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How should I deal with a 6 month old who is wide awake and ready to play at 5.30am?

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EmmyJo · 06/11/2008 13:40

I am bf my DS on demand on average three times a night at 10pm, 1am and 3am. I was somehow coping ok with the interrupted sleep but in the last 2 weeks he has started waking earlier and earlier and will only go back to sleep if I move him into bed with us - and even then he can often refuse to settle. He is giggly, wriggly and playful and constantly trying to grab at my hands, clothes and hair even after a big feed. He has a dummy but this is now his favourite toy - he pulls it out and cries for it to be put back. Often we end up resorting to one of us taking him to play while the other one catches up on sleep. He has been teething - first tooth has just broken through and he is also rolling onto his front and then getting stuck and frustrated. I've started him on solids this week so am hoping that weaning will help or if not that it will get more settled once he can crawl and release more energy during the day. Any tips anyone??

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fluffyanimal · 06/11/2008 13:43

IME nothing you can do other than what you are already doing - sharing the load - and wait for it to pass, which it will, I promise!

missblythe · 06/11/2008 13:46

Just a thought, is he getting too much sleep during the day?

He only needs a certain amount of sleep in 24 hours, and he won't mind if that is day or night, but it'll make all the differece to you. Maybe try waking him from his nap at lunchtime a bit earlier?

EmmyJo · 06/11/2008 17:06

Could well be missblythe. I've been giving him as much sleep in the day as possible thinking it was supposed to aid his night sleep but maybe it has tipped the balance too far the wrong way. Will def give it a try. Thanks.

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poppy34 · 06/11/2008 20:02

and another thing -can you use the day naps to get him used to cot as place he can settle/play for a little bit with some special toys in there..can't do it for that long but can usually leave dd for about 15/20 minutes playing wtih her toys before she shouts.

Kal01 · 06/11/2008 21:13

i recently invested in a door bouncer, my twins seem to really enjoy playing in it. It also has the added benefit of getting them very tired

Anifrangapani · 06/11/2008 21:23

Put him to bed later - I used to keep ds up until about 8 or 9.

If he woke up early I would feed him, put him back in his cot with some toys and go back to bed myself. He was in a safe place and was happy to play with the toys. Happy mum happy child.

On days he wouldn't settle I used the time to do my night school French homework. Ds now speaks really good french. Shame it wasn't such a great time for me to learn

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