4:30 riser

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Hi all,

I’m new to here (not sure why it’s taken me so long when I have a 4 and 2 year old!) and come for sympathy and hopefully advise on my 2 year olds 4:30 rising !

She is wide awake and we can’t leave her or even bring her into bed as she goes mental screaming she just wants to go down! If I didn’t have a 4 year old then we would have done some sleep training /leaving and keep going back but we don’t want to wake my 4 year old. She has a gro clock which she loves kissing but couldn’t care less if it’s sun or star!

We’ve tried less naps (currently has between 1.5-2 hours at 12), we’ve tried earlier bed time (currently asleep around 7ish) and tried later bedtime (we’ve stayed out late over the last few weeks twice and she’s gone to bee 9ish..: still got up 4:30)!

My husband and I take it in turns to get up with her but it’s getting us down now and I’m sure she needs more sleep as she gets extremely grumpy and falls asleep v quick at nap and bedtime plus quite often would sleep at her nap longer if we let her !

Anyone else with us here? Anyone have advise ?!?! It’s been going on for about 7months now x

No advice but I too was woken at 4.30 this morning (18 month old here). Sucks doesn’t it.

I was just about to post something similar about my 16 month old.

I'm restricting his nap time to 1.5hours a day. His bed time is half an hour earlier (now 6.30). Neither have made much of a difference.

I've tried ignoring him until 6, but he just screams louder and louder and works himself up.

My husband thinks it's because he has become very fussy with food and isn't eating much so thinks he's just hungry. I'm trying not to give him milk during the night or immediately when we get up. I don't want him to become dependant on those bottles. But I don't know how to get him to eat more at meal times.

I've tried not having the tv on at all. I've tried increasing his outdoor time. He still wakes up by 5.30.

The last couple of times he slept later was on days we actually did need to be up early! I have no idea how or why.

My dd dis this for a long time. I'm glad to say she fee out of it eventually but it was some thing we just had to ride through. I would take her downstairs, switch on the tv in darkness and the cover myself in a blanket on the sofa.
Unfortunately I was heavily pregnant when she was at her worst for this and it felt like torture. I didn't talk or look at her, just explained that she was up too early and it went on like that until 6am. I'd then hand her over to her dad and her another hour or so. I found minimising our interactions and keeping it dark and quiet was the only
Thing to do. Good luck!

My 11 month old did 3am today, he usually does 4.30am, no tips myself as can't get him out of the habit but sympathy

Try the wake to sleep method