14 month old wakes between 3 -5 am every morning! 😫

[Katd31]

Can anyone offer any advice on what to do? At the moment we put him to bed at 7.30 ish and he sleeps right through but will always wake up full of beans normally around 4.30. I'm knackered! This morning I fed him back to sleep at 4.45 and he slept again till 6.45.. this is the first time that's ever happened. I feel like this is his natural wake up time

Thanks for any help!

Hello for anyone having same issues... we ended up getting back in touch with a sleep consultant we have used in the past. She is well priced.. £50 for an hours skype and always seems to help! She focuses on emotional sides of sleep etc... and doesn't used cc or cio methods. www.nurturingsleep.co.uk

we spoke to her the other day about this problem and already he has improved

Can I ask what you did to improve? My LO is 19 months and is waking at 6am no matter when he goes to bed it is ded not enough sleep for him and his daytime naps aren't making up the difference.

I think 6am onwards is a totally reasonable time for a young child to wake up - this is what they do. Especially If bed is between 6.30 and 8 which is what most people do.
Op- agree that 4.30 is still night time and you should feed him back to sleep if it works.
Pp- 6 is normal. If you want a later wake you'll need a consistently later bedtime of around 9pm.

My son did this too OP for about six months, and at the same sort of age. I would have him in bed an bf back to sleep but it didn't always wake. The trick was to get him as soon as he woke, lay him down boob out and feed.

He stopped being so early at about 18 months. He's 2 now and wakes between 6-6.30 but is in his own room and chats in his cot for half a hour.

My son is the same age and is exactly the same at the moment. He usually wakes at 4 and I feed back to sleep and he sleeps on me for a while longer. It's pretty tiring but he's only been sleeping through for about a month (used to wake 3-4 times a night until 13 months) so at least it's an improvement on that!
Would love to hear any tips you've found work to improve it!

My Dd thinks 4.30am is wake up time. I'd love to know what worked.

In my experience the only thing that works is time! They'll either grow out of it and start sleeping longer as they get more active/start nursery etc. or they get to an age where they can understand a Gro Clock and play quietly in their room until a respectable time (whatever that may be).