baby whisperer technique for early wakings

[hayleybop]

Has anyone had any success with baby whiper technique for waking baby up early (not fully waking them up) an hour before they usually wake up?

yep - i have done it

worked well - had to do it for 6 nights

i used it for DS's 5.00 am wakings

ruby how old was your DS?

when we did it, DS was around a year old

I used it with dd around the age of 20 months when she started waking at 5.30am - only took a couple of days

how do you go about it as I tryed last night and I was up an hour trying to put her back to sleep! Do you have to fully awaken or maybe rub back, turn them over?

you just try to bring them out of deep sleep but without waking them up fully.

I found all the sleep techniques of the baby whisperer effective (although I did not do all of them so maybe I should say...Of all the sleep techniques from the Baby Whisperer that I tried) WORKED.
DD slept through from 3 months, had a brief early waking period, got over that, then had a waking up at 11pm demanding boob period...got through that.

I'm a fan, it seemed a natural way to deal with things and got results within a week every time.

Wow! Thanks Hayleybop for starting this thread - I'm desperate to change my 16 mo's waking time of 6am and was just about to start a thread. Like Miggsie I've found the Baby Whisperer's approach to be exactly right for me, but I hadn't yet read of this particular approach. Will try it from tonight! Good luck with your sleep as well! x

hayley - you don't wake them fully

just enough so they are almost there - you then leave them to re-settle

IIRC the BW recommends, rubbing baby's face, untucking etc

This is really useful info, as I've just started using the baby whisperer techniques at night (see my 3.30am wake-up call thread) and am also trying to extend his naps.

Wake-to-sleep isn't working for us yet because he's waking up too early (after 30mins!) and laughing at us when we attempt pick up/put down. Baby whisperer only seems to talk about helping crying babies to get back to sleep, but what do you do if they're wriggling happily around in the cot? It seems like my ds wants to get up, but he's nowhere near notching up enough nap time. Any ideas?

Hope you don't mind me muscling in on this thread Haleybop, but it seemed like you've got some experts amassed here.

if they are happy in the cot then leave the room and only go back in when the crying starts (although if they are waking up happy your lo may already have had enough sleep)

I agree with Seona - although my DS usually only does the giggling/ wriggling/ singing thing when he's done a poo and is waiting for us to change him. Once he has a clean nappy, he's out like a light. But I'm sure you know your child well enough to know whether this is the case. If he's just happy, I'd definitely leave him till he conks out/ starts proper, full-on crying.