Hey,
I really need some advice with my los early wake ups and naps, He’s nearly 6 months old.
He goes to sleep at 7.30, I pop him in his crib awake and stay there till he falls asleep, roughly 10-15minutes. He sleeps the entire night but he wakes up every morning between 5.00-5.30! He doesn’t cry, he just lays there playing with his feet and babbling to himself, I leave him to see if he will fall asleep again, up to 1-1.5 hours, but he never does!
Next up is his naps...30 mins on the dot, on the very rare occasion he will go down for an hour! I have tried every awake time from 1.35 to 2 hours, looked out for every sleepy cue but nothing makes a difference! I’ve left him for 30 mins to fall back asleep, I’ve gonr on there and tried to resettle him for 30 mins (not picked up)
Because of him waking up at 5 and silly short naps, he needs between 4-5 naps a day. He obviously can resettle himself because he sleeps all night through and on the rare occasion has a long nap!
Am I doing something wrong? Or do I just accept the fact that he’s a very early riser and just wants to cat nap? I’m exhausted getting up that early everyday and I can’t nap or even have some me time in those 30mins!