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any tips for "helping" LO sleep in a bit later........

Rolos_girlRolos_girl
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I know every LO is different, and it may be a case of 'it is what it is", but thought I would ask to see if you know of any tips to help out..............

 LO used to sleep 8pm to 6 or 7 am.......that was for a few weeks. Then, all of a sudden, she started waking up at 5 am, on the dot. Like an alarm clock. Now, some mornings she will even wake up at 4:30...... :-(   Ugh!  I miss the 6 or 7......I can do 6 am, but 4:30 or 5 is a bit painful.

If there is nothing I can do, oh well. But I am up for trying almost anything.......

any thoughts???

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Re: any tips for "helping" LO sleep in a bit later........

  • Dreamsicle23Dreamsicle23 member

    I just posted this below too.

    I DO NOT take DS out of his crib before 6 a.m. unless something is seriously wrong.  I give him back the paci or seahorse and go back to bed.  Sometimes he does, sometimes he'll fuss for over an hour.  He's never resorted to hard crying, but even if he did I would not change what I do. 

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  • doremi29doremi29 member
    imageDreamsicle23:

    I just posted this below too.

    I DO NOT take DS out of his crib before 6 a.m. unless something is seriously wrong.  I give him back the paci or seahorse and go back to bed.  Sometimes he does, sometimes he'll fuss for over an hour.  He's never resorted to hard crying, but even if he did I would not change what I do. 

    This is what we do now, as well.  DS used to wake up at 5am everyday.  It got old quick!  He now wakes at 6am most days.  Sometimes he'll wake a little before 6 and like Dreamsicle, we don't go in.  Sometimes he cries, fusses, falls back to sleep- regardless we don't go in.

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  • Rolos_girlRolos_girl

    I never go in right when she wakes up..............always wait at least 20-30 mins. Sometimes try to wait an hour.

    But that doesnt seem to stop her from waking at 5 am.on the dot.every day!

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  • rlscheckrlscheck member
    DD did this for a while.  I'd take her out to the living room, keep the room dark, lay on the couch with her and give her a quiet toy to play with.  I'd try and limit interaction with her as well.  After about an hour she'd get tired and I'd put her back to bed and she would sleep another 2 - 4 hours.  This only lasted a couple of weeks.
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  • shirlsshirls
    DS did this for a few days a week ago. I just nursed him and then laid him back down. He would eventually go back asleep. He is back to his normal waking time now.
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  • BamBam510BamBam510 member
    I'm going through this now too, I will usually leave him for a bit, he'll often play/talk to himself for a while, but then he'll start crying and I'll try letting him cry for 10min to see if he'll go back to sleep, but he doesn't.  And if I go in there and give him his paci/seahorse and walk out, he'll start screaming harder.   Maybe I'll give it another shot and see what happens because I'm sick of the 4:30-5am wake up calls.
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