bed *times*

we have a good bedtime routine but we're still struggling to find the right bed TIME. what time do your LOs go to bed? if they are having a long nap past that bedtime, do you wake them up? my daughter often naps in her bouncy chair still bc of her reflux and my pumping schedule. so often for my 2nd pump of the day, late afternoon around 3-4, Olivia will go in her chair and play for a bit and eventually bounce herself to sleep while I'm pumping. but then she could be asleep until 8:30 or 9 if I don't make an effort to wake her. I've noticed when she goes to bed too late (10 or 10:30, her old ideal time) she'll wake up at 5 or 5;30 ready for the day and it just puts us both in a funk all day. edit to add: I looked at my notes for the last few days and she's been going to bed 15 minutes earlier each night. last night, she was asleep in bed at 8 but she woke up when I came to bed around 12:30 which she never does. of course she was up at 5 and our morning got off to a funky start. tonight she was asleep by 7:50 bc I snuggled a little extra tonight, I was aiming for 7:45. I'm hoping we can solve this mystery before we go camping in a week and a half for an entire week. we went for memorial day weekend but her sleep was perfect back then 😫