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DD usually goes down around 6.45-7pm and sleeps until between 6-7am. (Of course she wakes up to be fed in between!)
With the clocks change we moved her bedtime forward by 15 mins a night starting last Friday, so now she is going to bed at the same time with the clocks having changed.
However she is still waking the same time she used to, around 5.30-5.45 (the 'old' 6.30-6.45).
If I just keep consistent will she eventually work it out? Or has the later bedtime made her overtired so she isn't sleeping as well??
I managed to bring her naps forward to the new time but since she has been waking so early her morning nap has lengthened which has made her afternoon nap shorter, and then she is more tired in the evening. This morning I put her down about 1/2 hr earlier to see if this will help...
Never thought just an hour change could be so difficult!
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7 mo waking early since clocks changed. Will she eventually realise?!! |
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Well after nearing breakdown at the weekend I've decided to accept that she'll be waking at 4.30am for the foreseeable future...
Interesting to hear about your DD's overtiredness IslandIsla, I think my DD has been suffering the same - shorter naps and general grumpiness - so I've put her to bed a bit earlier to see if her mood improves tomorrow.
My DD is also waking 3-4 times in night for feeds so am wondering about easing her off them - it would make waking up at 4.30am a little easier!
Interesting to hear about your DD's overtiredness IslandIsla, I think my DD has been suffering the same - shorter naps and general grumpiness - so I've put her to bed a bit earlier to see if her mood improves tomorrow.
My DD is also waking 3-4 times in night for feeds so am wondering about easing her off them - it would make waking up at 4.30am a little easier!
p.s. when I say sleeping until 6am, I have of course neglected to mention she wakes twice in the night to be fed!! But she does settle back quickly, which she wasn't doing before!
Hello all, saw this had been bumped up and thought I'd check in.
By a week after clocks change DD had become very grumpy, was only sleeping 30 mins at her nap times and waking up crying and was becoming difficult to settle at bedtime.
I diagnosed overtiredness so I took some backward steps and started putting her to bed early. So, 2 weeks in and we have managed to adjust her bedtime by 1/2 hour! She's now asleep around 6-6.30pm and she is sleeping until about 6am (over the last week she has generally woken between 5.45 and 6.15). But the early bedtime means she is getting more sleep, her naps are back on track and she is settling at bedtime. she's actually going to bed earlier but sleeping later ....
I've decided we'll just keep it like this. When the clocks go forward I won't need to do anything!
By a week after clocks change DD had become very grumpy, was only sleeping 30 mins at her nap times and waking up crying and was becoming difficult to settle at bedtime.
I diagnosed overtiredness so I took some backward steps and started putting her to bed early. So, 2 weeks in and we have managed to adjust her bedtime by 1/2 hour! She's now asleep around 6-6.30pm and she is sleeping until about 6am (over the last week she has generally woken between 5.45 and 6.15). But the early bedtime means she is getting more sleep, her naps are back on track and she is settling at bedtime. she's actually going to bed earlier but sleeping later ....
I've decided we'll just keep it like this. When the clocks go forward I won't need to do anything!
We're in the same boat here, except that my dd is older, 22 months. She wakes between 4.30 a.m. and 5.30 a.m, every morning, no adjustment of bedtime seems to work <exhausted!>
Just wanted to bump this message - is anyone else out there STILL suffering from the clock change? Prior to the clocks going back my 6mo was waking at 5.30 and now she wakes at 4.30!!!!
It is doing my head in.
Her naps are all at the new time.
I've tried adjusting her bedtime on another hour.
I've tried dropping her afternoon nap so she's super tired before bed.
I've tried putting her to bed early and waking her for an hour in the early evening.
She is so super adaptable with naps in the daytime and her bedtime hour but she literally wakes at 4.30am on the dot every morning.
Can anyone help me?
It is doing my head in.
Her naps are all at the new time.
I've tried adjusting her bedtime on another hour.
I've tried dropping her afternoon nap so she's super tired before bed.
I've tried putting her to bed early and waking her for an hour in the early evening.
She is so super adaptable with naps in the daytime and her bedtime hour but she literally wakes at 4.30am on the dot every morning.
Can anyone help me?
well 5.20 this morning!! But I decided to go to her, gave her a quick feed and then she snoozed until 7am 
She had only fed at 3am, so not totally convinced she was properly hungry, but we both got some extra sleep, which is the most important thing at the moment!
She had only fed at 3am, so not totally convinced she was properly hungry, but we both got some extra sleep, which is the most important thing at the moment!
I'm so glad that there are others suffering out there too...makes it almost easier to bear these disgustingly early wake up calls!
same problem here!
7mo dd2 still waking at around 5.30am.
All naps, milk and food are at adjusted time and she is even going to bed a bit later at 7.30pm.
'tis killing me - the only upside is that I am back to work on Monday and if I am up at sparrow's fart in the morning I definitely won't be late
7mo dd2 still waking at around 5.30am.
All naps, milk and food are at adjusted time and she is even going to bed a bit later at 7.30pm.
'tis killing me - the only upside is that I am back to work on Monday and if I am up at sparrow's fart in the morning I definitely won't be late
Same here - DS was a 7 - 7 sleeper (finally, after 18 months of hellish sleep) and now he's 7 - 6 sleeper? Why is he waking an hour earlier.
One thought - have you changed the time on your heating timer? It's not coming on too early is it?
PuppyMonkey I suspect you maybe right wrt the birds being noisy - hopefully this will gradually get later as the mornings get darker.
One thought - have you changed the time on your heating timer? It's not coming on too early is it?
PuppyMonkey I suspect you maybe right wrt the birds being noisy - hopefully this will gradually get later as the mornings get darker.
Exactly the same problem here with my 16 month old DD. Before the clocks changed she used to wake any time between 6-7am. Now she is waking anytime between 5-6am :-( I went in this morning when she woke at 5.30am to "go back to sleep, night night" and I admit she looked confused. I lay her down and went back to bed. She cried in protest for 5 minutes but then actually went back to sleep until our alarm woke her at 6.30am! May not work again but fingers crossed!
We have kept her routine exactly the same so bedtime has always been 7pm and a nap at lunchtime.
I really hope this is a clock change thing and will resolve itself.
Any others having same problem?
We have kept her routine exactly the same so bedtime has always been 7pm and a nap at lunchtime.
I really hope this is a clock change thing and will resolve itself.
Any others having same problem?
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