dinner… 6 oz formula veggie and fruit
7:00 Bath time
7:30 Lay down… asleep usually within 10 min
So then he will sleep til at least 11…sometimes like 1. Then again wakes at 4:30 or 5 (usually breast feed at this point)
I am wondering if I moved dinner earlier and added a last feeding if it may help his sleeping through night. Thanks!!
April 9th, 2010
Hi Corinne,
That certainly sounds like a good option to try especially if he is going through a growth spurt. The teething is probably affecting his waking quite a bit right now, but an additional feeding before bedtime might help at least push him through the first wake up of the night. Just try to keep the feeding separate from him falling asleep so he doesn’t create a sleep association where he “needs” the feeding to be able to fall asleep. Sounds like he does a good job of laying down and falling asleep on his own so when he does the last feeding be sure to still put him down drowsy but awake. I would try just adding the nighttime feeding first and see if there are any changes or if he doesn’t seem interested, then go ahead and move dinner to earlier + the nighttime feeding. Hope this helps!
May 7th, 2010
Hi Nicole,
I’m having some feeding and sleeping issues with my almost 7 month old son which I hope to remedy. I’m not sure where to tweak things, but I’m suspecting the main issues lies with my son’s often super-long morning nap and shorter afternoon nap, as well as some difficulties with the introduction of solids.
Wondering if I should shorten his morning nap…or put him to bed even earlier to see if the morning nap shortens naturally? Also I wish there was some way to encourage him to accept more solids, as well as stop the 4 or 5am feeds. Anyway here’s our routine:
Btw 4 and 5am – He’ll cry out and I would breastfeed him. Sucks hard, seemingly hungry. Then slows down after one side. Sometimes I offer the 2nd side and he takes some. Then Goes back to bed immediately.
7am Wakeup + breastfeed (usually drinks well from one side and is not as hungry for other side)
745am – Solids for breakfast (1 small to medium apple – lightly cooked and pureed with 4 baby spoons of Millet cereal, plus some fresh apple juice drizzled over it. 30ml of formula in little cup just to get him used to the cup and the formula) He likes this meal better than his lunch and dinner!
9am – Naps after playing on mat (1.5 hrs, but lately it’s been consistently 2 hrs )
11am wakes up
1115 or 1130pm Breastfeed followed by solids (30-60g veges puree such as sweet potatoes n fennel, mixed with 3-4 baby spoons of millet cereal) Lately he just takes a few bites n fusses…
1pm Afternoon nap (1.5 hrs usually, but often cries out after 45 min…and I leave him to settle himself within 15 min or so. But sometimes he just keeps crying for as long as 20 min, so I take him out.)
2.30pm – Breastfeed and then playtime; go for a walk, etc.
5pm Breastfeed followed by solids (similar to lunchtime) but again, like lunch, it’s a hit or miss affair. Sometimes I’m lucky to have him eat half of his food before he fusses.
530pm He’s usually really tired and cranky by this time, so I start bath here. On some bad days, he cries in the tub and at changing table.(I notice this seems to happen when we try to get him to eat more solids)
6pm Bedtime
I should add that previously (2 weeks ago) my feeding routine was different in that I used to breastfeed him one side, before offering solids, and then offer more breastmilk if he wanted. I do notice he took slightly more solids then. But I changed the routine, because he had constipation and I thought maybe he needed more fluids in his system…and mother’s milk would still be good… So now I wonder if I should go back to offering half a breastfeed before trying solids? His stools have been more regular anyway since I changed to some apples/applejuice in the mornings, and cut out the starchy foods like rice, potatoes and carrots.
Do appreciate any advice!
Sincerely,
Karen
May 15th, 2010
Hi! love this website!
My boy wakes a few times at night, and I think I must be doing something wrong, maybe you can help…. He sleeps quite alot during the day, he wants to sleep again after and hour or an hour and half after waking up in the mornings and usually he sleeps for about 30-60minutes…. then the remaining of the day he is awake for 2 hours and then wants to sleep again and he sleeps an hour or hour and half at a time…. he goes to bed at 7:30pm and usually wakes atleast 3 times sometimes 4 (two times where I give him boob) the other times I just give him his dummy and ignore him and he falls asleep after about10-15min! untill he wakes at 6:30am……. I dont know if I should try and lessen his day time naps because he gets very cranky and cries if his tired? please help
May 16th, 2010
I have a FAT but happy baby boy! He is a good eater and sleeper but I am concerned about his weight. He is 7 months old and weighs 24 lbs. He barely fits in 12 mo clothes! Am I feeding him too much?
8:00 Fruit and Cereal babyfood (1 jar-stg 2) and 6 oz. formula
12:00 veggie/fruit and meat (1 jar-stg 2) and 8 oz. formula
4:00 8 oz. formula
7:00 veggie/fruit 9 (1 jar – stg 2) and 2 oz. juice
9:00 8 oz. formula
May 17th, 2010
Hi there,
Hmm, I’m no expert so I don’t know what’s too much or too little feeding, but I just wanted to share how my son (7months old since May11th) has been doing…Posting my routine and notes on how I’ve tried to get him to sleep better at night. I just wish he wouldn’t wake at 5am for a feed…but seriously, I shouldn’t be complaining since he goes to bed at 645pm! If anyone’s got tips for me, do share!
His routine:
5am – Wakes up and I breastfeed (15min) and he goes back to bed.
7am – I wake him up by opening the curtains to let light in – and he awakes happy. Cuddle and breastfeed. Then change into dayclothes and sit in bouncer while I prepare simple breakfast (as he usually isn’t so hungry for solids.)
730-8am – Breakfast (4-5 teaspoons of organic millet cereal mixed with organic rice cereal, mixed with expressed breastmilk and 100g fruit puree, into smooth consistency.) He eats the least for this meal, sometimes finishing just 60g of food. I offer small cup of diluted fresh apple juice, and to end, he play-eats a piece of Zwieback.
815am – play on his own on his mat while I wash up…
910am – Morning nap
10am or 1015am (after a 45 min nap) – I usually wake him up. (same procedure as the method of waking up in morning. )He wakes and plays for awhile in his cot. I put some toys in there and engage him in some play, then leave and try to get things done, like preparation of his lunch.
1120pm – Lunch solids. 110g of mixed veges(sweet potatoes, carrots, zucchini for example) and protein (right now it is 25g of pureed chicken) He eats nearly all of his solids, and I also offer some boiled water in a training cup (I remove the non-drip device so water flows out better). I offer breastmilk after lunch, but he isn’t interested, so I take it that he is full and satisfied.
1140pm – 1230pm – Playtime on mat and in bouncer, watching mobiles and windmill in garden, etc.
1230pm – Afternoon nap.
215pm or 230pm – wake from afternoon nap. Breastfeed.
515pm – Solids for dinner. (120g food: 6teaspoons mixed organic millet and rice cereals, plus expressed milk, with 100g added mixed veges OR fruit) Very little water.
530pm -6pm – Kickabout on mat (last playtime for him)
610pm – Bathtime followed by changing table massage
630pm – Breastfeed in my room for 20 min. He drinks lots.
645 to7pm – Bedtime
5am (sometimes 6am) – Wakesup and I breastfeed him. Then everyone goes back to sleep
7am – routine starts again.
Welcome your comments!
May 18th, 2010
Hi Karen,
Thanks for sharing your schedule. Looks like its a good one that’s working well for you all. It’s not uncommon for babies that age to need at least on feeding to get through the night, so it sounds like he’s doing pretty good if he just needs the one early in the morning and then goes back to sleep. As he gets older and if he doesn’t cut that feeding out on his own, then you’ll need to work on transitioning him to go through the night without a feeding. Make sure he gets plenty to eat during the day as he gets older often helps with getting them through the night without a feeding.
May 18th, 2010
Hi Kristin,
I would recommend checking with your pediatrician about his eating and weight. They would be a in a better position to advise whether or not they think he’s eating too much.
May 18th, 2010
Hi Sunette,
From what you’ve said it sounds like his napping time might be sufficient especially if he doesn’t seem cranky and tired during the day. I would make sure he’s getting enough to eat during the day and then you might consider that he now has some sleep associations where when he wakes at night he will only go back to sleep with some sort of help from you. I would recommend that you check out this post about sleep associations if you haven’t already: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-association/ and then to also read over this series that Nicole put together on sleep training as you probably need to consider implementing a sleep training plan: http://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/ Nicole also offers baby sleep consulting where she helps put together a specific plan based on your needs and your baby’s temperament. You find info about her services under Products.
May 23rd, 2010
Hi there – I’ve just found this page when googling “seven month old baby sleep schedule” and have got to do a lot more reading but thought I would ask my question before I get lost in these pages!
We have a wonderful seven-month-old boy – very happy and a sweet disposition with occasional crankiness and crying. I searched for sleep schedules because I am concerned that he’s getting to bed too late.
He was born at 28 weeks and 5 days, and weighed 3lbs, 1oz. He was in the hospital for 7 weeks, then came home and has been steadily growing since then! He’s about 18 lbs now. I breastfed solely until 6 months and now it’s solid food (fruits and veg, no meat yet) and cereal, plus breastmilk.
Most days he wakes up when he hears my husband’s alarm (his crib is still in our room but we will be moving it in a week), and this is about 6am. He is happy to lay in his crib for thirty minutes or so.
I do not have him on a set schedule but generally he naps about every two hours, anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours, and eats about every two to three hours.
He had been doing really well at night, with the nighttime feeding getting later and later until it was 5am and I was giddy with joy! Then it started being an hour earlier, then another, so it was 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 am then midnight. Last night was 3am. I almost never know what I am going to get.
My main concern is that I am feeding and putting him to bed too late. I was doing this:
6:00pm dinner
between 6:30 and 7:30 he catnaps for 30 mins
8pm we take him and get him ready for bed, which includes his last feed, but he doesn’t usually fall asleep or go into the crib (because most times if we put him in still awake, lately, he’ll cry hard) until about 9:30pm.
That doesn’t work for me because an hour and a half nighttime routine is unsustainable, and then my husband and I never have any time together.
He’s quite a good napper and now he’s starting to get up more for nighttime feedings. When he has been up at midnight in the past few weeks, he’ll also wake up at 3 or 4am for another feed. When he wakes up, both times, he’ll take a full feed, so it seems he is genuinely hungry and not just getting me up for a cuddle.
Any ideas?
Thank you so much!
Tamara K.
June 4th, 2010
Hi Tamara,
I would highly recommend implementing a schedule more like the one Nicole recommends here. Not only do most babies prefer it, but they do much better on it especially in relation to nighttime sleep. I would say that his current bedtime is really too late for him and agree with you that an hour and a half nighttime routine is very unsustainable. If he’s not going to sleep until 9:30 and waking at around 6 am, that’s really only 9 hours of sleep at night, excluding any wakings that he might have during the night and he really needs to be getting more sleep than that at night. At this age, 1-2 night feedings are not uncommon so it’s okay to keep feeding him at night, but I really believe that a better day time schedule might help as night time sleep is often affected by what happens during the day. The catnap between 6-7 is definitely going to affect your ability to put him to bed earlier and actually, this is the time you should be getting started on his bedtime routine. Getting him on an earlier bedtime schedule will also most likely help with the overall night wakings. If you need help with setting or adjusting his current schedule, I’d recommend that you check out Nicole’s books here: http://www.babysleepswell.com/ and http://www.babynapswell.com/ Best of luck!
June 9th, 2010
My son will be 7 months old this week, and he used to sleep through the night and he would eat baby food a few times a day, and an 6-8 oz bottle every 4 hours, and if he didnt sleep through the night he’d only get up once but now he won’t eat the baby food at all, he spits it out and cries. he will not sleep through the night, and wants a 6oz formula bottle every 2 hours will only drink like 3 oz and then an hour later wants to finish the rest. Any ideas?
June 11th, 2010
Hi Sara,
If he won’t eat any baby food at all and is spitting it up, my first recommendation would be to check with your pediatrician to rule out any gastro or stomach issues. It could be he’s waking at night because he’s hungry or he could be uncomfortable if his stomach is bothering him.
June 16th, 2010
how do you know when your baby is ok to stay up over 1.5 to 2 hrs? Would he or she start to refuse to sleep at nap time?
k
July 25th, 2010
Hello my baby is 7 months and it is starting to get frusturating cause she isnt eating full bottles and she isn’t eating lots of solids and she doesn’t nap during the day mostly. She is just started crawling and she might be teething but i don’t know what to do cause i feel like she isn’t getting enough. Anyhelp
July 25th, 2010
My baby is 7.5Months old.
She used to wake up hourly overnight , and had trouble w/ naps until she turned 7 months. Then, she sort of “fixed her self”. So relatively speaking, she is great now.
Suddenly, she started sleeping 6pm to 5am at 7 months, but when I feed her at 5am as her morning bottle, I found that she is very tired and she would fall back asleep. She would wake up an hr later. I discovered by accident that she actually was not sleeping through the night but was waking somewhere between 3 to 5 am and was staying awake, but not making any noise, and playing in her crib for about an hour, then dozes off for an hour or so before waking again at 5am and “calling” for me. She doesn’t cry when she wakes, just yelps and stomps her one leg. Is this behaviour normal? Wake up and play for an hour in the middle of the night? Could she be hungry but not cry out for milk? (She is not eating very much. She refuses solids. Been trying since 6 months old. Takes only about 20 to 25 oz of milk, I wake her at 11pm for an extra feed, but she is so tired that she only manages to stay awake for 2 oz. Not sure if I should continue to wake her.)
I have been trying to shift her to sleep closer to 7pm so she would wake later. No luck so far! She naps 2-3 hrs/day. Her first nap, I wake her after 1.25hrs in fear that she wont’ nap later on in the day. Her 2nd nap is usually around 1 to 1.5hrs. Then another late afternoon nap for 30mins. She still has a hard time staying up until 6.30 for her last feed and can’t take more than 2 oz of milk at this last feed due to sleepiness.
So mainly, I need help with getting her to sleep later and actually not stay up and play overnight. Hope if the sleep issues is resolved, then she might have better appetite.
thx!
July 26th, 2010
@Karen- Most babies will be able to be awake longer as they get older. Look for their cues that they might be getting sleepy if they start to get fussy or rubbing their eyes, then you’ll know that it’s time to get them down for a nap
@Stacy- It sounds like the crawling and the teething could be affecting not only her eating but her sleeping as well. The crawling is a new developmental milestone for her and she wants to keep doing it so she may not focus on eating and sleeping as much. If she’s teething, then I’d recommend making sure she’s comfortable with Motrin or Infant Tylenol as suggested by your pediatrician. Keep consistent with her schedule during this time and keep offering her milk and food.
@Karen- I’d recommend checking out Nicole’s e-book on Shifting Schedules for help with shifting her schedule and getting her to sleep through the night. You can read more about that here: http://www.babysleepsite.com/waking-too-early/
August 3rd, 2010
My baby is 6 1/2 months old and dont go to sleep until 9 -10…Is that too late?
August 4th, 2010
hello any advice would be much appreciated! I have a 7month old son and his schedule varies but it normally goes something like this!
6.30- 7.00 wake – 5/6oz formula
sometimes naps for another hour
8.00 – 9.00 play
9.00 – breakfast 1jar stage 1 porridge, 1/2oz formula
9.30 – 10.30 nap normally 45mins to an hour
10.30 – play
11.30 – 5oz formula
12.00 – play
1.00 – 1.30 – lunch 1jar stage 1 meat and veg! plus a snack i.e rice cake, half a yoghurt or some fruit, 1oz baby juice
1.30 – nap for 1hour sometimes an hour n a half
2.30 – 3.00 – play
3.30 – 5/6oz formula
4.00 – play
5.00 – nap , half hour to 45mins
6.00 – dinner 1jar stage 1 food fruit or veg! 2oz formula
now this is where i start to have the problems he gets bath time every other night but from around 7o clock i have tried giving him his bedtime feed and putting him down but he dosent want his feed and is not tired he ends up playing till about half past 8 and then he has 7oz formula and half the time falls asleep in my arms! If he dosent fall asleep in my arms he just falls asleep in his cot! And then the fun starts! normally he will wake up 3,4 times in the night because he has fidgeted too much and turned himself over n round in his cot till he gets to the other end and he has his hands and feet caught in the bars of his cot! he used to be easy to get back to sleep as i would just turn him onto his back put his soother in and stroke his head! BUT the last 4,5 nights he has woke up for 3,4 oz formula at around 2,3 o clock which i dont mind but every time he wakes up in the night he wants to play! and then when i do manage to get him to sleep it is only when he lies on me and as soon as i put him down he wakes up! i dont know what to do! he has been dribbling, putting everything in his mouth for months but has cut no teeth! but he has also started to go off his formula now and it sometimes takes me an hour to get 6oz down him! Another thing is for the past 3weeks he has become so independent on me and seems to cry and moan if anyone else holds him! even my partner (his dad)! I am losing serious amounts of sleep and whenever another member of family offers to take him for a few hours it just causes stress and strain because he will not settle and seems to be permanently grisly with them! Any advice and comments would be very very helpful as i am really starting to struggle and get run down! thanks
August 4th, 2010
he really is just not intrested in formula feeds at all! the most i manage to get down him without him messing about is an ounce!!!???!!! please any comments!
August 5th, 2010
I see a lot of moms here wondering about their baby overeating, but have you had any whose babies won’t eat baby food? My 7.5 month old refuses to eat. He just loves to nurse. Every now and then I can get him to eat a banana – well, he really just sucks on it in one of those feeder bags. All spoons with food he just turns his head and clamps his mouth shut. Sometimes he’ll let me put small pieces of food on my finger and put it in his mouth.
We were having a lot of trouble with sleeping, but I think I just need to let him cry it out and then I do need to feed him at 2-3am every morning. We just started the crying it out last night and he put himself back to sleep after sleeping from 7:30pm to 12:30pm. He wakes at 6:30am or so.
Napping is awful, but I think I am on the go too much. I need to learn to just stay at home with him and take very short trips like just to the grocery store and back again, otherwise he starts to take a nap in the car and then wakes up when we get home. He’s happy, but then I worry that he isn’t sleeping enough.
August 6th, 2010
my 7 m0nth baby girl g0es t0 bed @ 12.30 at nigth until 11.30 am in the m0rning she 0nly wake up f0r her bottle at 8.00 am and g0 back t0 sleep.. i w0uld like f0r her t0 g0 t0 sleep earlier but i d0nt kn0w what t0 d0 ….this is the shedule every day…
8 .00 am 6 0nzes 0f f0rmula
12 .00 n00n vegies and fruits
4.00 6 0nzes 0f f0rmula
7.30 6 0nzes 0f f0rmula
11.30 6 0nzes 0f f0rmula
s0metimes i feed her less than 6 0nzes since she weights 26 p0unds and instead 0f f0rmula i give her y0gurt but at the same time i d0nt kn0w if thats rigth because i kn0w she needs at least m0re than 20 0nzes 0f f0rmula every day..can y0u please help me….thanks
August 6th, 2010
We started the bedtime routine with feeding, warm bath, massage, sleeper, songs and a story – Goodnight Moon. It has been working wonders. Last night he slept til 3:15am. I then fed him and he got up at 7:30am (altho I believe he was moaning around 6am when my husband got up, but went back to sleep).
Anyway, I’m hoping now that nights are working well, naptimes will just fall into place. His 9am to 10:30am or 11am seems to go well. Then today at 1pm I did a story and song and he went right to sleep (basically a shortened bedtime routine). But he woke up at 2:30pm. He always seems to wake up at that time. And then I can tell he seems tired around 3pm and 4pm.
Since he always wakes at 2:30pm, do you think I’m putting him down for his nap at the wrong time? Or does he just need to get in the habit of sleeping through that time, and it will just eventually come if I keep at it?
Thanks for the help/advice! Appreciate it. Things are going so much better already now that I am getting more than 2-3 hours of sleep at a time at night.
August 8th, 2010
@Kathy,
My baby doesn’t seat solids at all as well. Have tried for 2 full months. Some babies just don’t like it and it takes them a while to be “ready” for solids. My doctor said not to worry about it and just keep offering different foods. Baby might end up drinking more milk instead and might need an overnight feed, but that’s all.
Sounds from your 2nd post that sleep is going really well. your baby’s naps sounds perfect to me! I do give mine an extra nap late pm b/c she is super tired. Mind wakes up 6am latest! So by 1pm, she has done two naps, so we give her two more! She is still very tired by 6pm, but we try to keep her up to 7pm, or she wakes or 4 or 5 am! Your schedule sounds fine and the nap lengths sound great! Anything over 50mins is great! Mine used to only do 4x 30mins, now she is gradually getting better.
Good luck! Dont’ worry! U are going a great job!
August 10th, 2010
I also have a problem with my 7 month old daughter not liking solids! My main question, though, is about naps–my baby doesn’t really have a set nap schedule, and I’d like to put her on one but she sleeps through the night and is generally very cheerful, so I’m afraid to mess things around too much.
Here is her schedule:
7:20–wake up and nurse
8:15-8:30–naps usually for 1-1.5 hours, but sometimes less
10:20–6 oz expressed breast milk
(11:30-12:00–depending on how much she napped earlier, possible nap around now, but shorter, usually only 40 minutes)
12:00-12:30–1 tablespoon oatmeal and 1/2-1 jar fruit (babysitter basically forces her to eat it)
1:20–6 oz expressed breast milk
1:30-2:30–depending on earlier napping schedule, naps anytime starting during this period for usually 1-1.5 hours
4:20–6 oz expressed breast milk
6:15-6:30–naps for 1/2 hour
7:00–”dinner”–1 jar beans or vegetable with 1 tablespoon rice cereal; some finger foods like pieces of melon or banana
7:20–nurse
8:15–begin bedtime routine; nurse briefly; falls asleep in crib usually right away or with help from pacifier
Right now we basically give the baby naps when she looks tired. I know the recommended nap times are 9:00 am and 1:00 pm, but it doesn’t seem to work for her–she tends to get tired an hour after she wakes up in the morning and then can’t really stay up for more than 2.5 hours at a time. She takes the evening nap so my husband and I can spend time with her when we get home from work. Should we try to keep her up until 9:00 am? Sometimes she gets tired again by 11:30-12:00–should we try to skip that nap and push it off to 1:30, after she eats? Or giver her a nap at 1:00 and just push off her feeding until she wakes up?
Also, she goes to bed at night fine but getting her to fall asleep for naps is not as easy–it can take 10 minutes or more of rocking/bouncing/singing, etc. to get her to fall asleep. Any advice?
Should the babysitter be giving her bigger bottles (8 oz.) and spreading them further apart?
For those of you with babies who don’t like solids–do you find it was better to give them solids right before the bottles, right after, or sometime in between bottle feedings?
Thanks!
August 12th, 2010
My son just started eating pureed baby food well in the past few days and he is almost 8 months old. For him, I’m still trying to figure it out a little bit, but I’m mostly realizing that I should nurse him a little before we sit down for a meal – maybe about half hour to an hour. Not right before necessarily. I usually always nurse him afterwards then too. He seems to eat a lot then.
The Dr. told me not to nurse just before or after because of how the solids would mix with the breastmilk, but it seems to be going fine and then he’s not as fussy while we eat our meal if he’s really hungry and not into his solids for some reason.
Hope this helps! His naps are doing ok – much better since we got him only waking once during the night to eat – but he still always wakes up at 2:30pm (or even before). Today he only took a hour nap, waking at 2pm. He was yawning and obviously tired at 3:30pm but as of yet, won’t go to sleep for a nap. Just laying in crib fussing a little. I stopped rocking him to sleep for his naps last week and that seems to help a little. We do a bedtime routine at night and then a shorter storytime and songs before his naptime. If it gets really bad and he won’t go out, I let him cry for up to 10 minutes and then go in and rock him a little or sometimes even nurse him (especially if it is just a short nap later in the day).
I guess everything just comes with time and falls into place.
August 13th, 2010
@Heather- Yes for a 6 1/2 month old baby, a 9 or 10 pm bedtime is too late. It’s a good idea to start shifting the bedtime slowly towards 7 or 7:30 for that age.
@Laura- I would say the first step would be to shift his 5 pm nap to an earlier time or to try to get him to sleep longer for his 1:30 nap and cut out the 4/5 pm nap all together. This is most likely contributing to the difficulty you are having getting him to sleep at bedtime. As for the night waking, it’s going to be a matter of teaching him to go back to sleep on his own. He may be wanting the extra formula at night if he’s not getting enough during the day, which can happen when babies decide they’d rather play than eat. In which case it may be a matter of cutting back on solids to get more formula in him. For additional specific help, I’d recommend you check out one on one consulting services with Nicole. Good luck!
@Kathy- Have you tried different brands of baby food or making your own. Sometimes the taste of some of those prepared baby foods just aren’t appealing to a baby. If nursing right before and after eating works for him, then it should be fine to continue. Just be careful he doesn’t nurse too much prior to eating or he may not be hungry to eat. Glad to hear things are going a bit better for the sleeping. Some babies at this age do just need to learn to fall back asleep to finish their nap or the alternative is that he might just need at little catnap right around 4 (like 30 mins). If he seems tired enough for his 1 pm nap, then that’s probably the right time. You are exactly right that sometimes it just take a little time for everything to fall into place. It sounds like you are doing are all the right things to help him learn to fall asleep on his own.
@Claudia- Your baby definitely needs to go to be before 12:30 pm. The sleep pattern she is on right now will disrupt her normal body rythms and could affect her development. You don’t mention how much or when she is napping but that would be a critical component to making your daily schedule and bedtime work better. Daytime sleep can often affect nighttime sleep. I’d recommend that you consider one-on-one sleep consultations to help you get on a good schedule that works for your baby and her development.
@Karen- Thanks for your advice to Kathy. Sometimes assurance from another parent is very helpful. For your daughter’s naps, if that’s the schedule that works for her, then it is fine to go with it. Sometimes our babies will show us what works for them. I can understand wanting to have her awake a bit in the evening so you and dad can spend time with her and as long as she’s not showing sleepy cues since she had the 6:15 nap, it sounds find. At some point, you might want to consider trying to lengthen her naps so that you can consolidate from 4 to just 2 or 3 especially if you are finding it’s become increasing hard to get her down for that many naps. For the bottles, I’d recommend trying the 8 oz bottles and see if she finishes them consistently or if there is a time of day she prefers 8 oz over 6 oz. If she prefers a bottle before eating try to give the bottle a bit of time before she eats to give her time to digest some of it.
August 14th, 2010
My little girl is 7 months old. She sleeps from about 8 pm to 6:30 am. She will occasionally get up once but usually because she has rolled into a weird spot and can’t get out, rarely to eat. Repositioning her and giving her the pacifier is enough to get her back to sleep. She usually back down for a nap by 9 am (1-3 hours). Up for about 2-2.5 hours then back down for another nap in the early afternoon (1-3 hours, depending on length of first nap, usually total 4-5 hours). She is then up by 3-4pm and up until bedtime, refuses a cat nap. My concern is that she always seems to be yawning and rubbing her eyes. She’ll get up from the nap and be yawning within 15 minutes. I’ve tried putting her back down but she just rolls around and plays in her crib so she’s not ready for another nap or seemin to need a longer one. She is generally happy when up, eats well, plays and is a very happy and smily girl. Should I be concerned? I am worried there might be an underlining problem that causes her to seem to be tired all the time.
August 25th, 2010
My first, a girl, had a great routine, 5 hours sleep, 3 feeds a day, slept when required;
My second, a boy has been a bit different
7 months old and now does:
6.30am awake;
8.00am b/feed;
8.30am cereal and fruit;
9.30am down for morning nap (generally 2 hours);
12.00pm b/feed;
1.30-2.00pm arvo nap (1-2 hours)
4.00pm maybe b/feed depending on how testy he is;
5.00pm up to half an hour catnap in the car;
6.00pm veggies and yoghurt;
7.00pm b/feed
8.00pm bed
He only feeds approx. 2-3 mins. each side intially and have gotten into a habit of giving an extra feed before he hits the sack……..
Since his 4 month growth spurt now feeds minimum twice overnight–really quick though
Trouble at the moment is he is quite unsettled, waking sometimes every 30mins or each hour after putting him down,, mostly will resettle on my shoulder and go back to sleep,,,if on the 3 or 4 hour after a feed will need to feed from me
Trouble is, he shares a bedroom with his sister, and I can’t start to resettle him without getting him out of the cot without waking up the entire house, let alone her.
Hence I find myself getting him up every time to resettle him,,even if it is just for a few minutes
I know this is a bad routine to get into
From the above, is he getting enough to eat, does he need less naps during the day, should he be in bed earlier at night
He’s driving me crazy with waking up to be resettled