Hi everyone,
I have a 13 month old who wakes between 4 and 5 and I'm very tired and would love her to go to at least 5:30!! It's been 6 weeks and started once she started sleeping 'through' (once I stopped night feeds). She self settles at night and day going into her cot awake and chatting. She sleeps without stirring until 4/5. I've tried the following to no avail - any further bright ideas?
- she's difinitely not hungry eating like a small adult in the day
- she has large tea at 5 then 200-250 ml of cows milk at 6:30 and goes to bed awake at 7:15
- tried 'wake to sleep' stirring her at about 3:30 (but only a few times)
- bringing her into bed doesn't work
- need to avoid feeding and putting back down or her falling asleep on the boob as it was a battle to stop night feeding in first place
- tried putting heating on earlier and all night
- it's not outside noise as wakes at same time regardless of where we are staying
- she has soft toys to play with
- she doesn't sleep for more than 3 to 3-1/4 hours a day (usually 1:45 7:30-9:15am and 1-2:30 at lunch time) total sleep 13 hours
- rocking/cuddling and putting back down at 4 works for a bit if my husband does it
- have tried leaving her to protest (she is awake and crying not awake and chatting unfortunately) between 4 and 5 as won't feed her until 5 as a rule (in my own head) since night weaning. But after 3 weeks of horrid mornings it didn't work so I didn't want to continue doing that.
I'm breast feeding for the morning feed still and I think she is just waking for the cuddles and not the food. I don't really want to drop the BF and love the cosy time, but would just rather we had cuddles a wee bit later?!
Anyone have any ideas??
Thank you