Hi moms,
Our near 10month old baby girl started to wake up between 4 am and 5:30 am no matter what time she is put down to bed. We tried as early 6pm and as late as 8:3pm. She was a good sleeper until recently. She used to go down at 7 and then awake around 6am. This morning she woke up at 4. I let her just chat and complain for about 20 minutes and finally took her out of the crib and held her (didn't want to be put down and play) and then at about 5am, she nursed and went back to sleep until 7:45 this morning. If she wakes at 5am or later, she will not go back to sleep until her morning nap around 9am. She has two naps - 1.5hour in the morning and 1.5 hour in the afternoon. Even on days when she missed her afternoon nap and I have pushed her bedtime to 8pm, she still wakes up early. Is this a phase that she will eventually outgrow or do I have an early bird and I should just plan to wake up at 5am?
Thanks.
Sounds to me like YEAST OVERGROWTH "CANDIDA" I would add probiotics to his milk or formula as well as some Colostrum!!! Good Luck!!!
love, G.. :0)
Just keep her bedtime consistent and she should go back to her regular wake time eventually. My 2 1/2 year old who has always been an amazing sleeper would do this every once in awhile. We thought is was related to teething or a she was learning a new developmental skill (crawling, walking etc..)
It is a phase, but I know that's still frustrating since you don't know how long to expect it to last! My son (now 3) was never a good sleeper & always an early riser (between 5 & 6AM). Thankfully his uber-early mornings were few & far between, but even now he's just a kid that does not need a lot of sleep.
One thing I would have done differently on those mornings is NOT just get up & start my day with him. I would just give him food, start getting ready myself, etc. even thought I didn't "want" him to be up that early.
If you can, try & bring her into bed with you or comfort her for a bit & then try laying her back down. The point is to try to enforce YOUR morning rules with her, not to allow her to control how things go. She's a bit young, so it may not work, but try it for a few mornings & see what happens.
Definitely stick to the earlier bedtime, regardless of when she's waking up or what her naps were like. I read every sleep book out there during my son's first year because of how terribly he slept & that was absolutely consistent advice: an early bedtime. Anything later than 7:30 tends to be "too late" even though they may not be showing signs of tiredness. She may not fall to sleep right away, but again, you're wanting to keep her to a sleep routine.
Whatever routine you decide to stick with, remember to be consistent for at least a week & up to 2 weeks before changing things up again. It IS frustrating but I feel like we're now reaping the benefits of all our frustrating work with my son: no fighting naps or bedtime, in bed by 7PM, asleep (usually) by 7:30, sleeps through the night & is up between 5:30 & 6:30AM. He will always be an early riser, but he knows I'M not getting out of bed until 6AM.
Good luck!!
My now 1yr old daughter started doing the same thing around 9 months and still does. I go in nurse her and put her back down and she falls back to sleep until between 6.30-7am. Days she wakes up closer to 5.30am this works less well and sometimes on those days I take her into our room feed her and then sit her on the floor with a toy. I don't get to go back to sleep fully but at least I can doze another 30-45mins while she amuses herself.
C.
Hi H.,
For my almost 2 year old it was a phase. At around 9 months she would either cry if we stepped away from her crib at bedtime or wake up around 4am and cry because she was not able to see us. She wasn't hungry and didn't want to play either, she just HAD to see us. around 10.5 months she grew out of that phase... But within weeks she learnedhow to walk and refused to sleep because she was so excited with walking!! lol. Well I hope it doesn't last long, it may seem like an eternity when your sleep is compromised.. But it wont be!
Good Luck,
C.
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Hi H.,
It is a phase that she is going through. My son did the same thing at the same age. He is now 18 mos old and sleeping like a real baby. One long nap for 2-3 hours in the daytime and at night he sleeps from 9 pm to 8 am. It will get better. Hang in there.
I am having the same problem!
