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Waking at 5.30 am after sleeping till 7 for ages - help!!!!

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:04

I know I shouldn't moan cos my LO is very good really, but..................

He always used to sleep until at least 6.30 am, if not 7, but is now waking at around 5.30am, wide awake, not starving hungry but just ready to start his day. I try to ignore him for a bit - he's generally 'chatting' in his cot, not crying, but after about half an hour this escalates and I have to get him up.

I've tried blacking him room out more, feeding him immediately when he wakes and trying to settle him back, and not letting him sleep too much in the day ( usually about 2 1/2 hrs daily over 3 naps) but he's having none of it!!

He's 6 1/2 months now, and has slept through since 31/2 months. He's been on solids for 2 weeks, around the time the problem started.

Any ideas anyone????

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beansprout · 03/06/2007 21:05

Welcome to my world! If you find a way out, please, please let me know!!

Malaleche · 03/06/2007 21:07

maybe he can hear the birds singing?

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:08

BS - Did yours used to go through till 7 too?? Or has he/she always been an early riser??

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beansprout · 03/06/2007 21:08

Nah, this has been going on for a while.....!

MG72 · 03/06/2007 21:09

We have had a lot of early starts recently as well - I think it is the bright mornings. When the weather is bad he doesn't seem to wake so early.

By the way, sleeping through since 31/2 months - lucky you! DS didn't manage it till 8.5 months.... that is only a month ago.... Yawn!

Perhaps look at adjusting the times you feed him solids vs milk - perhaps he doesn't have enough food in his tummy, or perhaps too much to digest?

beansprout · 03/06/2007 21:09

There was a land, far, far away once upon a time, where he did. But I don't know how to return!

thelittleElf · 03/06/2007 21:09

I have to say, the birds have been chirping too ruddy early for my liking this weekend

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:09

Damn those birds!!! Am I going to have to make the room sound proof too???? ( coming to think of it, that's not a bad idea...................!)

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:15

MG - I know I'm lucky really - I've just been so spoilt up 'til now!!!!!

I think it may be to do with the solids - quatities vary quite a bit at the moment as we're both finding our way, but he always has at least 35 oz of milk daily ( had 40 oz before solids) and no solids after 5 pm, so I dont know if it's that or not. He still has a milk feed at 10.30 pm too

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thelittleElf · 03/06/2007 21:16

You could always stick egg boxes to his walls. Thats what they did on Grange Hill once to soundproof their studio

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:19

Elf - I remember that!!!!!!!!! Anything has to be worth a go...............!!!

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yomellamoHelly · 03/06/2007 21:23

Have also had a problem with early starts, but I have yet to wean so my 5 month old is just hungry and has finally (touchwood) learnt that he needs to sleep again after.
I wonder when you are feeding him and if you are able to switch the time for when you offer him solids. IIRC he should be getting his main meal at midday, not 6 pm lest it interfere with their sleep patterns. (Sorry am a bit rusty - ds1 is 3.8 and it's been a while.) I always followed gf for feeding times and it worked for us.

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:25

Yes. I'm following GF weaning book too, so he's just started protein at lunch time and has something carb-y like cauliflower cheese at 5 pm

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thelittleElf · 03/06/2007 21:28

Oh dear jojay! Now we're showing our age

PavlovtheCat · 03/06/2007 21:31

DD 11 months slept until 7:30am, but woke for bf during the ngiht, now she sleeps through, wakes at 5:30-6:30am. No idea why either!
sorry I could not be more help, but just so you know your not alone!!!

yomellamoHelly · 03/06/2007 21:31

Mmmm....! (Wondering whether I should flee in a tiz! - Half a bottle of wine befuddling brain.)
I suppose you could try bringing tea forward half an hour. Failing that maybe it's a case of gritting your teeth and shush-patting for however long it takes for the point to get through. (Took 7 weeks with ds2. Ds1 took a matter of days when he went through this.)

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:34

Sorry if I'm being thick, but how would bringing his tea forward help???

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PavlovtheCat · 03/06/2007 21:38

I leave DD to cry/play, now she stays in cot until 7am-8am )hmm] bad mummy?!. Yesterday, she cried then stopped then cried then stopped, then I went in to get her up and she was 'reading' her material book, looked up like 'hello? I am busy reading?' lol!

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 21:43

Probably need to do that. I really don't think he needs anything - he's not starving, just awake. I've kind of done it, but then I've thought that I'm lying here awake, listening to him lying there awake, so I might as well get him up. But that won't help him break the habit I know!!

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PavlovtheCat · 03/06/2007 21:51

Jojay - If he is not distressed, I think it is good for him. He will learn to enjoy his own company sometimes, which makes it easier as he grows up when you have things that you really have to do...like sleep! .

DD is always in a good mood when I get her up, never has tears, like yours, she is just chatty and vocal. I dont always leave her as long as 8am, but she usually tells me if its too long as her cry changes slightly, I try to not to leave her that long, but sometimes 5:30am is so early isnt it that the duvet stays comfy for a lot longer afterwards

berolina · 03/06/2007 21:57

later bedtime?

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Jojay · 03/06/2007 22:06

Yes, maybe. I've been trying to limit his daytime sleep but he is then so tired that he ends up going down at 6.30pm - 6.45 pm ish, which may be too early.

Maybe I'll let him have a bit more daytime sleep and aim for a bed time nearer 7.30 pm. Anyone tried this???

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berolina · 03/06/2007 22:12

Once ds had passed the newborn stage and fallen into a 'routine', he would wake between 7 and 8 (sometimes as late as 8.30), have between 1 and 3 hours' sleep in the daytime (usually all in one nap) and go to bed around 9 - which I know a lot of people will consider terribly late, but it's worked for us so far. He would just not be amenable to bef before then. He's 2 now and currently dropping his daytime sleep, so another adjustment coming (probably slightly earlier bedtime).

madmarchhare · 03/06/2007 22:21

I think its a sleep issue rather than a food one. I would fiddle around with naps to try and get a later bedtime to work.

MissTea4Me · 03/06/2007 22:45

I'm inclined to agree with MMH that it's a sleep rather than food issue: I'm having exactly the same trouble with DD who's just under 6 months and not yet weaned. I have an American book that suggests that having babies sleep more during the day, and not keeping them up for too long at a time actually facilitates longer night sleeps. A couple of my friends have sworn by this method, however it requires discipline that I do not have!

Anyway I will be closely watching this thread to see if someone has the magic answer. Please do post if you get it sorted!

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