STTN Situation
colemangal85
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Ok, so before you start to read, I'm not complaining - I'm just seeking some advice.
My LO has recently started STTN - I'm not sure if this is going to stick or if it is just a fluke but either way - I'm thankful.
But here's the problem, when I use to feed him in the MOTN - he would sleep til 8am or 8:30am. I'm not a morning person so even 8am is early for me but I won't complain.
The past two nights our LO STTN and now he is getting up at 7am! I know that pushing his bedtime later is not a solution but honestly I would rather get up for 20 minutes in the MOTN and get 1-1.5 more hours of sleep in the morning then get up early and stay in bed all night.
Did anyone else's LO start getting up earlier once they started STTN?
Our LO also seems sleepier during the day now that he is STTN. Odd.
Re: STTN Situation
Alternatively, I'm bedsharing with DS and around 2 or 3 he starts kicking me but he's still asleep. I get up and dream feed him and we go back to bed without the kicking. Maybe you could do something similar and dream feed to get your extra time in the morning.
This. Just be thankful that yours doesn't wake up at 5 am every morning. It's fine for work days, because I have to be at work at 6am... but I'd LOVE for her to sleep in until 7am on the weekends.
That said... the only two suggestions I have is to try and put him back down after the 7am feeding or try a later bedtime. In my experience though, the later bedtime doesn't make any difference. She's awake around the same time of morning no matter what I do.
If your LO is sleeping well, don't change it up. I even get up early on weekends, and you get used to it. My LO woke up an hour early today, so I was up for the day and doing laundry before 6am on a Saturday! It's not worth rocking the boat so you can get a little more sleep in the morning.
After DS eats around 4 AM, it's hit or miss whether he goes back to sleep. That's a bit too early for my liking. On days when he seems in or out, we snuggle in the guest bed together and I feed again at 5 which most of the time will help him sleep until 6. I'd love for him to continue sleeping 4-7 or something like that, but it's just not happening.
Most days we're up by 6, then he's back to sleep for his first nap around 7:30-8.
Oh, and he doesn't STTN, he's still waking for a feed between 12-1 with a 7:30-8 bedtime.
Yeah this happened to us too. Now that he's STTN (for the most part) he pushed his bedtime up to 5:30-6pm and wakes up at 5:20 on the dot every morning. Honestly I am thrilled with this new schedule and am terrified to do even one little thing differently for fear of messing it up.
I can sympathize with you though...I was so not a morning person before my baby. Can't believe I actually used to sleep in till 10 or 11, and now I consider 7am sleeping in! The only thing that keeps me motivated is my little guy is happiest in the morning, so that's nice to wake up to. And a coffee maker with an automatic timer, so you can set it up the night before and your coffee is magically ready when you get up. Sorry, none of this is really a solution....but I would suggest finding ways to help yourself cope with the early mornings rather than mess with the baby's sleep habits.
This is pretty much what I was thinking. No matter what time my little guy goes to bed he has NEVER slept later than 7 am. I'm okay with that...it's just part of being a mom. Gotta take the bad with the good.
After about a week of that she would sttn from about 7:3011pm then about midnight730 or 8am.
After she turned 3months old we decided if she started to roll over we would not want her arms couped up in a swaddle so we quit using that. Then she was up every 23 hours again.
Our Pedi suggested doing a wake up routine like we do our nighttime routine. Every night around 7:30pm we do nighttime lotion, change her intoto her nightie, read a book, then we rock her to sleep. She usually stays asleep until approx 5530am. I will feed her then she will be slightly awake like she wants to be up for the day but I keep the lights out except her night light and rock her back to sleep. She usually then will wake up anywhere between 78. That's when I do our morning routine of morning lotion, changed her clothes for the day, and turn lights on. It's amazing!
I realize all babies aren't like this but an idea if you didn't have nighttime and daytime routines set up! Hope this helps!