PLEEEEASE HELP ME SORT DS'S GETTING UP!

[mad4mybaby]

ok so ds (just 2) has been getting up 5-5.30 and i know everyone has been having this problem but yesterday he got up at 6 which was fine but this morning it was dull, dark and NO BIRDS to wake him up but he still got up at 5am. When he wakes up he doesnt seem tired. Wont go back to bed.

He is generally asleep by 7.30pm and sleeps through. Has a nap after lunch for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. DH response is drop his nap but that doesnt work. He still needs a nap. Putting him to bed later doesnt work (plus i dont agree with that i think 7.30 is late enough)

what can i do?

We were really successful with ours by the time they started school!!!!

Both mine did this at this age (DD still does sometimes), not much you can do really except bring them into bed with you for an hour perhaps.

he wont do that either! He is very active and once hes up hes up (doesnt get it from me or dh!) We have to go downstairs, get milk and play right away!

In exactlyth samesituatio as you (ds is 20m). We've ordered blackout blinds, but I don't hold out much hope TBH.

DS was the same (DD is more likely to snuggle up again). Sorry, no help.

have had the black out blinds for 18 months!

My DS is 2 and 3 months and has v similar routine to yours... he wakes up around the same times too. His cot is still in our room, so he will call/try to get our attention. Nothing for it but to stick to the rules so that he knows that he may be awake, but other people still sleep and he will not be picked up, taken into bed, given milk, etc. until the alarm clock goes off. Yes, a couple of weeks of truly awful mornings with DS crying, but now he knows and will play quietly in his cot until "beep, beep, beep!" the alarm clock goes off. We re-enforce this before bedtime, telling him no noise from him until the alarm clock, etc, and he follows it through more often than not. I hope this helps!

as a last resort, we've just ordered one of these am hoping and praying it arrives today, god we could soooo do with a lay in at the weekend

Good luck with the clock CV - I truly hope it works. If anyone's after a cheaper alternative, put a set of fairy lights on a timer clock. Tell them they can't get up until the light comes on - worked with our DS at 2.5, so is definitely worth a try. Having said that he's 4 now and the novelty's long since worn off - yawn...

Cut the afternoon sleep down? wear him out as much as possible during the day.

Failing that, teach him how to switch the dvd on so he can amuse himself without you getting up!

we go out just about every day so we i think he does get worn out. Sorry dont want to put a downer on everyones welcome suggestions, its just that i have tried everything! The clock thing doesnt work either..

I would put him to bed later. If he's had enough sleep nothing is going to make him go back to sleep again - and he's having 14 hours sleep a day which is more than enough at this age.

thats the thing i cant seem to get timing right somewhere. Going to bed later doesnt make a difference tried that. He goes to sleep as soon as he is put down anyway

oh plap! clock has arrived, got all excited but cant get it to work properly... blardy ebay am disappointed now

Could you just tell him it's not morning yet, put him back to bed and hope he at least stays there for a while. I suppose just like you would do if he woke up in night or evening.

My dd (3yrs) sometimes takes a few nights to sleep longer i.e. If goes to bed late one or two nights in row, she won't sleep later until a few nights later but then will sleep late for a few mornings. She seems to catch up. So maybe, do the later bedtime for a week and see if it makes a difference after a few nights - don't let him sleep longer during the day though to catch up!

Does that make any sense?

putting him to bed any later just isnt right for him. Hes too tired and would just get worked up.

I agree with you on the putting him to bed later thing. It doesn't work for us either. He still gets up with the sparrows but is then tired. We try not to let sleep in the day, as he wont in to sleep til later at night, and it just spirals. The biggest problem we0face is in the week. I have to be up at 5.45am, but dp doesn't have to get up til 7am. Invariably ds gets up when i do, or wakes me. So dp never gets his full sleep. Its driving us mad, especially as we don't get to lay in on the weekend either

Then he's probably had enough sleep by 5.30 sorry As I said, that is 14 hours sleep in 24!

Would it be possible for you to start your day with him? Even if it means curling up on the sofa while he watches cbeebies?

yes thats exactly what we do but being pg am struggling with the early starts (yes i try to nap when he does!) He has milk tele goes on and he'l play. He used to sit and watch tv quietly for half an hour before even talking! Strange species!

I'm afraid you may have to drop the nap and cope with the fall out until he adjusts to not having it anymore. 2 of mine had to give up their naps at literally 2 years, the others were at least 3!!!!!

A positive is that he'll go to bed earlier.

I suggest you start over the weekend when your DH can help you through the daytime with a tired child,

do you really think it'll be fair on him when he has such a long nap?

To cut it out? Well you try and see. Or try cutting it down to 45 minutes instead.

My youngest was never really horrible when she didn't have a nap even from being about 12 months old - she just kept going and had an early night. Some children however become absolutely nightmarish, you won't know until you try.