We are at the end of our tether and all exhausted. I know frequent night waking must be awful and much worse, but after nearly 3 years of 4.30am/5am starts, I am so tired.
DS2 is 3 next month. He falls asleep by 7pm at night, sleeps through but is then up for the day anytime from 4am onwards.
We've cut his nap, made sure he is physically exhausted, given him food for bed. In the morning, we've tried the gro-clock, tried ignoring, tried bribing, tried laying next to him, tried rewarding. Nothing seems to work.
Has anyone actually overcome early waking? If so, please share your secret, DC3 is due in August and the thought of having a newborn and a 5am start as well just exhausts me.
DH thinks we need to see if a clinic like the Millpond Clinic can help retrain DS2s body clock a bit.
He is so tired when he wakes - he rubs his eyes etc, but he just refuses to go back to sleep, he just shouts and screams.
He has also started falling asleep late afternoon (4.30/5pm) if we are in the car at that time, sometimes he just falls asleep on the settee and he is so hard to wake, it takes me 20 minutes to bring him around.
Apologies for self indulgent post, I just wondered if anyone had any experiences or thoughts. Thanks for reading.
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Early waking - is there a solution?
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sheeplikessleep · 19/02/2013 10:00
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