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HELP-why is my LO getting up at 4AM?

TTC76TTC76
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So my DD is 16 months old and has always been an early riser but for the last few days-almost week she has been getting up at 4-430.She does go to bed early, but we have tried moving her bedtime and she still gets up early-with less sleep.

We accept a 5-5:30 wake up but this 4am business is a bit too much to handle.

Any ideas?

TIA 

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Re: HELP-why is my LO getting up at 4AM?

  • suscqsuscq

    Teething, growth spurt, or loud noise you aren't hearing would be my best guesses.

    Teething pain will wake DD up (her canines are coming in now, so we give her advil before bed to prevent it.)

    Are you using a sound machine?  If not, you may have a neighbor leaving for work or some kind of loud noise that isn't waking you up, but she can hear.  Our neighbor has a very loud truck and leaves for work at 5am.  It wakes me up some mornings, but DD's room is right next to their house and she sleeps through it with the sound machine on.

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  • jennylynne_01jennylynne_01
    What time does your LO go to bed? Unless she's going to bed at 6pm then I can't imagine that she's getting enough sleep if she is waking up for the day at 4 or 5am. What is your lo doing when she wakes up? My lo was doing this and waking up crying until she got her sippy of milk. We slowly weaned her off the early am milk by slowly decreasing the amount of milk in that 4am cup and always giving her nighttime snack right before bath and bedtime. That worked tremendously. Do you think she's hungry, thirsty? Also we live near a highway and I think the early morning traffic can wake her sometimes. If that's the case though, the sound machine is a great idea. I think I am going to invest in one and see how it goes. Does she have any bumps on her gums that could be bothering her from teething? Does she take naps? Sorry if I'm asking you a hundred questions, just trying to help! :)
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  • TTC76TTC76

    imagejennylynne_01:
    What time does your LO go to bed? Unless she's going to bed at 6pm then I can't imagine that she's getting enough sleep if she is waking up for the day at 4 or 5am. What is your lo doing when she wakes up? My lo was doing this and waking up crying until she got her sippy of milk. We slowly weaned her off the early am milk by slowly decreasing the amount of milk in that 4am cup and always giving her nighttime snack right before bath and bedtime. That worked tremendously. Do you think she's hungry, thirsty? Also we live near a highway and I think the early morning traffic can wake her sometimes. If that's the case though, the sound machine is a great idea. I think I am going to invest in one and see how it goes. Does she have any bumps on her gums that could be bothering her from teething? Does she take naps? Sorry if I'm asking you a hundred questions, just trying to help! :)

     

    Do not worry about all the questions, I can use any help I can get.So she is in bed by 6PM and she is teething, and I have given her motrin in the past before that.She will take a bottle but it does not seem as though she is starving.I hate to do ferber with her for mornings.But I want her to know that 5 is the earliest mommy is going to take her out. The noise is a good point,I have to look into that-since her room is on the other side of our apartment. 

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