How stop baby waking at 5am

[jellybelly22]

We are on our knees. It's actually getting earlier, today it was 4:30am! She goes to bed relatively early at about 6pm but she no longer has an afternoon nap and is absolutely exhausted by this time. I push it as long as I can in the hope that the later she goes to bed the longer she'll sleep in in the morning but it's been 5am or before religiously for weeks now.

She is 14 months and co sleeps with us. Any ideas?

Yes, defo start moving the morning nap later, if you can’t do it in one go, try moving it in 10-15 min increments over a week. The closer to 11.30/12ish the better. You can then hopefully put her to bed later.

It all might take a while but fingers crossed it’ll work in the end.

Definitely work on getting her into her own room though, with good blackout blinds and blackout curtains. Like a PP said, in this heat, 2 adults and a 14 month old in a bed all moving around..it’s a wonder any of you are sleeping tbh.

My 12 month old sleeps 6.30pm- 5.30am.
She's in her own room. To be honest, it is what it is and won't be forever. Regarding naps though, I keep her awake until 11.30/12 and then she'll nap 12-2 rather than letting her sleep in the morning

stick black out blinds on the window

I love the suggestion of "Oh, just leave her in the cot"

My child at 11 months is standing up yelling "mama mama mama" at full volume when she's ready to get up. There's no lying quietly gurgling to herself and if you ignore her too long it's going to turn to screaming.

Really we need to get her bedtime to be a bit later and that means moving around nap times, eating times etc.

We've just moved lunch from 13 to 14, which pushes back the afternoon nap which hopefully moves bedtime from 18.30 to 19.30

I do think sometimes being in the room with them stops them going back off to sleep out of boredom. My dd is like this. If in with me, she will stir early, see me, and wake up fully wanting to chat/play with me. If she stirs on her own in a dark boring room, she will often nod back off.

My child at 11 months is standing up yelling "mama mama mama" at full volume when she's ready to get up. There's no lying quietly gurgling to herself and if you ignore her too long it's going to turn to screaming.

If you respond to screaming for attention they learn its an effective way to get you. Leave some books and toys in her cot and get a gro clock, don't go in until 6 30/7am then make a big fuss of pointing out the yellow sun and saying "good morning, time to get up!!"

Reinforcing an early waking by getting up with them stops them learning to rest/nod back off

I know it's hard when they're up early but you'll need to keep trying to push the nap later until it's around midday. This should then give you a good bedtime for them to not wake up until later.
Most babies sleep around 10 hours (rather than the 12 hours that is often quoted) overnight so if you want a 6am wake up then try and get them down at 8pm.
It will take a little while of pushing naps back until it kicks in and it's not easy.
Push the nap back 15 minutes each day and the same with bedtime. It will eventually get to a time that you like and will cause a better wake up than 5am or earlier.
If you need any tips on it then check out the following Instagram accounts:
Little nest sleep
Fox and the moon infant sleep
Second star to the right
Hey sleepy baby

They all have posts and info on early wakes and general infant sleep. I've found them as amazing resources

This might work with an older child but she is just 14 months, she can't walk or talk properly yet. I don't think she's going to understand the concept of a gro clock.