or is 540 am early?

[girlsyearapart]

Dd2 (15 mo) wakes up early 99% of the time. Also wakes in the night at least a few times a week.

DH works night a lot so I get up with the dds if they wake at night/in the morning nearly every day.

This morning dd2 was crying at about 9am and DH said put her to bed. I said no as:

1. she'll only have 1 sleep a day so if I put her to bed then she'll be a total nightmare by about 5pm.

2. we were going to a music class at 10.

3. If I hang her out till later she sleeps at the same time as dd1 and I get a bit of a break.

I said 'If she didn't wake up so sodding early she wouldn't be tired already'

He replied 'She didn't get up early'

I said 'Yes at 5.40am'

He replied '5.40 isn't early'

Since when is 540 not early??

i remember the days when 5.40 was kebab time.

I'm in the process of doing a PGCE and I have to get up at six due to: having to be at work early and taking quite a while to get ready. It's still never nice getting up in the dark, but it's a routine now and once I've had the first sip of tea/mouthful of cereal, I'm usually fine.

Before 6 would probably send me over the edge.

But then, I don't have any children yet, so (generally) get to sleep all night. And I get up early for a specific purpose (to get to school for 8). I'm making a (fairly big) assumption that OP is a SAHM, so there doesn't seem any particular need to be up so early.

YANBU, it's stupidly early. My 15mo has done this a few times lately and I was not happy.

My dh says the same to me cos he's up at 6am. I'm up at 7am with 3 kids mon-fri, 7am sats for work and up with the kids 8am sundays so dh can have a lie in - i have a lie in every day apparently

In answer to your question - 5.40 is early!!

My kids always woke about that time until they started school, then they slept in... til 6ish.
One night during the summer DH and I rolled IN at around 5.40. That was fun on the night but took me the best part of a week to get over

530 today..

am considering buying a kebab and eating it when I get up with her to fool myself into thinking I have in fact been on a top night out. Thanks colditz

my alarm goes off at 5.40 am for me to get up for work...i can confirm, it is TOO EARLY!

getting up before the sun is plain wrong on any day! (unless you're going on holiday!!)

yawn.......

yes 5.40 is far too early when you are getting up with a toddler who you will then spend the entire day looking after, every day.

YANBU

dd was about 18 months when she stopped napping, and her night time sleep then got better. Could you shorten your dd's nap? Or cut it out at some point soon? Or do you feel she really needs it still?

5.45, after waking at 2 for an hour teething and cough with his cold.

Brutal. It IS early and it IS still night time!

( my eyes are getting better! Everything getting much more bearable, thanks for your support )

Good morning latest- was it the medicinal wine that made your eyes better??

She still needs her nap. Some days she goes down for 3 hours, some days for 45 mins. Makes no difference to her waking in the morning time..

Today though she fell asleep again at 710 and is still in bed now. Though dd1 was up at 815 but I still got a lovely extra hour.

I'd count anything before 6am as early. Both mine went through a phase of waking at 4:30am and would be full of beans, so we'd get up then and start our day. We now for the most part get up between 5:30 and 6am, but tbh, I find just going with it easier. The minute I stopped fighting it and accepted it, it became easier to deal with if that makes sense.

She clearly read this thread as has been up at 5am past three days..

Now surely DH can't argue that isn't early?

Anything before 7am is too early!
5.40am is the middle of the night and I would treat it like night-time if any of mine woke up. Luckily with a 7 year old and two 4 year olds it's very rare.

I'm not a morning person!

I don't get her straight up, I leave her for a while, give her back her dummy, lay her down again etc etc but the fact is she is just wide awake and I haven't got much choice but to get her up or leave her to scream and wake dd1 (and I can't sleep through crying anyway)

I don't want DH to try to 'solve' her early waking but a bit of sympathy/recognition wouldn't go amiss.

Getting up at 5 means my 'working' day lasts 14 hours and that doesn't include the tidy up post bedtime.

Comments like 'Well that isn't early' from him when he trots down stairs anything between 9 and 12 strangely enough don't go down too well