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How to keep a 2 year old quite at 5am

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Peopleplease · 26/02/2019 05:58

DD2 is 2. She wakes between 5am and 7am usually. We have a very small house. When she wakes she’s on a mission to make as much noise as possible. I try to keep her quite but not a lot works - she wants her 5 year old sister to wake up.

I need Netflix or app ideas that might entertain her.

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hidinginthenightgarden · 26/02/2019 06:23

I just put the telly on and close any doors between the living room and upstairs.

Peopleplease · 26/02/2019 06:37

I don’t even have an upstairs. DD2s bedroom door is right opposite the living room door. The telly is on but she doesn’t have much interest sometimes.

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butteryellow · 26/02/2019 06:45

Our eldest wakes between 5:30 and 6 every morning. If he is sleeping in with his little brother, so does he.

Yours is a bit little, but by the time DS1 was about 3.5 we'd trained him that he could get up, go to the living room and watch ipad once it was 6am (we coloured in a clock for him) - and we would be out of our room at 7am to make him breakfast. Once his little brother was old enough, he started doing the same (much younger.. probably only 18 months! - but he had a buddy of course)

Would she be trustworthy/happy to do that? Could you talk about it as a benefit of being a big girl, that you'll make that deal?

When they went through hungry spurts, I used to leave a cup/snack out so he could have something to eat if he was hungry - would that be a suitable bribe for a bit of quiet?

Unfortunately, I suspect you're not going to get anywhere until she's a bit older...

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Peopleplease · 26/02/2019 07:09

buteryellow if my older one wakes first we have it set up so she can turn telly on and she’ll watch that quietly but no way could the 2 year old do it. She’d wreck the house and probably injure herself (she’s a complete whirlwind who won’t sit still)

At the moment my 5 year old is sleeping longer and DD2s screaming and shouting wakes her.

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Bouchie · 26/02/2019 07:13

Do you limit tv during the day? If not just save it for the morning so she is more interested.

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