Whose LO is an early riser?

IrishCoffee7 · March 2011

This kid is trying to kill me! He started waking up at 4:30...when it became clear he wasn't going back to sleep I had DH get up and change him and just bring him in to bed to nurse so I could at least keep my eyes closed for another half hour. This is becoming way too common of an occurence. I work with him as much as I can to keep his naps on schedule so he'll stay up until 7 or so, but his internal clock wants him to go to bed at 6:30 and get up by 5 no matter what I do.

I am starting to look like a zombie.

J+MS · March 2011

I thought 6:30-7 was early, sorry hecks

jmb527 · March 2011

My LO was sleeping until 7:30-8, now recently she has moved it back to 6ish and today 4:30 am

It is awful. She went to bed much earlier than normal last night so I am thinking that was why...ugghhh. I am with you on the zombie feeling today.

hermione76 · March 2011

J+MS:
I thought 6:30-7 was early, sorry hecks

This

hermione76 · March 2011

J+MS:
I thought 6:30-7 was early, sorry hecks

This

NoCode10 · March 2011

J+MS:
I thought 6:30-7 was early, sorry hecks

This exactly. 4:30? I can't even imagine.

Jinsy80 · March 2011

Wow, yeah 7am is about DD2's wake-up time.

SimoneSays22 · March 2011

Uh, yeah, I've been b!tching about 6 a.m. I'm sorry.

I also can't keep DS up past 7:30 p.m. We get him ready for bed and nurse at 7 p.m. and even that's keeping him up longer than he wants, I think. Yesterday, he got up at 5:45 a.m. and I said hells no. I brought him into bed with me and nursed him and then he slept longer, thank God.

czaja125 · March 2011

Oi! I'm in the same boat. DD wakes up every morning at 5.

J+MS- I'm jealous of you!

Tink0910 · March 2011

My DS has been getting up early too. And he struggles to stay up until 7:00 and we try everything. He is just exhausted (he does not really nap much). I feel your pain!

ILoveRunning · March 2011

I'll join you in the zombie mommy club. DS had been sleeping 7/3/7, then added in a midnight waking (7/12/3/7), then he decided that sleeping in until 7am was old news and started waking up between 4:30 and 5:30. When he wakes us up (he is in a co-sleeper next to the bed) I look over and he gives me the gummiest, cutest smile so I can't even be upset. DH is sleeping on the couch so I take the feedings during the night (we EBF), and then DH will be rested enough to play with DS when he wakes up uber early.

detokiet · March 2011

He's normally up between 5 and 6. If he's not up by the time I'm showered and dressed during the week, I wake him up (so around 5:30). Weekends usually mean he's up at 5, but oh well, DH and I trade off sleeping in. This morning, however, he was up at 3:15. And wouldn't go back to sleep until his SECOND bottle at 6am. I'm dragging today.

sillypit · March 2011

Sounds close to Lainey's schedule, she goes down around 6:40 or so and is up by 5, she'll sometimes go back to sleep till 6:30. I get up at 5 to get ready for work anyways but the weekends suck.

ILoveRunning · March 2011

heckysue:
ILoveRunning:
I'll join you in the zombie mommy club. DS had been sleeping 7/3/7, then added in a midnight waking (7/12/3/7), then he decided that sleeping in until 7am was old news and started waking up between 4:30 and 5:30. When he wakes us up (he is in a co-sleeper next to the bed) I look over and he gives me the gummiest, cutest smile so I can't even be upset. DH is sleeping on the couch so I take the feedings during the night (we EBF), and then DH will be rested enough to play with DS when he wakes up uber early.
Yeah it's annoying because I EBF so I have to take him and DH leaves for work by 7, so by the time I feed and change C there's not really time for DH to take him and let me sleep in. Plus, I am off Wednesday and work on Saturdays so I'm doing this 6 days a week. The only day I can possibly sleep in is Sunday. Once in awhile I go back to bed during his morning nap on Wednesdays but usually I have too much going on by then.

That really sucks. Hopefully the 4 month wakefulness will pass quickly for you. Can you move your bedtime earlier? I've been in bed by 9:30 the past two nights and that seems to have helped a bit.

floridakat · March 2011

I read an article that says you can use Daylight Savings Time to your benefit with early risers this weekend. If you keep them on their body clock versus the time clock, you may be able to shift their schedule an hour later. (So, bedtime is an hour later according to the clock, and their wake up time should also be an hour later.)

It's worth a try!

hoping4sticky · March 2011

Am I bad that when my DD wakes up at 4:30 (like this morning) I ignore her unless she cries? She has recently started waking up and happily chatting to herself, which she will do for about an hour until she is hungry and then cry.

For your original question, I have a crapshoot. Sometimes if I stick her in bed with me she will go back to sleep until 8-8:30, sometimes it is up at 6.

hippotree · March 2011

It should start to feel a little better after Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend. Right? I hope?

Henry has never been a late sleeper. I high-five myself if he sleeps past 6:30. There have been plenty of times when he was up at 4:30. It will get better - I feel for ya.

ILoveRunning · March 2011

hoping4sticky:
Am I bad that when my DD wakes up at 4:30 (like this morning) I ignore her unless she cries? She has recently started waking up and happily chatting to herself, which she will do for about an hour until she is hungry and then cry.
For your original question, I have a crapshoot. Sometimes if I stick her in bed with me she will go back to sleep until 8-8:30, sometimes it is up at 6.

I don't see anything wrong with that, as long as she is happy. We tried letting DS hang out by himself in the co-sleeper for a while, but it seemed to throw his whole routine off for the rest of the day.

aabreu32 · March 2011

Yup - I am now dealing with the 4:30 to 5:30 a.m. wake up time. Don't know what happened. For awhile DD would sleep until at least 6:30 and sometimes 7:30

aabreu32 · March 2011

hoping4sticky:

Am I bad that when my DD wakes up at 4:30 (like this morning) I ignore her unless she cries? She has recently started waking up and happily chatting to herself, which she will do for about an hour until she is hungry and then cry.

For your original question, I have a crapshoot. Sometimes if I stick her in bed with me she will go back to sleep until 8-8:30, sometimes it is up at 6.

I did this this a.m. - I admit. DD woke up at 4:30 a.m. and I let her go until almost 5:30 as she was not crying. I was hoping she might fall back asleep. I went in when it was clear she was fully awake and definitely not going back to sleep.

IncogNeato · March 2011

She usually sleeps from 7ish- 3, then 3-5:00. Sometimes I can coax her back to sleep until 6:30/7:30 but not always....

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