Early to Bed

For the last 2 months of Anna's life we've been playing with her and keeping her up until 10:00/10:30 for it seemed logical to us that the later we put her to bed, the longer she would sleep. As we are searching for the best way to get Anna to sleep, we are discovering that keeping her up so long is not the best thing to do. Instead, we are watching to see when she appears sleepy - rubbing her eyes, being very still, etc. The past couple of nights it has been around 8 p.m. Normally this would be her fussy time which we were contributing to by keeping her awake. I like this 8 p.m. bedtime. It gives my husband and I time to spend together without Anna and gives me the opportunity to get to bed earlier.