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2 Year Old Waking at 5.30

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damo2525 · 01/05/2011 06:43

Hi,

This has been going on for a while so we are exhausted and think we have tried everything, I'm posting here for any last ideas before we go crazy!

Baby has always slept well, going down at 7.30 and sleeping through to 6.30-7.

Recently though she has started waking at 5.30. A little early!

We have tried putting to bed a little earlier, a little later, completely blacking out the room. Daytime naps have been cut to 30 mins around midday.

When she wake we have tried bringing her to our bed - she just wants to get us dressed and 'downstairs'! And have tried leaving to cry - we often do this for tantrums so know quite well that in the morning she isn't going to give up. She just isn't tired when she wakes at 5.30.

What else can we try? It would seem later bedtimes but we have tried moving to 8 which seemed to have little effect. The only other thing I can think is that she is still in her cot - it's quite a big one so plenty of space but could moving to a normal bed help?

Thanks in advance!

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Rosebud05 · 01/05/2011 06:44

Would like to know the answer to this one two as I'm currently MN-ing whilst dc (4 and nearly 2 years) are watching Granny Bloody Murray for the nth morning in a row...

Sirzy · 01/05/2011 06:46

Have you got blackout blinds?

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damo2525 · 01/05/2011 07:01

Hi, yes room is completely blacked out!

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Rosebud05 · 01/05/2011 08:38

My kids' room has blackout blinds too, but light does creep around the edges and somehow they seem to know that it's light outside as they don't wake this early in the winter.

Firawla · 01/05/2011 08:52

Moving to a normal bed could help, although there's always the chance that she could start getting up even earlier as she could just get herself up whenever she wants.. I have one that keeps trying to get up at 4 and 4.30 these days because he wants to play with toys, it's quite annoying
If she really is not tired and wants to get up at 5.30 would she be able to play with some toys upstairs either in your room or her own room, before going downstairs? Personally I wouldn't get up and dressed and go downstairs full of life because its just too early. If she wants to get up and really can't sleep then you may not be able to force her to sleep but I wouldn't make things too exciting for her, and you will be alot more tired if you have to get up properly and start the day at 5.30 than if you are able to get her to play with some toys in the corner of your room while you lie in bed a bit more. So if you are really not able to get her to wake up later I would probably just focus on trying to do that rather than go downstairs? It's atleast a slight improvement?
And I do think summertime has something to do with it too, mine does not get up as early in the winter

MamaVoo · 01/05/2011 09:12

My DS went through quite a long phase of waking at 5.30 when he was 2. It was awful but nothing we tried made a difference, it was just the time he was ready to start the day. Things started to get better at around 3 when he just seemed to grow out of it.

LiegeAndLief · 01/05/2011 10:45

Wait until she starts school. That's what worked for us...

mumcanIaskaquestion · 01/05/2011 10:56

I kept putting dd2 back to bed with a story cd playing and getting to have a little quite time. It took a while but now she wakes about 6.30 to 7am.

Choufleur · 01/05/2011 10:59

DS did that. He eventually just grew out of it. nothing made a difference. He now sleeps til about 6.30 which I can cope with.

Lizcat · 01/05/2011 16:27

Don't want to cause you distress, but DD started this at 2.5years I tried every trick known to man no joy, she is only just (lays in to 6.30 around 4 days a week) stopping this aged 7. Some of them are larks I am afraid.

cherub59 · 01/05/2011 22:41

My ds1 used to do that. Trained him to get up at a more "suitable" time from about age 2 using the "kid sleep sleep trainer clock" which is fab". First few nights had it set at the time he was waking up then every few nights moved it forwards 10 mins or so and explained he had to wait for the bunny to wake up before it was time to get up. He took a few nights to get it but now it is set to 7am and ds2 also uses it. In fact if I go into their room before bunny wakes up they tell me to go away and wait for bunny. Ds2 understood it from about 22 months.
It's marvellous for when the clocks change as well and for time zone changes on holiday!
I was exhausted before I got it and now have 3 boys who all get up at a decent time!

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