Anyone leave their baby in the crib in the morning until a certain time?

carrie4g · December 2008

We have an early riser in our house. We've pushed back his wake up from 4:50 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. but we'd like to get to 6 a.m. DH wants to leave him in the crib until 6:30 a.m. Meaning any time he wakes up he has to stay in the crib until 6:30 a.m. even if he's crying on and off. has anyone tried this and was a it successful? I'm conflicted b/c I sort of feel like at 5:30 am he's gotten a good nights rest and has a wet diaper and is hungry (we don't feed him until 6:30 am). He goes to bed at 7;30 am. Any suggestions would be helpful. thanks!

loquinn · December 2008

DS used to be a very early riser- between 5-5:30am. I didn't really do anything to get him to sleep longer, I figured he was hungry...Then he just started sleeping later...Right around the 8-9 month mark. He now sleeps from 7:30pm-6:30/7:30am depending on if I wake him. I NEVER thought I'd get to wake HIM up to get him ready! Be patient and it will probably just happen naturally.

vanillacourage · December 2008

carrie4g:
I'm conflicted b/c I sort of feel like at 5:30 am he's gotten a good nights rest and has a wet diaper and is hungry (we don't feed him until 6:30 am).

Um, this. Part of parenthood is not getting as much sleep as you used to. Your child is not old enough to understand what is going on.

JaysGrl32903 · December 2008

IMO if you're baby wakes up and is crying and crying, he wants something. My DD wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night and will either talk to herself or wimper a little bit and then go back to sleep. If she cries loudly in the middle of the night, I give her about 5 mins to see if she'll go back to sleep...if not I get up to see what she needs.

jeffs_baker · December 2008

you could try moving ds's bedtime up a little and hope he sleeps later. but i wouldn't leave dc to cry i bed. after a full night's sleep, they are ready to play! not all dc's are late sleepers... we just have to adjust.

carrie4g · December 2008

Ooops! Sorry Vanillacourage. I should have mentioned that he wakes up and is happy for about an hour but then super cranky and ready to nap at 7 a.m. Yes, I am willing to forgo sleep for my child but I think he needs the rest. Just even 30 more minutes.

JennDave+1 · December 2008

DS has been waking earlier lately 5/5:30 rather than 7 like he use to. He goes to bed at 7:00. I tried putting him to bed a bit later and that didn't work. Sometimes I can get him to go back to sleep others we are up for the day. I feed him at 6:30.

jeffs_baker · December 2008

JennDave+1:
DS has been waking earlier lately 5/5:30 rather than 7 like he use to. He goes to bed at 7:00. I tried putting him to bed a bit later and that didn't work. Sometimes I can get him to go back to sleep others we are up for the day. I feed him at 6:30.

Try putting dc to bed earlier, not later.

What if you bring dc to bed with you when he wakes up? I can get an extra hour out of dd if I bring her to bed with us or if we snuggle into her glider.

RobynandJason050706 · December 2008

Why does your DH want him in his crib for this amount of time?? I dont understand? If the baby wakes up at 530 and is up then guess what its time to get up and change him and feed him. Sorry dont have suggestions. When our baby wakes in the morning we take him out of his crib and do what we need to do.

Sip_Sip · December 2008

No, he's up because it ounds like he's getting plenty of sleep. I'd play with his bed time more.

Bride_Best · December 2008

Chase hangs out in his crib until he's ready to get up. By this I mean that he plays and talks a bit in the mornings. Sometimes he'll wake up at 5:30 and talk a bit and then go back to sleep. If he cries, I go in and get him, but he enjoys some quiet play with himself. I guess everyone is different, but more of the time he's only in there for maybe 30 minutes until we get him. All depends on the "signals" he's sending out.

thomas&lynn · December 2008

See, I dont' know about this whole leave them in thier crib thing. For one, they are still awake and I'd totally love to know whose baby actually falls back asleep when they wake at, say 5, instead of 6? It's not like they woke at 3 instead of 6 and probably need more sleep! I think this idea hinges on the hope baby will get, what, bored? Yeah....my kid sleeps when she's bored ALL the time. lol

That said, I simply don't want to move my tired old body out of bed if/when she wakes before 6am so I have been known to leave her in there anyway. No, she NEVER just goes back to sleep, and no it's not helped her learn to stay asleep longer. It simply prolongs the inevitable, that being my early start

ETA: When I say I "leave her in there anyway" what I mean is I leave her in there as long as she is happy/playing!!

Jaimers375 · December 2008

We leave him in this crib 30-45 minutes in the morning. He's happy, playing, talking, etc...Sometimes he'll fall back to sleep for another hour or so. As long as he's not crying we let him be and we can get a few more minutes of zzzs.

dishy1206 · December 2008

DD is the same way. I just get up, change her, feed her, play for about 10 mins and she goes back to sleep in her pack and play for approx. 1-2 hours. While she's sleeping I usually snooze on the couch.

Dec31stBride · December 2008

We don't have a magic time, but def do not run to get DS if we hear him at 5:30 - we'll ignore for awhile - sometimes he falls back to sleep, and if not, we get him.

John's Mom · December 2008

for the last 5 months, my son has been STTN, but his morning was starting between 430-500. He would go to bed between 730-8. Everyone's first response was to tell me to put him to bed later (which had already tried). It is funny that people think that! If you read sleep books, they actually tell you to put your child to bed earlier, not later.

This week, after adjusting his bed time earlier/later, etc. We pushed it back to 6:15-6:30 and it seems to be working! He has slept until 6:00-6:30 this week, which is amazing for him.

I know how hard it is to get up that early and yes, we all realize the sacrifices we were going to make when we had a baby! It was hard for me because he wasn't waking up happy, etc. He actually needed more sleep...and so did I!

We also added a warm, heavier blanket and tucked him in. He was already sleeping in footed pjs, undershirt and a sleep sack....

I don't know. I know what it feels like to be up at 430ish in the morning..it is not fun and it is frustrating!

John's Mom · December 2008

I forgot to say, that we also picked a time and decided we wouldn't go in there if he was up and "fussy". Fussy is the key word here...If he was screaming his lungs out, like he needed something, etc. Then I would go in there, but if was just "whining" than I stuck to my time. It worked for us as well. My son doesn't wake up and want to play in his bed and talk to himself.

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