7 month old wakes at 5am!

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Please help - any ideas how to make my little one sleep a bit longer? She wakes at 5am most mornings, although we are lucky she sleeps through the night I would love ot extend it a bit

DD used to do this at that age. I used to feed her, then pop her in the pushchair and take the dog for an early morning walk, getting back in time for DD's first nap at about 7.30am.

Can't offer any sage words as to extending her sleeping as my experience was that only time will change her sleeping habits, but wanted to say that it will pass. We tried lots of things at the time, nothing really worked and the lack of sleep in the morning for me was a killer - felt like a zombie all day - but it did pass relatively quickly, and once the days get shorter this might help you out a bit.

thankyou, its good to know its not just me!

At this time of year, it's worth blacking out windows as much as you can. When DD was that age we had blackout blinds, heavy curtains, a pelmet AND a wool blanket stuffed round the edges where a bit of light was peeping through! It usually only bought us an extra half an hour, but sometimes that can make all the difference.

My DD did this too at this age. It was only the stage really, she now wakes between 6.30 and 7.30. We didnt really do anything clever perhaps only went through to her if she really cried.

cant wait for 6.30 or 7.30..! at what age does this seem to stop?

Baby whisperer wake to sleep - you gently rouse them just before you know they will wake and they go back to sleep, eventually sleeping later without rousing. We never tried this with night sleep but did with naps and it worked a treat.

Hi, mine used to do this too! Is your child waking because they are hungry? We started giving ds a banana or slice of wholemeal toast before bed, and then waking him before we went to bed! Just enough to rouse him and say goodnight! It worked a treat and only had to do it a couple of times before he got back into his own rythm again!
He still has his banana before bed though!