What time are your little ones going to bed?

My 3 month old has started getting really fussy after 6pm. Crying, refusing his bottle etc. I've been trying to put him down around 8-9pm. Any earlier and I'm scared he'll be up with the larks at 6am! The evening fussiness just makes it so hard to get him down to sleep, but his naps are so fitful as of this last week or two...I don't know what to do
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Same boat my son turns into a nightmare after about 6pm! I use huckleberry and go up to bed with him about 9pm and asleep for about 10 ish as we cosleep I don’t have a choice but to go with him 😂

I think it's pretty common for a bit of extra fussiness of an evening as they've been active/alert/built up sleep pressure throughout the day. Mine goes down between 8 and half 8 then wakes up similarly in the morning. I've seen people saying if you want to adapt their bedtime to shift it by 15 minutes each day, so maybe a week or so of slowly stretching it out will help? Is he getting enough/long enough naps? Could you maybe let him have a 30 min nap at 6pm...that would get him comfortably to 8 or half 8 depending on his wake windows? X

Mine goes down around half seven/eight for that same reason...he gets super fussy after 6pm and just wants to sleep. Having said that we do get early-ish wake ups, normally half 5 or half six but personally I don't mind dealing with that as much because he's a much happier baby in the morning than he is of an evening!!

We put ours to sleep at 6:30/7pm and sleeps the whole night. If he fusses it’s normally just because he wants his dummy. He’s been sleeping through since 7weeks old and back then he went to bed at 9:30pm

Our baby boy is the same, sleeps the night and just sometimes want the dummy back! He started sleeping through from 9 weeks old.

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