Older Infant's Bedtime Change

Did anyone else's child change their bedtime at around 9 months? All of a sudden Jordana is not tired at 7:30 like she used to be. She also now wakes up between 12-2 and wants to play.

Last night I couldn't get her down until 9:30, but she slept perfectly until 8:15 this morning.

I did recently eliminate her 10:00 feeding. But I don't know how much this affected this. When she wakes up she isn't hungry. She just wants to play and doesn't want to sleep.

Any ideas?

Re: Older Infant's Bedtime Change

If it's one thing I've learned, it's that once a baby falls into a nice routine, they change it all around. I think they like to keep mommy and daddy on their toes

Same thing happened with Alex, but a little later, probably around 1 year. Until 1 year, she went to sleep between 6-7pm, but then around the 1 year mark, she seemed to have more energy later in the day so we started putting her to sleep later, around 8pm.

Re: Older Infant's Bedtime Change

Gianna used to go to bed like clockwork everynight around 6:30pm, for the last month and we're still ongoing, all of sudden she goes to bed at 8-8:30 and still sleeps the same 12 hours.

I just kinda went with her flow and her cues. What i don't get is how a 9 month old stays up all day and only takes about two 1/2 hour naps and is still happy as pie.

Re: Older Infant's Bedtime Change

Posted by sweetness

What i don't get is how a 9 month old stays up all day and only takes about two 1/2 hour naps and is still happy as pie.