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Latest post on 17 April 2011 - 07:52

DS has started waking ridiculously early in the morning. He hasn't been up later than 6.30am for the last week, and this morning he was singing and chatting in his cot at 5.25am. I am so exhausted I could cry. I've tried putting him to bed earlier, putting him to bed later, giving him a small bottle to try and resettle him, ignoring him, but it's just not making any difference. He's in with us at the moment because Mum's here, so there's no getting away from him when he starts up. He's not unhappy in his cot, just loud!

But then his day is all thrown out of kilter because he then goes back for his morning nap too early and doesn't sleep for long enough because he's too tired, then has to go for his lunchtime nap too early, and so on. I feel like we're losing control of it all again. I have an appointment with Cecile, but not until the beginning of May. Any suggestions?

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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 21:26
I know, I never thought it would happen! He dropped his dream feed by himself about a month ago and now we've got the early waking thing sorted too. If I didn't need to get up twice a night to have a wee, I'd be ecstatic! :D
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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 20:39
Thanks for asking :). The little toerag is currently going to bed at 7.30pm and waking around 7am (unless the bl00dy gardener rocks up at 6.30am, then the dogs bark and wake him up). After I tried the going to bed earlier trick, he had a day where he had a late nap and ended up going to bed later. Then he woke later. So he napped later again, then went to bed later again. So maybe it was that he was getting his full quota of night-time sleep and that was that? And going to bed later means he wakes later, even though it didn't work first time I tried it? Who knows.... either way, I like it! :D
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Latest post on 03 May 2011 - 20:20
How's it going DC, any improvement?
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Latest post on 24 April 2011 - 08:42
I think it'll be that maniacal kind of laughing that makes people think you've finally lost it :D. He must have been having a blip. It's been 6.45 for the last couple of days - much more bearable!
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Latest post on 23 April 2011 - 22:26
Just seen this post after posting mine about my DD waking early screaming, god it's just a killer isn't it..... It'll pass and we'll all laugh about it soon :-)
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Latest post on 22 April 2011 - 19:54
It is indeed time for me to start having earlier nights! :D. I've had Mum here for the past couple of weeks and we were sitting up chatting till all hours but this week I am going to be in bed by 10.30pm at the latest every night. We've been having to stay up till 11ish for his dream feed but he hasn't wanted it the last few nights, so I'm not doing it now unless he wakes and wants it. But.... the last couple of days he's made it to 6.30am or even 6.45. That'll do me!
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Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 08:28
I have a nearly 8 month boy and he wakes at 5.30 most mornings! I have tried everything; changing his bedtime from 7pm to later, changing the time of the dream feed from 10.30 to 11pm and to 11.30pm, feeding him at 5.30am and re-settling, altering the temperature of the room from cold to warmer, ignoring him lol!!! Nothing works. He is still in our room as I am lazy and like him next to our bed and we have blocked out all the light with blackout blinds, taped over any lights on the TV, DVD, AC control so it is pretty dark in there but he still wakes early. It doesn't bother me some days as I only have him to worry about and so I just get up with him. It might be a different story if I had two kiddies to worry about! His daytime sleeps are either 8.30 till 9.30am or 9.15 till 10am and then he will normally have another hour at 12.30 or 1pm (depending on the time of his first nap) Its hard to know whether to grin and bear it or to keep trying diff things to see if they help. x
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Latest post on 20 April 2011 - 09:40
I feel like roadkill. . Ahhhh *sighs*.... those were the days...... Hang in there, it gets better..hugs. ach, I feel like roadkill too... but it is self-inflicted! lol Kids still got up at 6h.
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Latest post on 20 April 2011 - 08:32
I feel like roadkill. . Ahhhh *sighs*.... those were the days...... Hang in there, it gets better..hugs.
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Latest post on 20 April 2011 - 07:40
DC - I doubt it's going to get much better than that! 6:20am is pretty good! I count anything after 6am as morning so we start the day then... (although they'd often like to start earlier - like today at 5:30!!!). Time for you to start trying to get to bed earlier yourself!
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Latest post on 20 April 2011 - 07:29
I feel like roadkill. 6.20am. I gave him a bottle to see if he'd settle back down, and the next thing I saw was his head bobbing up and down over the foot of our bed as he was bouncing around in his cot. Tomorrow night he's back in his own room, which is darker. Let's see if that makes a difference before I arrange to have him Fedexed to his in-laws in Scotland.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 23:09
He's in with us while Mum stays so even though we have blackouts I've thrown blankets over all the bits where sun might get through and stuffed a single mattress alongside his cot so ain't no sun getting in tomorrow morning! Fingers crossed.... my eyes are hanging out on stalks. Good luck, girl! And let me just add that even though you may be sleep deprived you certainly looked like a hot mumma last night! Same with AP! X
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 23:05
He's in with us while Mum stays so even though we have blackouts I've thrown blankets over all the bits where sun might get through and stuffed a single mattress alongside his cot so ain't no sun getting in tomorrow morning! Fingers crossed.... my eyes are hanging out on stalks.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 23:00
I think I have decided that 'knowing how much they should sleep' is really not a good thing to know because then you have an expectation of it and sometimes it aint going to work that way! Cecile said to me at one point that children up until 4 years of age should still be having between 2-4 hrs a sleep a day. How many parents have experienced a child over 1 year of age + still sleeping between that is beyond me as all of my friends say their kids went down to only 1 nap a day for a period of 2 hrs no more from about the time they were 1 year old. I sooooooooooo want the 4 hrs still (at least until he goes to school!) LOL - hmmm what do you think our chances are DC? LMAO. Buckleys and none are my thoughts. Blah!
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 17:54
Hey lovely, not too sure if this is much help, but a couple weeks ago Z was starting to wake up early at around 6:00-6:15am for a few days and I was having none of that business, so after a day or 2 of wondering why the heck she was waking early I realized that even though her bedroom curtains are super dark her bedroom window gets the morning sun and since our curtains are woven fabric the sun was coming through the weave of the curtain. Not making it super bright but it had a starry effect. Since her cot faced the window we decided to move it so she wasn't facing the window and it did the trick. No more early wake ups since. Could that be the issue? Even though their little eyes are closed they must still be able to detect the light getting brighter. HTH x
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 17:49
I havent even discussed this with my mum and apparently all three of us were sleeping through the night, eating all foods and were completely potty trained by 8 months old! haha got to love 'back in the day....' My little guy hasn't even eaten anything beyond mush
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 16:42
I havent even discussed this with my mum and apparently all three of us were sleeping through the night, eating all foods and were completely potty trained by 8 months old!
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 16:39
Isn't he too small for that? He's only just stopped having his third nap in the afternoon! I really have no clue how much he needs, though. It's so frustrating seeing him rubbing his eyes and tired all the time - I feel like it's all my fault for not getting it right for him.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 16:34
DC have you considered shifting your DS from 2 to 1 daytime sleeps so he has just has one sleep after lunch?
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 16:14
Add Mum thinking I'm the worst mother in the world for letting him cry, waling around sighing, and I'm about ready to leave too. Ask her what she'd do and try that (or get her to try it!)... can do no harm and at least would stop the tuts and sighs. Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes and all that! I really, really think it's just their natural body clocks adjusting to the brighter, hotter weather. Both my two are up by 6h30-7h these days, instead of 7h-7h30. They haven't both got beyond 8h in, er... never, actually. All of her suggestions involve either doing something to help him sleep (counter-productive, because then he relies on that and that's what got us into such a pickle in the first place) or letting him get up (counter-productive, because then he's still far too dog-tired to do anything but whinge). Grrr. My brother never slept as a baby (probably because of the above) so she thinks I should just suck it up. I wonder if she'd still be saying that if she had to move over here to take care of DS because I'd been carted off by the men in white coats.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 15:46
oh thank god I'm not the only one. I'm going insane. The boys' schedules are so screwed up. DS 3yr old usually gets up around 7-8 unless its a nursery morning. The past two weeks he's been up closer to 6. DS 9 months next week has been getting up at 5 and he usually sleeps til 6-7. Doesn't help that the younger one is bouncing in his crib wanting to walk around.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 15:30
Is 5:25 considered early? lol
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 15:06
Add Mum thinking I'm the worst mother in the world for letting him cry, waling around sighing, and I'm about ready to leave too. Ask her what she'd do and try that (or get her to try it!)... can do no harm and at least would stop the tuts and sighs. Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes and all that! I really, really think it's just their natural body clocks adjusting to the brighter, hotter weather. Both my two are up by 6h30-7h these days, instead of 7h-7h30. They haven't both got beyond 8h in, er... never, actually.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 15:01
He was up before 6 this morning, napped for 45 minutes at 8.30 and went back down at 1. Had 40 minutes and has been up yelling ever since, refusing to go back to sleep. Add Mum thinking I'm the worst mother in the world for letting him cry, waling around sighing, and I'm about ready to leave too.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 14:52
Having the same issue with DD. Waking up for her morning bottle at 5.30 instead of 6.30 and out of bed at 7.30 instead of 8.30. Couple that with constant advice and comments from MIL and I am going to check myself into a hotel away from them for a few nights.
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Latest post on 19 April 2011 - 10:39
We've been trying to get him to bed a bit later and he managed to sleep till just before 6am today, but I'm bushed :(. How much should he be sleeping in total at almost 11 months? I feel like I'm losing control of it again, just when I thought we were sorted! I've tried dragging out the dream feed but he's a guzzler! And he doesn't normally need his nappy changed so I can't use that to make it take longer :(. Perhaps it's his way of ensuring there won't be any other babies after this one. Bags under the eyes and permanently grumpy is not likely to be attractive to daddy! :D <em>edited by DubaiCat on 19/04/2011</em>
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Latest post on 17 April 2011 - 14:20
you have my sympathies also, I have a baby that wants to join in the Dawn chorus here in the UK (that's a 3am start) and as lovely as her new singing voice is I wish the show could get cancelled!! Big giant Yawwwwwn!!!
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Latest post on 17 April 2011 - 13:59
Ás you know, we're in the same boat... maybe it is the change of season? Its driving me nutty getting up before 6.30. Before I use to get grumpy at before 7am wake ups and it has slowly gotten earlier and I got use to the 6.30 and was ok with it ... then since we've been back from Oz it's 5.30-6.10 most wake ups now. I hear ya, I so hear ya. :( I've done my sleep diary for Cecile and sending it off to her shortly. Although that was mostly done because of the 2-6 times a night wakes ups... pretty sure that was teeth but we're still getting about 2 wake ups a night. One grumpy b*atch right here :D
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Latest post on 17 April 2011 - 12:52
I have the same thing! DS waking between 5-6am for about a week now... mind you he has always been an early riser. Trouble is he is at the stage where he is like a coiled spring in the morning he is now so eager to get up and go he won't stay playing in his cot any more!
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Latest post on 17 April 2011 - 11:54
funny i was just thinking the same thing to myself- waking up too early. DS has been waking at 5:15am for about a week now. And he's in a room without windows....so can't blame the sun over here.
 
 

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