6mth old that sleeps to much bed time 8pm and she doesnt wake gone 10am if not later! can i wake her earlyer? if so how?

[becky90]

the big problem realy is she one of a twin. but her sister wont go to sleep till 10pm and she wakes up dead on 8am every morning. she will play in her cot for a bit then start screaming coz she want me to feed her but even all that noies doesnt even make holly flinch its likes she total zoned out! i have gone in a tryed wakeing her by saying holly its time to get up. she lookes at me smiles and goes back off in to deep sleep snoring and stuff its unbelieveble. mother inlaw didnt believe till i dragged her upstairs to show her.

i need holly to wake at the same time as her sister as its a nightmare in the day. they both have diffent sleeping feeding pattens and i dont get a break. also they like playing with each other so when ones awake she keeps trying to wake the other to play and of they sucseful in doing so im faced with an over tired baby!

i want them both to wake up at 7am and maybe go to sleep at near enough the same time so i can just take a break and breath lol. does anyone know how? and should i wake them up because i have always been told never wake a sleeping baby. if its ok to wake them how do i do it so they dont get startled and scream?

How old are they?

I'd suggest waking up by opening the curtains, letting loads of sun in, make noise in the room etc etc so the twin will (hopefully) gradually wake up naturally after a few days.

At the same time try putting the 10pm twin to bed at 7ish with the other one and see what happens. As she gets up earlier, she might need a much earlier bedtime to catch up. It might take a week or so to work.

My DS used to go to sleep at 10pm. In the end what worked was putting him to bed a lot earlier at 8pm (so feeding by quarter past 7) with no nap after 6pm. It worked the first night we tried it - we didn't do it gradually - and in future nights we watched his tired signs and realised he needed an even earlier bedtime - around 6.30pm.

Sorry - just saw you've put the age in the thread title

You can also start to schedule naps and milk around solids which can help sort a loose routine out. If the twins are eating their meals together, they might be more likely to synchronise?

Mine did this at six months, and nothing I did made any difference. She moved her sleeping pattern earlier naturally, but it took till she was over a year old before she settled into the 'usual' 7.30 - 7.30 timeslot. I used to be so jealous of my husband, sleeping in till 9am, when I had to be up by 6am.