13 month old wakes up at 5am!

[haydensmummy2010]

Hi all. Have a question hopefully someone could answer. My little boy, partner and I live in a 1 bed flat and just wanted to as people how they get their 13 month old's to sleep. he goes to bed at 9pm after some milk, and stays asleep until about 4/5 am, he then wakes up and does not go back to sleep, unless i bring him into bed with us. It's difficult, as we all stay in the same room, and when he wakes when we are in the other room, he settles himself back down. But, when we are in the room, he wont settle at all, even if he has been crying for an hour and a half, and yet when he is picked up and put into our bed, he falls straight asleep. I do try to put him back into his cot, but he wakes again and again and again. Any ideas?

keep him in bed with you before he cries for an hour and a half? surely that means more sleep for everyone?

Not an expert but I'd firstly wonder if 9pm was too Kate for 13 month old? Do you have a bedtime routine?

Too Kate??? Too late obviously!

Yup 5am all of mine did it! They grow out of it aged about 2. Nothing I did changed it. The only that worked was putting child in bed with us and then a pillow over my head

smackapacca (love your name) my 10mo goes to bed at 9pm, any earlier and he wakes at 4am, but from 9pm he goes to 8am (not uninterrupted but we cosleep so I don't get up).

Mine did that at that age - and was also in a 1 bed flat with him. Best thing we found was to take the side right off the cot, and push it up against the bed. So he could sleep right next to me, but still in his own space and bedding.

5am is a natural sort of time to drift into lighter sleep, so that's probably what he's doing, finding himself briefly awake, and deciding he'd rather be in with you. Is he warm enough, or could it be he's kicked his covers all off? You could try a baby sleeping bag if he has. Or warm sleepsuit and minimal bedding.

I had one that always woke between 5 and 5.30. He did it all through his childhood years and is still a 'morning person' at 16. On the plus side he always took himself to bed when he was tired and that was usually early! It became less of a problem when he learnt to stay in his own bed/room and read or play with toys. Good luck!

Both mine went through phases of early waking. At that age we varied between going in and shushing him or going in and sitting with him quietly. Neither of ours settled in with us do it wasn't an option. We didn't do any controlled crying either

If I had the option of bringing baby in with me and falling back to sleep I'd do that in a second. I wouldn't worry about rods/backs etc. I like the idea of cot next to bed though. That sounds lovely.