Sleep training at 5 am?

[naomiembrace]

Has anyone tried this? My baby is 10 months and will sometimes sleep through but often wake up around 5. I'll feed him, change nappy. He used to go to sleep after 15 minutes of babbling in his cot but will now just cry. Sometimes if I pat him for an hour (literally) he will sleep again. Routine is half hour sleep 9:30-10 and then nap 12-30-2:30 ish. If he sleeps less in day, doesn't impact night. Wondering if sleep training would work as it feels too late in the morning-probably less sleep pressure? Thanks !

An alternative is to cut that nap to a very short 20mins one (down at 9.30, up by 10). I remember my dd gradually finding it harder and harder to get to sleep around that stage. Then I bit the bullet and dropped it altogether.

Mewkins-what age did you drop it?

The morning nap is usually dropped at 12-15 months. You drop it when it starts interfering with the lunchtime nap.
For early morning waking you can try pushing back the start of the nap, or an earlier bedtime. I’d fry the earlier bedtime and see how you go. But stick to it for a
week

Thanks v much, will try

Some things we did - eliminating light/ cold/hunger

• Make sure the window are completely blacked out with blinds taped to the glass.
• check temperatures - could he be getting cold or hot at that point
• feed a more substantial dinner. Give a dessert of mashed banana right before the final feed and bedtime.

Maybe for you. Not for me and dh. So we had to work to get dc through thinking 5am was morning.

I think it was completely dropped by a year with my dd (who is now almost a teenager!!) She was a very alert and very active baby (walking before first birthday etc). Not sure if this makes a difference? Incidentally her friend dropped her naps ENTIRELY at one year old.