Should you wait till baby cries in the morning?

[Jumperoo222]

Just wondered what people thoughts are...my 7 month old is suddenly a good sleeper and will go from 630pm till 6am..then she wakes and babbles for a bit and usually goes back to sleep for another half hour. Then if is after 630, If babbles turn into she cries I get her up, otherwise I wait till 7am.
But I wonder if I should be getting her up anyway of she's awake post 630...it seems bad to start the day with crying and maybe I should just get her upnif she's awake? I'm always awake anyway!
Hope that made sense! 🙏

Tbh I'd do what you're doing and leave her while she's happy. Her crying is her letting you know she's done now and wants attention. I'm sure you don't leave her crying long so she's fine 💐

Thanks Hattie!

What you're doing is fine. Babies cry all the time. Its just a way of getting your attention, it doesn't mean she is upset. I really wouldn't be concerned about not setting her up for the day

I disagree, sorry.

Part of being a good parent to a baby IMO is anticipating needs, not waiting until they are screaming their heads off and then think about making a bottle etc.

I would get your baby up pretty much as he wakes, I'd probably put him in bed with me for a cuddle/snooze before getting up properly.

That's me, though. It's not going to harm either way.

@THisbackwithavengeance

I disagree, sorry.

Part of being a good parent to a baby IMO is anticipating needs, not waiting until they are screaming their heads off and then think about making a bottle etc.

I would get your baby up pretty much as he wakes, I'd probably put him in bed with me for a cuddle/snooze before getting up properly.

That's me, though. It's not going to harm either way.

I lean towards this angle too. I never waited for mine to cry, if they were awake I went though and got them up. I do think anticipating their needs is quite important and if you can master that when they are babies it will make toddlerhood much easier

That said, babies crying is simply communication, they are not 'sad' so if you want to wait for them to tell you what they need it's not doing them any harm either.

Nah we have always left my girl to babble away until she's ready to get up, if she did cry to get up it never lasted long. If you're bottle feeding, could you go and make up a bottle so it's ready for her when she does cry so she doesn't get frantic?

My 3.5 year old still lies in bed singing and chatting to her toys for 20 mins before coming to get us, it is great just to get the time to wake up before starting the day!

*Part of being a good parent to a baby IMO is anticipating needs, not waiting until they are screaming their heads off,

OP is not waiting until the the scream their heads off

OP there's absolutely nothing wrong with what you're doing. A small whingey cry to say "come on mum let's get up now" is not the same as a wailing scream... To wait ontop that stage isn't ideal obviously. But it depends on how knackered you are. If you're awake great, if you're on you're knees then fine it is what it is xxx

Learning to be happy on one's own is an important life skill.

It's not as if you are leaving them to get worked up.

I do the same with my little girl although it is very rare she cries before 7am. 99% of the time when I go in she is smiling and happy. I think it is great that she is learning to entertain herself - its a good life skill.

If I'm up anyway then I would get my toddler up if he was happily chatting away to himself.

If I'm still snoozing I'll leave him to play.

Most of the time it's not real crying anyway its just a fake cry to alert you hi I'm here will someone come lol

I would never wake them- but they tend to babble a bit first before crying. Sometimes you have to leave them as you may be in the bathroom or what have you.

I would leave until they needed attention tbh. It’s not a case of leaving until they’re screaming but that “oi! Mum!” squawk they do

Yeah, if she’s happy babbling, why disturb her.

I do this with my DS, he’s a bit older but I leave a book or two in there and he enjoys having a play about and a chill first before he gets up