Mines always in bed for 7.30 latest so we are always home latest 7pm. Your schedule just changes with kids. You get up earlier but end up in bed earlier.

I invite people to ours for food after baby is in bed if I want to see people for adult evenings.

We are off on hols 7 weeks & fully prepared to be back in accommodation for her bedtime. We've done camping trips with her previously & bedtime is usually stretched out by an hour as her naps generally fall later in day due to busy day & lots to see to keep her awake for longer.

I'd def plan to make most of daytime at Disney as nighttime probably won't happen. Hopefully she will fall asleep in pram while you are out in day so you won't have to go back to apartment to get her to nap in day.

My son slept at 6 pm and napped in my arms in the day for his first year, imagine that lol

Sleep is better for her than being out, she's just a baby

We established a bed time since birth. At 7:30 I get dd in the bath and then I get her ready for bed. We read a book and then she goes to bed. At first it was hard but she got used to the routine. She is 19mos now and goes down very easily. Unfortunately though she won't nap in my arms or anything! We have learned to work around her sleep schedule.

I use to stay up until 1 am every night. Now my dd takes her naps around 1 and bedtime is at 8. I work my schedule around hers. Keeping her out just doesn't work and throws everything off. It took me a while to get used to it but now I don't mind. I use to be social but now I enjoy being home and just relaxing after she goes to bed and having alone time.

Oh and my dd was the one that chose her bedtime. It use to be around 9 but then kept getting earlier and was 730 at one point but now 8 or 830 is her usual. We can push it till nine if she's in a good mood and isn't cranky and we're out doing something but that's rare. She'll be two in a month.

Sounds like you need to adjust your lifestyle to suit her needs instead of the other way around. I'm currently in bed at 8:15 on a Friday night because that's what time my son goes to sleep & mama needs all the rest she can get. Is it glamorous? Nope. Would I rather be hanging with my friends? Yep. But my baby needs to go to bed early & that's my priority.

It definitely can feel lonely because usually us with small children have to leave gatherings early, chase little humans all around instead of chit chatting with everyone else, leave the room to nurse or change baby, it get it. It's definitely an adjustment, especially if you're otherwise really social. For now you'll probably have to work around her, but it won't last forever mama. ❤

My LO has a strong internal clock. He goes down at 7 and is up at 7 (but wakes up a million times in between ?). I prioritize his sleep and accept the fact this is how my life is for now. So no advice just saying I can relate.

I didn't. I'm just sleepwalking or zombie-walking, if you will, through it all.

I just live around her a schedule. Before I know it she'll be grown and I'll have all my time to myself again. I can wait because I know I'll miss this.

Trying to change her schedule instead of adapting to hers when you can is just unnecessary misery for both of you... they're a baby... 8pm isn't an unreasonable time for them to want to go to bed. My dd had to be down around 7 or she wouldn't go down without a fight.

My babies content doing pretty much anything if he's tired he will nap anywhere stroller arms floor etc. I don't notice much difference in my life since having him other than having to bring extra stiff along and make sure we have all we need

Im surprised that you are able to make it till 8pm. Babies need their sleep.

Both my kids have an internal clock that is totally out of my hands, look into getting a mini bed you can take with you? I have one that folds up into a pocket of the diaper bag.

Babies need their sleep you just have to accept that and adjust and do things earlier.

She's so interested in everything that is going on that she can't/won't go to sleep. As I'm writing this I'm laying in my aunt's bed nursing he to sleep. But since she's asleep in an actual bed i can't just leave her while i go visit with my family. I've also tried changing her bedtime gradually but she will not accept a later bedtime.

Maybe you could adjust her sleeping schedule in my house we tend to stay up later and wake later since we have homeschool it's not an issue .

In the future it will be difficult to adjust if you plan on putting them in school tho.

Would she do better maybe if you tried babywearing? Mine always pass out when I wear them. They love being close and snuggle and warm. I know a lot of babies need structure though, unfortunately.

DS was the same way. I had him on a bedtime schedule to help him sleep better at night - if we weren't home to out him to bed by 7:30/8 at the latest it was bad. Just meant I had to leave events early, cuz I could never get him to take an extra nap either in my arms.

Now that he's 19 mo we can get away with being out later.

Unfortunately, you just have to adjust. I can't be out late with my son either.

You can have a life with a baby, you just need to make changes in your life and get used to them.

With both babies and kids, routine is absolutely key. Once we had one established I just stuck with it at a friend's house. Quiet room, the same music on my phone, breastfeeding then sleep. You could try wearing her at Disney? Or for a few weeks before pop her in a stroller at nap time & establish stroller naps as a part of her routine. In a word, yes life does go on! You just have to adapt ;)

She's 6m. It's awful. It's getting worse it seems.

How old is your LO? Maybe it's a witching hour thing? I remember this when dd was really young.