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Let your child develop her own schedule |
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by ivan (June 2006) (rank 301st) |
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My baby is already 1y4m old and he has already established a sleep schedule - goes to bed at 9:30-10pm, wakes up at 6am. He also takes two one and a half hour naps during the day. He's had this schedule since he was 6mo and he only wakes up
if he's thirsty. I don't think there is anything you can do to instill the sleep schedule you want on your baby. You can try to keep her busy during the day, going out, seeing new things, learning new things and generally being active. In this way she'll tire a bit more and will need her sleep during the night. By the way, my son's evening routine has been a bit different from yours. Play, bath, massage, supper, TV

, and then go to bed. Recently I've changed the TV part with play but now he does not go to bed easily, because he gets over-excited when he plays in the evening. Generally, since he was 6 mo I've let him devolop his own schedule for eating and sleeping and this has worked quite well.
(Excuse my English - it's not my native language)