What do you do at 5am?

[SnowWhite26]

Hi.
My 9 month old has just started sleeping through 6.30-5 which is great. I have been going in at 5 giving milk and putting back down which when waking at 4.30 last week was helping go back to sleep. He would have it chat a bit and resettle till 7. Now hes waking at 5 i feed and he just chats and chats. This morning he chatted till 5.45 then I got him up as he was getting cross. My question is who just gets up at 5? Who leaves baby with no feeding hoping they get bored and go back to sleep who feeds and they go back to sleep?I want to do right thing for us all lol. My 3 year old used to wake at 5-5.30 every day and me and my husband used to just take it in turns to get up ( it was hard and didn't no if i helped this habit)and about 1.5 years she started waking later. Now does 7-7 even with a very chatty baby in her room! Thanks x

I would try to adjust the bedtime to make waking later in the morning.

I think I’d do a few jobs and hope to go for a nap later in the day.

My kids are all asleep but I’m awake, want to drop him to me

My 9 month old woke up at 4:15 this morning so I can relate! Generally just cuddles / bedtime mode until 6ish, at which point we give up and start the day!

Try moving bedtime to 7/7.30 in the hope they sleep til 6? Do it gradually tho like 10/15 mins later each day.
Or else bring them back in to your bed for cuddles for that last hour, they might fall back asleep with a cuddle in a warm bed?

Have you tried not feeding and just resettling? My 8 month old has been sleeping 7.30-7 for a while not and any wake up before 6.30am we treat as a night wake so either me or DH go in a pick up and calm (if she’s crying) then ut back down, put Ewan on and give her back her mouse and leave her to go back to sleep. If she just wakes and is chatting to herself then we go in and do Ewan and the mouse (no talking or cuddles) and 99%of the time she’ll go back to sleep on her own with no fuss. She never gets her first bottle of the day before 7 and this seems to have worked for us

No he gets to excited if you go in. I give him a bottle which has helped him but last couple days awake and ready. Problem is then he needs a nap at 8! X

My twins wake up at 5.30 am everyday so I feel your pain.

We co sleep on a floor bed though, so they usually play together for a bit after a nappy change. They don’t usually want a feed on the morning.

I try not to get them up for breakfast until 7am. I’m scared if I start earlier that they will start waking earlier. It’s a killer though😴😴

As a PP has said I would gradually make his bedtime slightly later to around 7 to 7:30 and see if this helps.

My 8 mo DS wakes at 5.30/6 every day. Occasionally 5, but never later than 6 really. I just start the day. I’ve tried putting him to bed later, blackout blinds, ignoring him, cuddling him in etc but no joy. I read something that said that babies haven’t gotten the memo about modern sleep and are still pretty primitive hence rise when the sun rises sort of thing (I surmise v basically but hopefully you get what I mean). I just try to bed relatively early (no later than 10) and get jobs done when it’s just me and him...

I've had 4 children and I've always considered anything before 7am to be a night feed. Not that it necessarily stops them having phases of waking early but my mindset was to treat it like a night feed. I'd definitely try and adjust his nap schedule in the day if possible and try and create a knock on effect of a later bedtime.

Hes always been ready for bed from 6.30-7 and my 3 year old also goes to bed about 7. They share a room. She used to wake at 5.30 and we used to except it. But she was ready.She weirdly slerps through all is his chitchat now which is loud until about 7-730 lol He seems tired still. Today he woke at 5.15 i fed him 4 ozs and he went back till 6.45 which is fine. But its when i feed him and he doesn't thats annoying and he just gets louder and then upset. I understand saying its morning till 7 but when he decides hes not going back to sleep its hard haha x

My eldest used to wake up sooo early. We went down to the living room, I gave him a bottle, when he finished it I put a dvd on (because CBeebies hadn't started yet), I closed the living room door (with us both contained), put lots of toys out and I slept on the sofa. It wasn't a proper sleep because although the room was baby proofed I still woke up every now and then just to check he was okay. But it was better than no sleep! I am not a morning person and my OH worked lates. So I did what I could to survive. He's a happy, healthy 15 yo now. Well he's can be quite argumentative but I think that's normal for teenagers! 😂

Oh and don't try putting him to bed later! In my experience the later you put them to bed the earlier they wake up!