Waking early at 4 1/2 months

[Esthersmum]

I know this isn't the worst sleep problem that anyone's ever had, but I'd still be so grateful for some advice if anyone's experienced something similar.

My 4 1/2 month old daughter started sleeping 7pm-7am at about 3 months after gradually dropping all the night feeds. DH and I were suitably smug... until the last week or so where she's suddenly started waking at 5/5:30. The first couple of days it was clear that she was starving (she had also began to demand extra feeds during the day). So weI started her on solids. This hasn't stopped her waking up at 5/5:30 but now it seems she's not waking from hunger - she just seems bored!

Help! (and thanks in advance...)

maybe she's just trained herself to wake then from when she was hungry. its become a habit. i would say carry on with your routine and i bet it falls back into place again. i posted with a similar problem a couple of months back but she did go back again, although unlike you she never did sleep through. now 6 months and still doesnt! wakes about 3 times but does sleep until 930 at the mo! sorry to not be much help, but i think if she's only been doing it a week, she will fall back into place. she does still need her 12+ hours.

Both my DDs are early wakers. Apparently it will get better as they get older. I live in hope! I tend to leave DD2 (8 months) in her cot for as long as I can before she screams the place down. DD1 is 3 so I can't do that!

Thanks for your speedy responses! We only go in when she gets really upset, and then try and settle her and leave again but it hasn't worked. I think tonight we're not going to take her out her room until 6:30/7, whereas before we went downstairs with her and started the day. Hopefully she'll get the message!

are you feeding her when she wakes at 5 anyway? do you bf? she may just need a bit and it'll be enough to send her back to sleepyland.

What about trying some water, she might just be a little thirsty.

Since I started the solids she's not hungry/thirsty when she wakes up. In retrospect I think it might be that she was napping too much (and too early) during the day. She'd wake up at 5 and then be tired again by 8, when I'd put her down. So I've now moved her morning nap until about 9 and wake her up at 10, instead of letting her sleep for 2 hours as she used to. Fingers crossed but it seems to be working...thanks guys. :)