Earlier Bedtime? HELP!

My son rarely ever seems to go to sleep before 3am. I feel like im wasting my day away because it means im not out of bed before 11 most days. How can I break him of the habit? I mean I like to sleep in, but I cant keep doing this. I haven't gotten anything done really since he started doing this. I mean at least the little guy lets me sleep in though. Oh he will be 4 months april 10th, so im worried this will affect him as he is getting older.

Geez this post makes me look like an idiot

wow 3 am!! geesh i havent had a night like that since Sophia was first born she was a night owl. Does he take naps during the day?? if so i would cut them short or reduce the number he is taking. Hes probably going to get cranky but he should hopefully knock out earliar in the night. Sophia goes to bed anywhere between 930 and 11. i cant get her to go any earliar. and she also doesnt really nap in the day maybe for 30 mins and also if we go somewhere she usually falls asleep in the car but i dont really go too far from home.

I use to have nights like that occasionally..But really don't know what to tell you since we setup a bedtime for Hailey a long time ago. She is in bed by 9pm at the latest.

Me and my husband both have to work the next day so staying up until 3am is not a choice for Hailey.

I would get a routine going that includes getting baby down way earlier than three, say between 7pm-9pm.

how does one set down a new routine? im not sure how to go about this

Quoting Kelly Dreams of Hubby:“ how does one set down a new routine? im not sure how to go about this”

i would say do bathtime, storytime/ quiet play, nurse then but him in bed.

I know this is going to be tough but wake him up early in the morning around 8-9. Do this for a few nights and he should start to go to bed a little earlier. But, when you get him up, go out and run some errands. Try to show him that this is day time. Does that make sense?

Quoting HollsSN:“ I know this is going to be tough but wake him up early in the morning around 8-9. Do this for a few nights ... [snip!] ... earlier. But, when you get him up, go out and run some errands. Try to show him that this is day time. Does that make sense?”

yeah. i think wheni do errands or chores i will try to carry him around on my hip or in the carrier since he tends to stay more alert that way. hopefully he will adjust ok since hes still pretty young. i started thinking what will happen when he gets to be school age if i keep letting him do this

Quoting Cowgirl♥Up:“ I would get a routine going that includes getting baby down way earlier than three, say between 7pm-9pm.”

 


What's his nap schedule like? Does he have one?
If so, perhaps his last nap is too late in the evening? You could try rescheduling his naps, or maybe cutting the last one out and instead put him down for the night earlier. That means when he wakes up though, you need to not get him up to play. Change him, feed him, and lay him back down. Try not to have too much commotion going on during that, so he doesn't think it's time to get up.
If he doesn't have a nap schedule, try enforcing one. Babies will fight sleep if they are overtired. It made a world of difference when I finally realized my son needed to be on some sort of sleeping schedule, and I just watched for the signs of when he got tired, then laid him down. Now he takes 3 naps a day, with little to no fuss and is down every night between 9:30-10:30.

Try a bedtime routine too. Pop him into the bath, Lotion him all up with bedtime lotion, feed him, read to him, then lay him down. After a couple of nights, he'll associate these things with getting ready to go to sleep.

Quoting Kelly Dreams of Hubby:“ yeah. i think wheni do errands or chores i will try to carry him around on my hip or in the carrier ... [snip!] ... since hes still pretty young. i started thinking what will happen when he gets to be school age if i keep letting him do this”

He'll be fine. My newphew used to stay up late and he's on a pretty regular schedual now and he's 2 1/2 years old.

If you wake him up early you don't neccesarily need to keep him awake. He can nap just wake him up to feed him every couple hours so he starts to see the difference between day and night. I personally think it's better for them to be on a night/day routine that is consitant with the actual time of day but I don't think he will suffer any long term problems thinking 3 am is bedtime. 

i have this problem too.. except not till 3 am..
my son well not go to sleep amd stay asleeptill after12am
i'll put him to sleep at 9pm.. but he just wakes up 3 hours later.. i feed him, change him, play a little and then i put him to sleep again and he wont wake up till 8-9am..

i've tried the bedtime bath with him... but i swear, he just gets more alert and awake with it.. it doesnt soothe him or calm him down.. just makes him want to play..
and the whole putting him to sleep earlier sure doesnt work with him, since he'll just get up 3hours later unless its afte 12am

Quoting MzDENISE:“ i have this problem too.. except not till 3 am.. my son well not go to sleep amd stay asleeptill after12am ... [snip!] ... and the whole putting him to sleep earlier sure doesnt work with him, since he'll just get up 3hours later unless its afte 12am”

Yeah, it's tough. You can't really put them to bed earlier ( usually) because they will usually take a quick catnap and then be up even longer. You could try waking him up at 7:00am a few days and see if that pushes his routine back a little.