OK, we have tried possibly everything- blackout blinds, later naps, fewer naps, more naps, ignoring, giving water, giving her toys, wake-to-sleep, taking her outside at teatime. But apart from 2 glorious months of 6.30am 'lie-ins' between 13-15 months, and 2 days where she slept til after 7, our 16mo dd has woken between 5am and 6am for months and months.
I AM KNACKERED.
I feel annoyed every morning even though she is lovely, happy girl. I am bored of going to bed at 9pm. We want another baby, but I don't know if I could take sleepless nights plus early mornings. She's a short napper too so sometimes the days can feel very, very long...
I do know we are lucky that she sleeps 10-11 hours. But man, this early rising is getting OLD.
Our 'technique' now is to go in every 5-10 mins and tell her to go back to sleep. She often does- for 10 or 20 mins. Then she will sit there moaning, but we don't let her get up til 6am.
I don't think there's anything we can do. WHEN WILL IT END?
That is all.
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ShushBaby · 12/06/2011 12:18
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