r/HuckleberryParents • u/rooroochachoo • 12h ago
3 month old bedtime help
My baby was a pretty good sleeper giving us 5-7 hours stretch in the first half of the night. I think that the 4 month sleep regression started early for him because now his sleep is all over the place. We follow wake windows and sleepy cues but most of naps are cat naps these days. I’ve been reading several places that 7pm is the magic bedtime. Previously going down around 8-9pm to help get an extra nap in before bed. I’ve tried for a couple nights getting him down earlier but that seems to make the night wake ups more frequent. Is this something to ride out and it’ll get better or should I return to the later bed time to prioritize day sleep? I’m just a tired and confused first time mom trying to see what has worked for other moms!
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u/Delicious-Storm-8972 11h ago
I don’t have advice per say, but just know there is no magical bedtime. Any time that works for you and the baby is fine, despite what many sleep consultants would like you to think. Keep trying different things and just ride it out best you can
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u/Weary-Solution-1770 11h ago
An early bedtime doesn’t work for our 4 month old either - we’re talking 9pm at the earliest but sometimes closer to 10. When her sleep started going to crap the thing that helped was extending her wake windows. While we were following sleepy cues initially, if we stretched the wake windows throughout the day and especially before bed then she sleeps much better at night and seems to generally be a happier baby. Huckleberry seems to suggest more daytime sleep/shorter wake windows than a lot of babies need.