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10:55 am
October 15, 2010

Cocobean80

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My girl is just over 6 months old and has a 2 – 2.5 hr difference in morning wake up times. Some mornings she wakes between the 5am to 6am hour and some mornings she wakes in the 7am hour but never past 7:30am.

My question is should I wake her consistantly at a certain time, even if it is 6am (UGGHH), to enable her daytime napping to be at consistant times? I generally can't do anything through the day at the same time such as errands, visiting, due to napping being at irregular times.

Naps are also a work in progress so I don't know if I should be getting nap durations under control first and then work on the "when" timeframe of the sleeping.

Is there a certain time that I should leave her in the morning before going to get her – 5am, to me, is way too early to start the day! She usually has 12 hours of sleep in the night with one night feeding by going to bed at 6pm or so.

2:53 pm
October 15, 2010

Kimberly

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Hi there,

Typically, 12 hours is about the maximum a 6 month old will sleep at night. The average varies between 11-12 hours. So if you're baby is going to sleep at about the same time at night (6 pm), then I'd expect that she's more often than not going to be awake between 5-6 am.

If you are desiring a wake up time closer to 7 am, then you would need to work on shifting her entire schedule from wake ups, to nap times, to bedtime. And it would need to happen over a period of times.

It seems like the best plan of action would be to determine what "schedule" overall works best for her and for you. With some babies, you can work on setting a schedule that they'll stick to but keep in mind some babies have an internal clock of their own and so there may need to be some adjustments as she gives you indicators of when her body tells her to wake up and when she needs to nap.

Figure out when you'd like her to wake, when she might need to be napping and what a good bedtime for her will be. Then work on getting her on that schedule with regards to napping and bedtime.

Here's a link to some recommend schedules for a 6 month old:

http://www.babysleepsite.com/s…..-schedule/

You might also consider Nicole's e-book on Naps and Schedules as a way to help you decide how to determine the best schedule for your baby. You can find that at http://babynapswell.com

Keep us posted on how it's going.

Kimberly

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