XP Sippy in the crib

doggie mama

DD has always been an early riser. Putting her to bed earlier doesn't help. She'll go  through periods where she'll sleep til six, which seems to give her enough sleep. I don't expect her to sleep later than that, and that works for us anyway. She's usually down by 7, 7:15. Sometimes she'll wake at 5 or 5:30, and then it gets progressively earlier. I've been making her wait until six before I go get her, but sometimes she's really crying and I don't want to do that. Today she was crying at 5, so I went in there and gave her a sippy of water. That quieted her down, and I think she actually drifted off for a little while until six. So I'm wondering if I should leave a sippy of water in the crib with her. The thing is, I don't want her soaking through her diaper. She typically doesn't, but she did a couple times for the first time this past week. There isn't really a way I could set one right outside her crib, and besides I don't really want her reaching around outside the crib anyway. But if she's just thirsty, and could have a drink when she wakes up and then fall back asleep, maybe that would be okay. But then I don't want this to become an issue when we're potty training. Thoughts?

doggie mama

It doesn't seem to be related to when she's wet or dry. I did buy some nighttime diapers to try, and the next size up as well.

britbratjf

Is she working on a new skill? Teeth? Both these things I notice lead to earlier wake up times for Dagny but it goes away after a couple days.

doggie mama

If it's a phase, it's a long ass phase! I thought she might be hungry, so I started giving her a bedtime snack and that seemed to help... for a while. Then we went right back to it. I bought one of those sleep training clocks; I think she's still too young, but it maybe it'll get her used to it. But I haven't tried it yet. I'm worried that daylight savings will have her getting up even earlier.

I don't expect her to sleep til 7 or 8, and that wouldn't work for us anyway. I don't have any particular objection to 5:30, or even 5 but the problem is then it continually creeps earlier and earlier (4:45, 4:30) and besides, I don't think it's enough sleep.

britbratjf

Does she have a lovey? Maybe put some stuffed animals in the crib for her to play with? Sometimes Dagny will wake up, play with her stuffed animals for a bit and then fall back asleep for another hour.

doggie mama

Oh yes, she has Lu, her stuffed lion and she loves to chew on his face. I think I'm even more screwed than usual tonight with daylight savings, which I didn't think to prepare for.