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Sleep easy and baby waking too early for the day

MrsSilkyMrsSilky
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I'm trying to establish a nap schedule for my DD that is turning 6 mths tomorrow but maybe I'm going about it wrong or trying to early.  She generally goes to sleep between 6:30pm and 7pm and wakes anywhere from 5am- 7am (sometimes earlier).  She will have a few good days where she will wake up at 6:30am and we have a consistent nap schedule (8:30am, 1pm, 4:30pm naps).

However, she always starts wake up earlier and earlier as the days go on, thus changing the nap routine.  Am I making the mistake by not waking her up myself in the mornings?  What do I do on mornings when she wakes up before she should?

The Sleep easy book says not to let them nap earlier if they wake up earlier int he morning. So if the first nap should be 2 hours after wake time then would I be stretching it to 3 hours of wake time if she gets up at 5am on those "off days"?  I honestly can't keep her up for 3 hours because she is so tired but the rest of the day her naps suck because she's off. She also will not CIO after 5am and I feel like she needs to eat after 10+hours of sleep.  

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Re: Sleep easy and baby waking too early for the day

  • SocialworkgirlSocialworkgirl member
    I'm not doing sleep training but have been having the same issue.  What has seemed to work best for me is to feed her when she wakes up and then try to get her to go right back to sleep if she wakes at 6 or earlier.  I put her in her swing to get her to go back to sleep.  Sometimes she goes back to sleep and when she does will usually sleep til 7:30 or so.  Sometimes she doesn't and eventually will start fussing and I go get her if it doesn't seem like she will go back to sleep.  I know this is probably not consistent with sleep easy so it may not be very helpful.  Also DD is a terrible napper so I probably shouldn't be giving advice about this to anyone.
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  • forestdancerforestdancer member

    I do sleep easy for bed but not naps. It was going great now having same problem waking up earlier. Because of that she takes longer naps. Maybe I need to try and lessen the naps? But I do not want her over tired for bed time. Not sure what to do.  I was actually going to post this myself.

    i should be happy she sleeps that long at night but I know she's still tired. I even tried putting to bed 15 mins later. She actually woke 15 mins earlier.   

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  • nicole0066nicole0066 member
    I would not keep your baby awake if they are tired.  An overtired baby will actually end up sleeping less.  Ever heard the saying sleep begets sleep?  Is it becoming an issue for reasons other than staying on a schedule.  Adults dont do the same thing day after day so it is a lot to expect our LOs to do the same.  If she wakes and is just playing you could let her hang out for a bit before getting her up.  My LO often has early morning chat fests but will sometimes put herself back to sleep.  If she is crying I go get her.
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  • unaveragejaneunaveragejane member
    I finally had to ignore the SleepEasy rule about not putting DS down earlier if he woke earlier. His naptimes are never a consistent length, so I just go generally by awake times of 2 hours b/n first two naps, then 2-2.5 hours between 2nd and 3rd nap (if he takes 3 naps). The absolute best days for us are when he takes two good long naps and goes to be around 7:00. The hard days are when he takes 3 short naps b/c he is worn out cranky by bedtime. I think SleepEasy says he should be down to 2 naps by now, but that would keep him awake for 6 hours some days. You just have to go with the flow sometimes.
                 

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  • mscandymanmscandyman member
    This is my DD to a tee!  Same schedule and doing the exact same thing.  I don't mind getting up at 6 or later, but anything in the 5 o'clock hour makes everyone cranky.  So for the past couple of nights, instead of starting bedtime at 6:30 or 6:45, I've been starting at 6PM.  First night, she slept til 6:15AM.  This morning, she woke at 4:45, I fed her, and she went back down til 7:15.  I'm definitely going to keep trying this method for at least 4 - 5 more days to see if these results keep coming.  Although it sucks to put her down so early (husband only gets to see her in the morning), we both agree that extra hour in the morning is worth it.
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  • MrsSilkyMrsSilky
    Thanks for all the responses and input.  I definitely don't need her little cranky booty to get any worse.  I have been going with the flow, but I was trying to go with "the book" and make things easier but it looks like we may just have to ride it out and continue to go with her cues.
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