My son is 9 1/2 months and is a great sleeper. He takes 2 naps a day usually totaling 3 hours and sleeps about 10 hours at night. Lately he's been waking at 4:20am instead of his usual 5am. He goes to bed by 6:30pm. He's just an early little guy. My pediatrican suggested putting him to bed 15 min earlier, which I tried and it worked for about 3 nights. Today he's back to up at 4:20am!!! I'm tired! Has anyone had this experience? I should also mention that when he wakes he's usually either wet through the diaper or his diaper weighs 10lbs. I already put him in the next size up diaper to account for this. I don't know what else to try. I've looked into overnight diapers, but he's only 20lbs.
I'd definately say he's drinking too much at night. Cut back or just give him water and it will probably make a world of difference. Good luck
Why would they tell you to put him to bed earlier to wake up later? That just doesn't make sense to me??? My daughter goes to bed at 9pm, and sleeps untill 9am. So maybe try keeping him up later. Also, the sun coming in the window can wake kids up. Try blackout curtains.
My daughter is 9 1/2 months also and shes going through that same thing only she is waking up at 3 am. So.. I feel your pain! What Ive been doing is letting her get alot of floor time playing and crawling and then I give her her bath , reaqd a book at put her to bed. It seems to work most nights.
It seems the messy diaper bothers him, as it would us, maybe hes drinking too much after the evening hours roll about and just needs to cut back some ... as for the 40 minute change, i guess a growing stage sort of thing???
I just had a few ideas. I know you have had a lot of responces but i was hoping this might help. It sounds to me that he may be ready to go to one nap a day. Dont get too discouraged this may be a difficult process as his clock resets. Try doing physical activities when he would normally be taking his morning nap and by noon he will be ready to sleep. this will also mean that his nap will be slightly longer giving you more time in one sitting for you which is very important. he probibly wont be ready for bed by six thirty but should have no problem going to bed by seven or seven thirty. I know every child is different but from my experience with my son (who is the early one) and nap time it was worth the trouble. another suggestion is to wait a few more weeks untill we change clocks. It will be easier to try it all at once than to get his on a new sched. and then change it.
If he's soaked, its no wonder hes waking up..the older they get, the more their bladder holds, the more they fill the diaper..is there anyway you could change his diaper before you go to bed without completely waking him? My kids slept in just a shirt and diaper so that i could change them without to much trouble and was able to do it without waking them..if hes dry he may sleep longer..also you may want to stretch the time between his naps during the day, so that hes taking his last nap about 30-45 minutes later, enabling you to lay him down around 7..which will allow him to sleep a little longer in the mornings.
My son is 19 mos. old at that age my solution was to put my son to bed at 9pm he would sleep until 9am and still take two naps during the day. The hard part was letting him cry at night because he was nursed and wanted to nurse to sleep. I started feeding him 30 mins to an hour before bed and that really seemed to help him. He fought sleeping for about the first week or two, and took up to 30 mins to go to bed. He adores his crib now and will stand in front of it and tell me night night when he's tired. But as they say every child is different so you just have to try what feels right to you. I know it's hard to let your baby cry but it's really hard on you to be without sleep too!!!
Everyone is different.Maybe his clock has changed.That sounds like a lot of sleep to me on a reg. day.and night.The dr. doesn't have to deal with this at home so it is easy for him to say.Really.Let him tell you when he is sleepy or tired.He will soon be a year old and some babies just take one nap a day at this stage.Don't try so hard and follow his lead for a while and see if you can make both of you happier. sl
Well, for my daughter I started letting her take one nap a day instead of 2 and 6:30 seems a little early for him to be going to bed. Maybe put him to bed around 7:30 and then he'll sleep longer, that is if he can last til 7:30. Think about when you go to bed to early, you end up waking up earlier than you usually do so he might be the same way. Their habits change as they get older. My daughters now are 4 and 3 and gave up naps on their own, they will not take one but they go to bed around 7 or 8 and they sleep til 7. My daughter does lay down at school during naptime but doesn't sleep. Cutting back on naps or letting him stay up a little longer will help. The less he gets during the day the more he'll get at night and morning. But if you want him to still have his 2 naps a day then I suggest since he does take 2 naps and it is about 3 hours all together then let him stay up longer at night. To much sleep is probably whats waking him up so early.
Try diaper doublers (available at Babies R Us and Food Lion) They are like thick sanitary napkins for babies and double the holding capacity of your diapers. This worked for our daughter, whose wet diaper would wake her up (who can blame her :) )
My son is 21 months and I have been in your shoes with the early rising at a few different stages in his development. My son is a great sleeper as well, 1 nap 2-3 hrs long, and sleeps 11 hrs a night. He goes to bed around 7:15, 7:30 now. Your pediatrician is right on with the early bed time. As for the wetness, I would put two diapers on my son. His regular diaper and then a generic, cost efficient brand on top. I stop my son's in take of liquid after a certain time but that is difficult with a 91/2 mo. child when formula/breast milk is the main source of nutrients. Finally, for my own sanity, I took soft books and soft balls/blocks and put them in the corner of my sons crib before I go to bed. He also loves the ocean wonders aquarium, and he just sits up and plays. My pediatrician reccommended not going into the room before 6pm. Wishing you all the best.
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This usually happens to all babies. My third child is 6 months old and he is doing this. But him being my third I am a little more experienced at this. :0)! He goes to bed at 8:30 - the same as my girls (20mo. and 4). He has a bowl of cereal rice and a little bottle and off he goes. He wakes up around 4:30 and lays in his crib jabbering away. I usually give him 5 minutes of jabbering and then I go in there and roll him back over, cover him up, pat on the back --- and I dont say anything. And pray that he goes back to sleep! Yes sometimes he cries for a minute or two but he's okay. I leave the light off and feel his diaper and if it has to be changed I do this with just the nightlight on and no talking - I wont even look at him in the eye or he has me! He sleeps great during the day too. Definetley try keeping him up to till 7:30ish-it would probably make a world of difference! Hope you find a solution!
