Ok all you mothers out there with more experience then me. I need some help. For some reason Kyler has decided he wants to wake up at 5:00 in the morning. He's always kind of done this. I'd say that it use to happen about once a week, maybe less, but at least a few times a month. But lately it's been EVERY MORNING!! I've tried letting him cry it out, but he cries till 6:30 and then Brian is up and getting ready for work, so no more quiet house. I don't know what to do. He's kind of at that stage where he was giving up his morning nap for a while, but now that's he's waking up at 5, there's now way we get through the day with out two naps. So currently he's going back to bed at about 8am sleeps till 9:30, then afternoon nap at 1, wakes around 2:30, and to bed for the night at 7pm. I've started trying to ween him off his bottle so I'm only giving him two ounces of milk before bedtime....do you think he's waking because he's hungry??? Anyway, I was just hoping all you wonderful moms might have some ideas, or have been through something similar.
Yours frustratingly,
Tiff
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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How old is he again? I say just do one nap a day. For me, I put Tyse down right after lunch. Hopefully he starts sleeping in a little, that would honestly kill me. :) Good luck.
I wish I had advice for you. Truth be told, we are having similar problemns with Peter lately. These past few days have been much improved over the last few weeks - he has been sleeping IN until 5:15 or so. That is with him also giving up his ONE nap for the day. Yeah, sounds like the same problem only with a slightly older child. Tell me if you find a solution!
Oh my, so much to look forward to! Good luck with that. Brynn wakes up that early sometimes too and she won't go back to sleep until I feed her and then she sleeps till 9. Anyways, she is doing lots better now so I would love to get together. This week is a little crazy for me, but maybe one day next week :) I am totally open then.
Hi Tiff! I don't know if I told you that I'm living with someone who has two kids that we get every other weekend so I have been getting a taste of motherhood. I find that both children sleep in at our house, which is weird because their mom says they are up very early at her house. Neither one of them have windows in their room since it's a dark basement. Do you have dark curtains on his window? That's the only thing I can think of. Well that and make sure you sleep during his naps so you aren't exhausted from waking up so early daily. Love you!
The first thing I thought of is maybe trying to put him to bed a little later, even if it's just 15-30 minutes. That could help. The other thing you could try is putting him to bed earlier! Sounds weird, but there is this great book that helped me so much with Kate. It talks about how sometimes so much energy is put into them staying awake at night, that they don't sleep as well in the morning or during the night. It's Called "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby." I barrowed from a friend and browsed through it to help me, and it was great! I totally recommend it.
I also 100% agree with the person that posted just before me. My kids sleep WAY better if there is a blanket over the window so there is no light coming in at all. They sleep in longer (generally speaking of course) and take naps better too. Good luck Tiffany.
Tiff,
Jade has been having the same problem. She is eight months old and for about the last month she will wake up anywhere from 5-7am and just howl. I attribute it to being hungry. So I feed her a bottle and change her diaper while she is eating. Then if she is still eating when I am done, then I put her back in her bed and let her finish with the lights out. I give her the pacifier and leave her alone. She will play or cry for a little bit, but if the room is dark she will usually go right back to sleep and sleep until 8 or 9am. Try feeding him, without talking to him, and make the room dark so that he still thinks its night time. Then tell Brian to be quiet when he gets up. I threaten Aaron with his life if he wakes up Jade while getting ready for work. :) Hope this helps.
Bryson is doing that same thing right now, and I am soo tired. That book sounds great!
To get him into the one nap schedule I did something extra fun and exciting just as he was getting tired in the morning, like playing outside or something else he loves. That way I buy an hour or two so he only takes one nap, but around 11. It only took a few days until he got the schedule down. But that didn't help this time.
Last time I went through this with him he was teething and a he was just hurting, so some medicine to help him out worked.
Also he doesn't take change well, so taking away the pacifier had him up at 5am. This time he won't take it back though. But in the past these few things have worked. So maybe I will try that book!
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