How to handle double wake up times?

Cyrbia

What do you do when your youngest wakes up to eat at an early time then you'd like (like 5am) and that wakes up your older child who refuses to go back to sleep?

DS has screamed in his crib to the point that I go get him and bring him into DD's room until I'm done feeding and changing her, put her back to sleep...but then I'm up for the day, exhausted.

I don't think I can take it any longer...so tired...

howleyshell

Lots of white noise.

We ran a humidifier in the toddler's room, a box fan in the hall, and the fan in the bathroom next to the toddler's room to make sure the baby's crying didn't wake him up.

 

HarrietNJMommy

Can you have your DH help with your older one? That's how it's done in my house. If the girls wake in the middle of the night for any reason, then he takes care of it. I'm on "DS duty" every night (he's 10.5 months and not STTN yet).

It's hard, but it does get better.

My girls are very heavy sleepers so it's been rare that DS has woken them up, but they do wake up from nightmares.........

GL! 

MrsPreK

howleyshell:

Lots of white noise.

We ran a humidifier in the toddler's room, a box fan in the hall, and the fan in the bathroom next to the toddler's room to make sure the baby's crying didn't wake him up.

 

This is what we did for the first few weeks and I'd PRAY that DD's cries would not wake up DS. 

Now they get up at the same time. 

jsugrin

I agree with the white noise.  #1 is a very light sleeper and in addition to a sound machine in his room we put one in the hall also (the boys rooms are right across from each other).  Also if you don't have a monitor for the baby I'd get one and put it right by your head so you're up and in there before things get too noisy.  Also if I'm up with the baby then DH is in charge of getting to #1 and trying to get him back to sleep.