My boys have recently started getting up around 5:30 (even just 30 minutes is more tolerable for all). In Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child, the dr suggests actually putting them down earlier in order to get a better night sleep. But, the boys already go down at 7 and they do STTN.
They start off around 5:30 chatting and then starts the crying and even if they wanted to go back to sleep, they're brother is in their going crazy. But, when I get them up, they're SOOOO tired (yawning, rubbing eyes). I think I could give them a bottle and they'd go right back to sleep but I feel like that's going backwards.
We tried a little earlier bedtime tonight so we'll see if that makes a difference.
Any words of advice?
Re: Has "earlier to bed later to rise" really worked for anyone?
It definitely has worked for us, but that is going from a 10pm bedtime to around 8pm. We have been trying to get them closer to 7pm for several weeks now but it just never seems to work no matter how early we start the bedtime routine.
Mine are much younger than yours though and its too early to say if they really are STTN for good.
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