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[quote=Anonymous]My kid is only 1, so whether it’s important or matters later I can’t speak to. But I will share what we do now because it working really well in case you opt to try for family dinner.

We do bedtime at 8pm, wake up at 8am. I know a lot of people do more like 7-7, but this has worked so well for us, particularly around dinner. My husband is the cook, so I’m on baby duty always starting at 6:15pm. If it’s bath day, this is also when I do bath time. Then we sit down at 7 for family dinner. Bedtime routine at 7:45, in bed at 8. We do a pretty big “snack” (it’s really a meal) at 4:30, so he’s fine to wait till 7 for dinner.

Anyway, you might consider shifting his sleep schedule (slowly - maybe 15 mins at a time over a few weeks?) and trying this. We’ve been doing it since he was prob 7 months old and it’s really become a fav part of the day for all of us.

We’ll see how well it holds up when his baby brother arrives in a few months! Certainly, if it’s too much especially with an infant, I wouldn’t stress about it, but so far so good. [/quote]

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