Bed time for baby?

Is my 12 week old meant to have a bedtime? I’m seeing a lot of people saying about their babies going to bed for the night at like 7/8 pm…
my boy is wide awake until about 11pm which is usually when we go to bed… when is/did everyone start this bed time thing?
When we go to bed at 11 he sleeps though til 6/7am sometimes has a 4am feed. He also likes to have a few morning naps after waking up at 7ish then is wide awake for the most part after 11am and then has a couple shorter naps in the afternoon.

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Following! Because I wondered the same thing. I've got a 3 month old and don't have a set bedtime. It's usually around 9/10pm but completely depends on when she wants to feed (I feed her on demand).

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Our typical bedtime is 10ish, then wakes 5 for a feed and sleeps till 7/8. Then he usually has 2 cat naps (20mins) and 2 longer naps (1hr) throughout the day xx

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I take my 12 week up between 8:30 and 9 when I see sleepy ques. Get pjs on then bottle and down9/9:30 😊

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My boy is 14 week this week & he is asleep by 9:30pm & now goes through to 5am

He has been doing this for about 2 weeks now.
Firstly he would wake up again at 11/12 then 3/3:30 but he dropped the 11/12 feed first then the 3 moved to 5.

It's been changing over the past 4 weeks.

For now I'll keep it this way but I do find he gets sleepy 7-8 so perhaps soon I can make a slightly earlier bed time. Don't want to mess thing up though hahaaa

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Following as my boy is exactly the same

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Following as my LG is the same. Putting her down about 10:30 and she is sleeping until about 4/5 so worried about moving bedtime and running the solid stretch of sleep but dying for a little time in the evenings! EBF so also feeling on demand. xx

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We started a bedtime routine at around 8 weeks as she was struggling with going to sleep and staying asleep day naps and night, she’s 14 weeks now…

We take her up to bed at 7, lay her in her crib with her mobile on and she has a little play whilst we sort bedtime out, bath, massage, have a chat, bottle then straight in her crib awake, she wiggles her self to sleep by 8:30 and sleeps till 6:30/7am, has a bottle and then falls straight back to sleep till 9am, has a long nap at 11ish as I take her out for a walk in pram, then has another 1/1.5 hour around 2 ish and then a couple of cat naps up till bed time xx

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My little boy is 15 weeks and we have had a bedtime routine since he was about 9 weeks old. We aim for bedtime between 7-8pm depending on his last nap. We take him upstairs, bath or massage (alternate nights) then nappy change, PJ'S and sleeping bag on whilst playing lullabies with a projector on. Then bottle, read a book and bed. He currently doesnt self settle so we will put him down in his crib asleep. He usually has one false start and wakes a couple of times in the night but it means me and my partner can have a conversation/TV show downstairs for an hour or so

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Mine goes down between 7/8pm wakes at 5:30amish back down for 7am then up at 8amish where I follow wake windows.

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I think it's a personal preference really. I also think it works well for moms who plan to return to work so they can have some time for themselves at night. It sounds like your kid has a bedtime. It's just later in the night.

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My little boy goes to bed upstairs at around 7:30, night light & brown noise with bottle of milk and in the next to me for 8:15/8:30
Then lights off and sleeps until around 2/3am for a breast feed then back to sleep until about 7/8am
He was 15 weeks yesterday 🩵

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