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Latest post on 06 May 2012 - 13:47

Hi Ladies,

My 21month old DD has now decided to wake up at 6am or earlier each morning. She has always been a great sleeper but I cant figure out what is making her wake at this time.

We returned to Dubai from the UK at the end of Feb..in the UK she would usually sleep to 8-8.30am and since coming back to Dubai she had been sleeping to 7-7.30am.

Her room is dark, I have blackout stickers on the windows and blackout curtains. I leave a drink of water into her cot each nite and I know its not hunger that wakes her as she is a great eater...

I have a 7month old DD and my older DD wakes her up so it can be an eventful morning..

Can anyone suggest what could be waking her?

Thanks

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Latest post on 17 May 2012 - 09:13

Thank you, it makes such a difference to know you are not the only one going through it!

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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 16:47

My 3 y.o boy wakes up at 6/6.30am everyday. That's just the way it is and as per my mum I used to wake-up even earlier. Sorry mum ;-) If you have also tried the blackout, nap/no nap, early/late sleeping time...and nothing is delaying the begining of the day, I hope you are not working and can do a nap during the day. Otherwise, you might try to put some toys next to your bed and let him play by himself until you end up opening your eyes. Did't work for me as my boy much prefer to play "Rodeo" on my back but worth giving a try...

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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 15:13

hang in there bythesea, at 12 months my guy still woke at around 10pm for a feed and often at around 5:30am too although he usually went back to sleep by himself for that one. By 14 months he was sleeping right through and has been a champion sleeper ever since. I didn't "train" at all, I just fed him or patted him etc, they all get there developmentally eventually anyway.

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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 12:41

Thank you LJB2010. Believe me, I have tried leaving him but last night he got so upset he vomited! What to do :(

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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 10:07

With my 2 yo we just don't go in before 7:00. We started that around 12 mos and he knows that's the way it is. He usually sleeps from 8:30 pm to 7:30 or 8:15 in the morning but on the rare occasions that he is awake before 7:00 he sings and plays quietly in bed till we go in. One thing to keep in mind is that most toddlers don't need 14 hours of sleep so if you are putting them down at 7 and doing a long nap there's not much chance of them making it past 6 after 14 mos or so.

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Latest post on 16 May 2012 - 09:50

I would be over the moon if my 12 month old slept each night from 7pm to 6am! He has a 2 hour nap during the day, goes down around 7.30pm, then wakes up around 10/11pm or later and can take up to an hour to settle back off and is then up again between 5 and 5.30am (sometimes earlier and then goes back off when I have to get up!) so I think you are not doing too badly. I have tried earlier to bed, later to bed, giving milk, not giving milk, pick up put down, contolled crying, porridge an hour before bed, more sleep during the day and less sleep during the day, you name it I've tried it!

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Latest post on 13 May 2012 - 10:21

I think out of all sleep issues early morning wakeup is the hardest to change! Usually I've found an earlier bedtime leads to a longer nights sleep, however lately with my 21 month old I have found that since he has still a 3 hour nap by day he just doesn't need 12 hours at night on top of that. So you could first try a super early bedtime for a week, and if no joy then try a later bedtime, or cutting down the daytime nap. 7-6am is still a solid 11 hours, it might just be all she needs at night, we now have an 8pm to 7am for my 21 month old although sometimes he sleeps longer and occasionally wakes up at 6 (usually in the weekends, much to our dismay!). Also its getting light earlier and even with a blacked out room this means the morning sounds start earlier (pigeons on the windowsill, call to prayer etc) all cues to her that it is morning. So white noise might help, and the spiky things you put on the windowsill (I've bought from daiso) might keep the pigeons away if they are a problem. Anything earlier than 6am I treat as a night waking and try and get him back to sleep.

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Latest post on 13 May 2012 - 09:32

The weather is changing - is she too hot, or is the air-con too cold? If everything is ruled out she might just be changing sleep patterns. DS slept til 8.30-9 until he was about 2. For the past three years he wakes up at 5.30-6am every morning. Have never been able to do anything about it, its just his natural body clock.

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Latest post on 13 May 2012 - 09:16

No advice whatsover sorry. Can share your pain though! My DS1 has gotten up before 6 am for almost 7 years straight now. We've tried everything possible. Although I can see he is sleeping a bit longer now and can make it to 6.30am. We've tried black out curtains, different bed times, a toddler alarm clock, bribery, rewards charts, sending him back to bed etc etc.

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Anyone got any advice... thanks

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