What age to send baby to bed?

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My baby is 13 weeks old and stays downstairs with us until we go to bed at 9:30/10pm. What time should I take her upstairs to bed and leave her? She would go in the sidecot next to our bed and we have a baby monitor. I want her to start getting used to a set bedtime but feel like she’s still too young x

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My dughter slept in a bassenett by the bed till 6 months.  But starting at about 2.5 months we always put her to bed by 8pm. That way my husband and I had some alone.  It also got her use to being alone.

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we probably won't do that until after 6 months

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My daughter is 3 weeks old today and already has a set bedtime of 11:30. It will gradually get earlier as she gets older, but I will have her at the established bedtime of 7pm around 4 months. (10pm around 2 months, 8:30pm around 3 months).

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Definitely still to young! Like another person said I’d say about 6 months!

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I stopped going to bed with my daughter at a month old. She was sleeping through the night at that point and it’s very beneficial for them to have a set bedtime every day. It also give you and hubby some alone time every day. She slept in our room till 2 months, and then she was moved to her own. Both my kids had a set bedtime from a month old, and both have been great sleepers since.

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We’ve had a “bedtime” since 4 weeks old. He’s been sleeping through the night since then and has been in his own room since 11 weeks.

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They recommend waiting until four months to sleep train (if that's something you're going to do). However I don't feel like it's too young to start a bedtime routine/good sleep habits. 
Maybe create a bedtime routine at the time you think she should be going to bed? 6:30? 7:00? And then set her down in her sleeping area with the monitor until you're ready for bed?

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9:30/10pm is a suuuuper late bedtime for a baby. Up until 4 months, our daughter went to bed at 8pm. Same time my husband and I crawled into bed. She slept in a pack n play in our room so we just all went up together. At 4 months, we put her on a set nap time routine with her bedtime being 7:30pm. And then by 6 months, we moved her to her nursery and set a 6:30pm bedtime.

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My twins had a set time around 3-4 months. Setting a good solid sleep routine early was important to me. in the beginning they went to bed when we did at 11pm. I slowly pushed it back 10- 15 mins every few nights until I got to 8pm. The are now 14 months old and sleep 8pm-8am and have been doing it since they were about 6months. What ever works best for your family! You can try and see how it works for you.

What age to send baby to bed?

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