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early mornings ... yawn ... zzz ...

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prefernot · 10/09/2004 10:19

Dd has recently started waking at 6.15am instead of 7.15am. She's done this now and then in the past but now it's been going on for about 2 weeks. Do you think it's a permanent change or can I fool myself it's a 'phase'? She's 23 months by the way and goes to bed at 7.30pm and sleeps 1 / 1/5 hours in the afternoon from 12.30pm.

I'm totally exhausted.

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prefernot · 13/09/2004 20:52

Welshmum, I'd love that! So what times does your dd sleep now at night? I kind of thought that if dd slept a longer night I'd cut the day sleep but on the contrary while she has rubbish day sleeps she seems to sleep much worse at night too ... sigh ... can't win! Today she slept 2.5 hours in the afternoon which she hasn't done in AGES. But I suffered for it at bedtime, took her a while to settle and now she's tossing and turning and I'm imagining a 5am start tomorrow. That'll teach me ... .

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Earlybird · 13/09/2004 22:14

prefernot - congratulations on the daytime nap in the cot. I've been letting DD nap if she needs it, and put her to bed extra early on the days when she doesn't nap. Not sure if a more consistent bedtime is the answer rather than the back and forth approach.

DD took a very long nap today, and I'm paying for it now too. She's still awake, and is now in her room crying at top volume because I refused to let her take her library books into bed when she popped into the lounge a few minutes ago. I feel badly that she's having a hard time settling, but this is almost as ridiculous as 5AM! I have been patient and understanding but am now gritting my teeth as she should have been asleep hours ago.

Must tell you that I just opened the door to her room to tell her to calm down and startled her so badly that she almost fell out of bed. Then we both started laughing so much that she got the hiccups. Finally, she said "mummy I'm happy now because you're here" - don't they know how to melt our hearts! Fingers crossed that she'll sleep now.

Welshmum · 14/09/2004 08:43

DD now goes to bed at 7 and sleeps until 6.30 - or sometimes 6 - which feels awful! This morning I crept in and told her it wasn't morning time and she did chat to her bear quietly for a while. When she came to join us we had 'I love you SO much Mummy, I love you too Daddy SO much' Yeah, right - not enough to sleep until 7! (was sweet though)
Do you know how people arrange meet ups - do you get hold of email addresses somehow - I haven't a clue....

lou33 · 14/09/2004 08:46

You are all making me feel v grateful for my late risers. Still too early for me, but a lie in for you, so thank you

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prefernot · 14/09/2004 13:32

lou, you are very lucky to have a late riser!

Things didn't go too badly in the end, she woke at 6.30am and I just got her up as I've decided to only do the lying down with her / trying to get her back to sleep if it's before 6.30. And she's been asleep for her nap now for 1.5 hours. I'm not going to let her sleep beyond 2 hours today. I think she's a bit more sleepy at the moment because she's got a cold so I'm not sure how things will be when she's over that ...

Welshmum, you can contact another talker through mumsnet. I'll send you an email through them and then you'll get my address. I'll do the same to you earlybird.

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prefernot · 14/09/2004 13:33

lou, you are very lucky to have a late riser!

Welshmum, you can contact another talker through mumsnet. I'll send you an email through them and then you'll get my address. I'll do the same to you earlybird.

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Lonelymum · 14/09/2004 13:38

Yes it looks like you are in for a whole load of early mornings prefernot! Join the club and, as I said before, if you find an answer to getting your child to sleep longer, do let me know. Ds3 is becoming a regular waker at 6:00

Welshmum · 14/09/2004 13:40

Thanks prefernot - look forward to hearing from you

lou33 · 14/09/2004 17:05

I feel lucky four times over (that's how many I have )!

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prefernot · 14/09/2004 20:44

Well, Lonelymum, the best way for me to see it is she was sleeping til 7.15ish and is now sleeping til 6.30ish so it's only 45 mins difference which is offset slightly by the fact I'm now putting her to bed 30 mins earlier so can go to bed 30 mins earlier and therefore am only losing 15 mins sleep . I also don't completely rule out the fact that she might start to sleep a bit later on her own. So long as it's not earlier.

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prefernot · 15/09/2004 14:49

I'm not going to count my blessings yet but this morning she woke at 7am. Hurray!!! I'm wondering now if getting her day naps back on track is actually helping her to sleep better at night as she's not so fagged at bedtime as she was during her rejecting nap phase...

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moongirl · 24/09/2004 12:18

Dh and i were discussing the exact same problems with ds 25 months and what to do(wakes latest at 6am if before 5 will go back to sleep when told to, but after then too awake and screams if told it's still nighttime)has anyone tried cutting back slowly on the daytime naps and does it make any difference?

moongirl · 24/09/2004 12:20

and what age do you think you can teach them to play on their own in their room?

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