Early wake up time

Prime · June 2014

Over the last 2-3 weeks our some has decided that getting up at or before 5 is awesome. We obviously disagree. About twice a week we can get him to lay back down with one of us for awhile. Tried giving him a snack. Any one dealt with this with any success?

His bedtime is 8pm. Should that be later?

studyinpink · June 2014

We have had no luck with pushing e's wake up time back. We've tried everything for 2.5 years and nothing has worked.

Hopefully your little is not as stubborn as ours! I can't wait for when she's a teen and wants to sleep late!

Prime · June 2014

He just turned one. He has a morning nap that usually happens about 3 hours after he wakes up. That lasts 1-1.5 hours. And he gets about a 45 minute nap in the middle of the afternoon.

74dragonfly · June 2014

Try black out curtains. Also don't do any food or fun until at least six or else it is rewarding for them to be u p early.
But seriously black out curtains saved us

Prime · June 2014

I wouldn't have thought to make his bedtime earlier. Maybe we'll try that. Just hoping to make this situation a little better before we get farther in this pregnancy and my wife can't sleep anyway.

ShamyCooler · June 2014

I agree about making his bedtime earlier. DD is 3 (and really has always been a horrible sleeper) but it's always consistent for us that the later she goes to bed, the earlier she gets up. I hope you're able to get something figured out soon!

ILoveBoys · June 2014

Does he scream or throw a fit when he wakes up? If no, if let him happily have some alone time for a while. I agree with PP about trying an earlier bedtime. Good luck!

Prime · June 2014

6 or 7 would be ok with me. I'm usually up by 7 anyway.

Blanchette365 · June 2014

I think it is OK if he goes to bed at 8 pm.

Smootchy · June 2014

Try the goodnite lite. Can't hurt.

Smootchy · June 2014

I totally agree with @mbenit4 (per usual). At the very most a sip of water but no snacks or milk or anything and certainly no playing. We have room darkening shades, like the roll down thing not just the curtain, and that seems to help a lot.

secretsout · June 2014

For us, going to bed later means an earlier wake up time. It might be worth it to try a little bit earlier bedtime, just to see. I also think that we dropped the morning nap around 1 year, so you might want to experiment with that.

If he wakes up earlier than usual/normal, I just let him play in his crib. I never went and got him earlier unless he was upset--once he sees me, he wants to get out.

Prime · June 2014

We have room darkening curtains in the room already. We tried to start moving bedtime up by 15 minutes last night. That didn't go well. He flipped out and ended up not going to sleep until about 8:30.

He woke up this morning at 4 am and played in his crib until about 5. That's when he started screaming. He is definitely hungry at that time. His stomach was growling. He hasn't been eating well lately because of teeth or just general pickiness so maybe this is all related to that and we need to focus on what we do with him at that early morning time.

punkyshoester · June 2014

LO is an early bird - started when he was 16 months (ususally anywhere from 5-5:45) Sometimes we give him his binky and tell him to lay back down and that works with little success. Most times he is just up. I have tried to come to terms with it and hope it doesn't last forever. And coffee - lots of it.

Because he wakes up at the ass crack of dawn I try to make bed time earlier so he will get more sleep. Going to bed later has never effected the early wake up.

Smootchy · June 2014

you said he just turned one? He's already weaned off his night time bottle? how much solid food is he eating?

Maybe fill him up more during the day. I'm crabby if I wake up hungry too.

LnR70707 · June 2014

DS went through phases like that and I agree with making mornings as boring as possible. Sometimes I had no success, other times, something as simple as going up a size in his night time diaper put him back on schedule. If he isn't eating well, I'd make sure he has some milk before bed.

Prime · June 2014

Thanks everyone. Definitely have some things to consider. Couldn't bring his bedtime as early as 6 or I would basically never see him except on the weekends. We are looking at trying 7:30 though.

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