has anyone tried controlled crying for early morning waking?

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sorry if there's a similar thread - dh has given me access to the laptop for 10 mins so i don't have time to search archives.

ds turned 1 a fortnight ago and wakes around 5 or 5:30am. we suspect he's woken by the planes - they start around that time. in the past he often went back to sleep but now he usually is up for the day.

we used cc when he was 6mo to get him to settle himself at bedtime and it worked well. we're now planning on starting again tomorrow morning to get him back to sleep.

i'm sure he needs more sleep as he is grouchy and grotty til he goes back for a sleep at 8:30-9ish - and this is usually a long one - an hour and 20 mins or so.

also has a lunchtime nap - around an hour.

anyone tried anything similar? tips would be oh-so-gratefully received - i am so sick of waking so early

Two years........
I just daren't think in those terms. I washoping this would earoff in a couple of months. You must be worn to a frazzle.

wear off - too knackered

welshmum..my ds used to wake at 5.30am every day he stopped when he turned 2 and now wakes at a delightful 6-7am...pmsl I am assuming when they have to go to school etc they sleep longer..I hope anyway

we can but hope!!!

After giving up on trying to get ds back to sleep for 1.5hrs I've come down to put mumsnet on and this is the thread a the top of active convos.

Oh how I larfed. Grrr.

HELP!!!!! My son 20mths doesn't usually wake up TOO early, usually around 6.30am - 7am ish (still an ungodly hour for me but could be worse I suppose?) But the very moment he wakes he screams absolute blue murder till we come and get him. He shouts at the top of his voice till he goes hoarse and throws things out of his cot. I know he's not hungry/thirsty because he's fine as soon as one of us goes to get him? It wakes me with such a shock every morning and consequently I start every day in a foul mood! I wish he would just wake up quietly and play with his toys for a short while and give me some come-round time? (He has done this in the past so why not now?) The longest I have left him "screaming" is 10mins but should I leave him till he stops so he realises that we won't come when he's doing this? Anyone any ideas?

dear other mums
after yet another morning of early waking (4.30am) i did a search on the internet and found this website.
apart from the good tips i shall be trying (starting with knocking off the morning nap from today) i really found it helpful to know that i'm not the only one....... don't know many other mums (and the ones i do know seem to have 'perfect' sleepers so feel a bit inadequate)so thanks for giving me a much needed sense of perspective and reality.
fingers crossed for tonight!

clackers - how is it going with ur 20 mth old? hope he's stopped screaming like that in the morning...that's a hard one, not sure what you could do about that.

princessleah - good luck!! i hope it all works out. keep us updated on your progress.

riab, flanelette and others - where are you all?

Thanks aquablue, he hasn't done it for 2 mornings now but won't hold my breath! Will see how it goes but am not going to rush into him no matter how much he hollers, think is only going to encourage him to do it more! Might be I'll have to wait till he's in a proper bed before I get a bit of peace!

Hi there - we are having the same problem. For about the last 4 months our 21mth old one has been waking at 5am, sometimes as early as 4.30am, and no amount of cc will get him back to sleep. Mind you, we have only persisted with it for 1 morning, and the next we just can't do it. We have done this about 3 times in total. He screams, calls mum and dad, and doesn't stop! I have read that cc for early risers can take up to 2-3 weeks, but my hubby and I don't know if we can do it for that long.
When we have tried, i go in every 15 mins or so, and gently tell him "it's not morning yet, goodnight, we'll see you in the morning" and leave. He then starts the yelling again. One morning it lasted 1 1/2 hours, and he went back to sleep for 40mins, and for the next week he woke at 6am. We thought we were in heaven. but then it went back to 5.30am, and now back to 5am. I have a 6week old, and am exhausted
Any suggestions on cc from anyone?

HELP! We are now on night 4 of CIO with my 1 year old - she wakens at 4.50 and is awake chatting or giving off for an hour and a half each night - I’m refusing to feed her as she definitely doesn’t need it but come the end of the hour and a half she maybe does need it but I don’t want to give in and teach her that if she cries for long enough she will get fed so not feeding her until she goes back to sleep for even 15 minutes then get her up for the day with milk. I thought there would’ve been an improvement after 4 nights but no! How long should I persevere for? I’m at my wits end!

@dcoils01 this thread is 11 years old.

And by CIO do you mean you just leave her screaming by herself for an hour and a half?