A few weeks back there were quite a few of us with DCs about a year old, too young for gro clocks etc waking up TOO BLOOMING EARLY. Where are you all at now? DD seems to be getting earlier. Cough not helping but we had 4.55 this morning. I hate to say it but I actually enjoyed her being ill last week as she slept til 6.30 once. Some mornings I think "just a long phase we can live with it" but this morning I was in total despair. Will I ever be able to make it to 10pm without thinking I will regret staying up this late??! I know some of you will say stick with the messing around with morning nap, it will fix it, but to be honest I don't believe it will and I just want to WHINGE to people who will understand!!
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A thread for my early waking friends who want a whinge
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fififrog · 13/03/2012 22:07
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Meggymoodle ·
17/04/2012 08:13
Hi ladies - how're you doing?
We're still struggling with early mornings and the 1 nap/2 nap connundrum and then last night I had DS (3) up at 1.30 saying he wasn't tired. I gave him exceedingly short shrift and he was back asleep in 5 mins but it took me over 2 hours to get back to sleep - arrrggghhh and then I had DD up at 5.45 as usual....
Soooooooo frustrating.
phd I know it's very easy to say "if it were me" when I'm not in your situation but I think if it were DS doing this I would be withdrawing any privileges (e.g. television) until it stopped or having a treat when he did well. We did it with the groclock that if he got 10 mornings with the yellow sun before getting out of bed we went for a trip to the aquarium. Mind you, I'm guessing I may have to eat my words when DD gets to that age as she's a totally different temperament 
LittleMilla ·
19/04/2012 20:53
After a few weeks off this thread, I am now firmly back on. Got in to a relative groove of 6:15/6:30am which was bearable.
He's now doing a dramatic shout at about 5am and then wakes up properly at about 5:45am. Been like this for the last few days. And lo and behold, having checked the wonder weeks book, he's just starting another fecking one.
A friend joked that with all of these dramatic 'wonder weeks' he was going to be one exceptional little boy!! Ha.
DH reckons he's cold, so he's back in his uber thick sleeping bag tonight. Early waking is also coinciding with him refusing 1 or 2 bottles, which we've never had before.
So back to me being bloody shattered and then over-analysing every stage of the day.
JOYOUS.
vix206 ·
21/04/2012 05:49
I'm back again. We've reverted to 5-5.15 am and on Thursday morning he woke at 3.45 and refused to go back to sleep. Then had 1 measly hour at midday. I know he's overtired so he's had really early nights 6pm since then but it's not working this time. He's also acting out horribly all day so I'm a tired, at-the-end-of-my-tether mummy right now. With child free friends to entertain this weekend 
Thatisnotitatall ·
21/04/2012 06:03
Hello everyone! Saw this in active so came over for a chat! All my 3 (age 6, 4, and very nearly 1) are early risers, but they are getting better - after being up with first dd then ds every day from 5am for about 5 years, the older 2 are now relatively well trained now not to come out of their rooms til they hear an adult moving around, and the 6 yo is finally starting to sleep longer (though she gets up the moment she wakes as she hates to miss anything and my 4 yo can usually be heard playing in his room any time from 5am on).
My 1 yo's default wake up appears to be fixed at 5.47am on the dot, which I realise you ladies on here will not think is early - it is at least 45 mins later than his older brother and sister got up at his age - but then again his night time sleep is worse, we were averaging 5 to 7 wake ups a night til I night weaned a couple of weeks ago, last night we achieved the rare miracle of just one wake up (he has never slept through and despite no more milk at night he is still waking 3 or so times most nights).
Anyone else share the red mist reaction when you hear mums whose kids usually sleep til 8am moan that their child woke them at 6am and refer to it as a night waking, and complain that the baby went back to sleep but they couldn't get back off! That's not a night waking that's a lie in! 
vix206 ·
22/04/2012 08:07
Well I've had 2 hours sleep. We have friends over so were daring and went out for dinner. Put DS to bed at 6.45 and my friend babysat. I went to bed at 11, woke at 1 feeling poorly and never went back to sleep. Then DS piped up at 4.15 and it was non stop feeding for 3 HOURS!! At 20 months this is taking the p I think. Feeling very sorry for myself. DH and guests all tucked up asleep and I'm sat here with DS feeling very gloomy indeed 
vix206 ·
22/04/2012 19:12
Yes but an hour after being up at 4.15 was nowhere near enough unfortunately. He's absolutely ot now and I just hope putting him to bed at 6 will help tonight 
Meggymoodle ·
23/04/2012 12:07
Bleurgh, your nights all sound hideous. Our nights so far have been OK - she's woken but gone back to sleep with a pat or two - but still up ludicrously early. I am hanging on by a thread when I go away at the weekend - just me and my friend. HOOOORAHHH I cannot wait.
I have not weaned DD but she's 17 months and she'll just have to cope without boobs at bedtime and in the morning. Does that sound horrendously callous? I can't see any other way round it, she won't take a bottled and she won't drink anything other than milk. My MIL is coming to help DH so I'm sure they'll be fine. And anyway, if they're not, it's only one night. 
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