Sleep training

bumpuser511563

Ds goes to bed every night at 830 pm. but so far he has been getting up earlier and earlier. The earliest was 5 am. He would complain and whine until I pick him up. How can I get him to at least sleep in till 630 am?

Please help. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. TIA

jewelbride07

try putting him down earlier.  typically 7pm is the "suggested" bed time.  DD goes down between 6:30-7 and sleeps until 6-7am.

nicnjed

Ditto PP.  We go by Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. Based on sleep cycles/patterns, it's not unusual for a baby to wake up at 6, so when he was waking earlier we go in and get him a little later each day (so 5am wake-up, we'd go in at 5:15 for a day or two, then 5:15 wake-up and we'd go in at 5:30).  That didn't really work as one morning he'd wake at 5:15, then 5:45, then back to 5.  The second was what the book recommended- an earlier bedtime.  Worked like a charm after three or four days!  DS used to go to bed between 8-8:30 and now he's in bed between 7-7:30 and sleeps until 6:30 or 7.