Bedtime adjustment?

Question

My 8 week old goes to bed in his crib at 7:00pm. He sleeps in his crib and wakes every 2 hours for a quick feed and then goes right back to bed (theyre basically dream feeds because he barely opens his eyes). 
BUT then at 4:00am he wakes up and it’s play time! He’s so awake and adorable with his smiles. But I’d like to push this to 6:00am. 
Any suggestions??

Answer

Not sure if this will be the case with your baby, but I don’t swaddle or out my 8 week old to bed until more like 9:30-10 then she does a long stretch, usually eats between 2:30-3:30am, then wakes up around 6-6:30am. That works for us because my 4 year old also gets up then. 
Maybe try to stretch out bedtime a bit?

Answer

That might be too early for him? I’m not sure how to change it though, cause I always let mine sleep when tired. How’s his napping during the day? Mine wasn’t going to “bed” until 10:30 but would sleep until 9-10am. Luckily, he’s now going to bed about 9 and sleeping until 8am. He normally has two longer naps during the day (2 hours each) and a couple cat naps.

Answer

My son goes down between 9/930. We keep him downstairs where there is lots of noise and stimulation and then move him upstairs where we keep the noise and lights down. He then sleeps until 130/2 has a feed and then goes back down until 530/6 sometimes 7 if we are lucky.
I would say you need to put your little one down later if you can, obviously don't stop the naps during the day.
My son wakes up from his last nap at 7pm latest, sometimes we wakes up at 6pm and will go until 930.
It will take a little while for you to try and adjust to a different routine.
Good luck

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