How to chang wake up time?

mom2ll

My weekend alone was NOT worth it.  Luca woke up at 5:30 yestrday and 6:00 today..  He was sleeping until  7:00 before they left.  Any suggestions to get him to sleep longer.  We are putting him to be the same time we always have...  Yesterday he only took 1 - 30 min nap and was a total carank pot the entire evening.   I feel like a zombie...  Any ideas to get him back to the 7:00 wake up?

TexasSmith

It may just take him a little time to readjust from being out of town. Also, we've moved Natalie's bedtime from 7 to 7:30 and she's sleeping maybe 15-20 minutes later.

horn_jm@hotmail.com

Hopefully he'll readjust (like TexasSmith said) soon... especially with getting naps back to normal - sleep begets sleep. ?Occasionally DS will go back down for me if I tell him it's still "night night" time and everyone is sleeping. ?Good luck!

savannah11

We recently moved Orion's bedtime back a half hour to get him sleep in a little longer.  He was starting to consistently wake up at 5:00-5:30 and that was just not okay.  It seems to have worked. 

kbv

Did our sons talk over the weekend or something?!  Alex "used" to be an early riser...and then slowly started sleeping in until 7am!  Then when he got pneumonia he slept in until 7:15am and once he was better it continued.  I dont know what happened, but now he is getting up at 5:30am. 

Anyway, from what I've read (mainly from Healthy sleep habits) its the nap that can actually throw things off.  I think Alex just wasnt napping as long as he should have been.  He goes to daycare so I cant really control it.  Also, if I put him down even 15 min earlier to bed i think that helps.  Too much earlier than his bedtime and he wont go to sleep.  So, maybe try working on longer naps and a slightly earlier bedtime.  GL!