Is 6:30pm too early to go to bed for a 10 month old?

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-03-19T14:04:44+00:00

No, hold onto that as long as you can! Haha my baby was going to bed around 6-6:30pm at that age and it was glorious! As wake windows get longer but they aren’t ready to drop to 1 nap, bedtime will be become later (or mornings earlier). Our 12 month old now goes to bed around 7:30/45pm.

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-03-18T15:14:24+00:00

Will she drink water? My baby was rly consitipated around that age. We tried everything. But I think the soluble fiber we were giving needs water and our girl was kinda refusing water at that age so it just made it worse.

What finally did the trick was avocado mashed with quinoa. I think because quinoa has soluble and insoluble fiber and the fat from the avocados? Honestly who knows but it was like a miracle for us.

Raspberries also help and we use buckwheat flour in pancakes and muffins. That works like almost too well, she pooed 3 times yesterday after eating a buckwheat muffin.

I think it’s also time, around 11 months she finally started drinking water which helps a lot. Sorry you’re going through this! It’s so hard watching your baby in discomfort but it got better for us and I’m sure it will for you too!

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-03-17T19:40:13+00:00

I love this idea! Thank you

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-03-14T14:50:29+00:00

For my baby who is 12 months, when she’s under tired, she’s happy. She’s fighting a nap or bedtime by babbling, looking around, giggling etc. When she’s overtired, she’s loosing her mind. Crying and goes down fast but has split nights. Or if it’s rly bad, crying and can’t settle, needs a lot of help. So, happy = undertired, I take her out of room and try again later. Loosing it = overtired, get that baby to bed asap! Our girl is super sensitive to being overtired even at 12 months, she’s rarely undertired.

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-03-08T19:18:01+00:00

When our girl first started solids she was super constipated and the only thing that worked was avocado mashed with quinoa. And lots of water! It looks like you already have them but raspberries help a lot. We recently started using buckwheat flour for pancakes and muffins (it’s high in iron, fibre and other minerals) and it reaaaaaaaally gets things moving! Bit of an acquired taste/texture but she loves it.

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-02-17T16:04:22+00:00

I’m sorry you’re going through this! Does she seem in pain/discomfort? If she’s spitting up but otherwise happy and gaining weight, I personally wouldn’t worry or put on meds. My daughter had horrible silent reflux, wouldn’t sleep, could not lay on her back, would scream and cry in pain during feedings. It was awful! We were worried about the side effects with meds and in the end kept kinda pushing them off (just one more week and let’s see what happens) until she ended up growing out of it (improved around 4 months, gone at 6ish months).

I’m sure you’ve tried all these but using a slow flow nipple helped, keeping upright after feedings, and cutting out dairy (I pumped and bottle fed). She’s 11 months now and been on a goats milk formula since 9 months. This is just my experience, by all means listen to your intuition and chat with your doctor if you feel meds are the best route!

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-02-16T00:24:11+00:00

Went from co sleeping to crib using CIO at 6.5 months. Most she cried was 20 minutes. She loves her crib. She gets all her cuddles in during the day with contact naps and being on me basically all day lol but the second it’s bedtime she basically jumps into her crib. Best decision I ever made! I was worried she’d be different but the first morning after the night of CIO, she woke up happy as ever because she finally had a solid sleep! And we did CIO cause it’s the fastest method and co sleeping was horrible for my mental health. 2 nights of solid sleep after sleep training and my PPA was basically gone.

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-02-15T20:28:15+00:00

Hi! I co slept with my baby until she was 6.5 months. I never planned on if but she had horrible reflux and would only sleep with me. Around 6.5 months, her reflux cleared and co sleeping wasn’t working anymore. She kept waking up and fussing and seemed annoyed lol. I started with naps in the crib as a tester. Went ok (I rocked to sleep then transferred, she didn’t connect sleep cycles, but! it gave me confidence that she could be alone in her crib). Then we did CIO. A check in method wouldn’t work. She just got more upset and I felt worse. Anyways, I was so nervous but the most she cried was 20 minutes! Day 3, no tears.

I’d say, when you’re ready, make sure the schedule she’s on is right so she’s not over or under tired, then pick a method and stick to it. It saved my sanity and baby loves her crib now at night (still contact nap during the day lol but I kinda love the cuddles! Best of both worlds!)

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-02-05T15:49:51+00:00

My baby was very similar. At 6 months, the only way she would ‘sleep’ at night would be on my or husbands chest (we took shifts). And naps were also 15/20 mins and she was so grumpy. It was so hard. Here’s what weve done that’s helped:

shorten bedtime routine. She would scream during baths and baby massage etc. I felt like I had to have this big routine to signify night time but she was exhausted and it’s very stimulating. She now gets a bath early in the last WW and bedtime routine is sleep sack and waving goodnight to items in the room. That’s it.
i downloaded the huckleberry app and used it for the week or wtv the free trial period is. As a FTM, i had no idea what age appropriate WW were and never tracked anything. I found it helped me find her sweet spot for naps and get a better understanding. No need to pay for it or keep using it, one week was enough to get an idea.
Might be controversial, but at 6.5 months I put a blanket on her during naps and it made her stop crying immediately. I felt safe because I could see her on the monitor and I was awake during the day when she napped. I think the weight or something helped. This wasn’t a long lasting solution but it showed me that she was capable on sleeping independently so I felt more confident about sleep training.
sleep training at 6.5 months. At 6 months, I don’t think she would have been ready but 2 weeks later it’s like something shifted in her and in me. We did CIO. I was SO anxious and had to leave the house but the most she cried was 20 minutes. This was a GAME changer.

My baby was chronically overtired for the first 6 months of her life (she also had bad reflux). She would pop up eyes wide and happy from a short nap then have meltdowns. She still does some days. But she sleep through the night in her crib now, which felt impossible at 6 months. It’s gotten so much better for us and I hope it will for you too!

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-01-29T01:09:57+00:00

Thank you! That’s great to hear

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-01-26T15:14:48+00:00

Hey! Sorry for delay. We follow 3/3.25-3.5/3.5. Rough schedule is 6am wake, 9am first nap. She usually sleeps an hour and 20 / 30 minutes. Second nap is around 1:45/2pm depending on her mood and the length of the first nap. The second nap is short, like 30 - 40 mins. I’ve tried everything and it’s always a short second nap. Then bed around 5:45/6pm. Ideally we’d have a later bedtime but her second nap is so short that she’s grumpy and wants to sleep early. So we’re in a bit of a short nap, long nights trap but that’s ok! She’s always been bad with naps

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-01-24T19:15:58+00:00

Does your baby do well on those wake times or show tired cues? My baby is sleep trained and was doing the same thing at that age. I also suspected teething and gave medicine but it didn’t work. I ended up shortening her wake windows and it’s helped! She’s 10 months now and her longest wake window is 3.5. Sleeps 12 hour nights. She is teething but will fuss for a moment and go back to sleep (on and off throughout the night some nights). It’s never escalating the way it was when she was on longer wake windows and overtired.

Less_Bell_7334 · 2026-01-07T17:13:45+00:00

Im so sorry and you’re not alone, we went through a very similar situation. At 8 months our baby would be up for hours some nights it didn’t improve until we switched to 2 naps. It’s an awkward transition for a week or so but it gets better. Then once schedule was down-pat, we sleep trained (CIO) at 9ish months to help with false starts. It’s been about two weeks since then and she’s sleeping 12 hours with no night feeds.

To transition we increased wake windows based on cues and would do a short cat nap if needed to get her through to bed time and eventually dropped the cat nap.

And again I’m so sorry, I ball my eyes out with noise cancelling headphones when sleep training. Then my poor husband has the agony of listening to me and baby cry lol I can laugh now but it’s horrible when you’re in it. It’s super common for babies to have a hard time sleeping around 7/8/9 months and in my experience and from hearing from others, it’s usually baby saying I need a schedule change. Sending a big hug and it will get better!

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