Waking at 5am for the day!
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Topic: Waking at 5am for the day!
Posted By: naysgirl
Subject: Waking at 5am for the day!
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 8:16am
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My DS has decided that 5am is a great time to start the day. This has been going on for a couple of months now. I think it started when my husband used to get up at 5am for work and he would hear him but now my husband is back to getting up at 6am and we are still getting the early wake-ups. So now I think my DS has got into a habit of waking up this early.
I feel like I have tried everything. I've left him to it, tried going in as soon as he has started to make noise, given him water, given him bonjela. He is happy talking to himself when he wakes up (which is fine, but out room is right next door and so I can't sleep through it). But we all end up tired before the day has even started. The Plunket Nurse suggested that he could be waking up because he's hungry and said try giving him some pudding closer to bedtime. I don't mind doing that but if he hasn't eaten his tea I don't like to then give him some pudding later. Has anyone had to deal with early wakings like this at a similar age? Did anything work to change this habit? 5am is just a little too early to start the day! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mrsbt
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 2:19pm
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Hi,
Both my boys did this from 14 months for a while. I just slowly stretched out the time I got up to get them. At first I didn't get up till 5;30 then when they slept till then I started waiting till 5:45 then 6 and so on. Now they both wake after 7... It took a while but it did the trick. I have heard people use clocks that have a moon and then the sunshine when it is time to get up. (You can get them from the Sleepstore) but I never needed them. My boys still don't get up before I go into the room but they chat when they wake as they are together, but they rarely wake before 7. Is there any noise happening around that time every morning that could be waking him? We had a neighbour who went to work early every morning and this woke our second son for a while. Also sometimes a light might come on outside which shines into their room and can wake them. ie a cat walking past a security light every morning around the same time... I don't think pudding is the solution really, especially if he hasn't had his dinner, maybe more dinner that he hasn't eaten but... How early does he have dinner? Does he have a bottle before bed still? (That would be better than pudding) It's a game of patience and we are sure to remember these days when we struggle to wake them for school when they become teenagers!!! :-) Can't wait... Good luck ------------- 
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 3:33pm
| If you find a magic trick let us know. DS is miles younger then yours but he also wakes at 5am no matter what and is also happy to talk and play by himself but we share a room so i dont get back to sleep either. |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 3:41pm
| Hah. Just noticed i posted in toddler instead of baby. Awkward. But i leave my reply so i remember to come back and check just in case someone suggests something awesome that'll work for Max too. |
Posted By: gooseychew
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 3:49pm
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I'm with mrsbt! We went through a phase of getting up too early as DH was waking her going to the gym but we retrained her by just not getting up to her for another hour. She was happy to talk to herself for a while and if she cried i just went in and resettled her with her teddy etc and left again. I didn't get any sleep with her right next door but eventually she went back to sleep again and we've got her to stretch it out by an hour. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: naysgirl
Date Posted: 27 July 2011 at 4:23pm
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He has dinner at 5.30, the same time as us and then has a cup of milk after he has had tea, so anywhere between 6pm and 7pm. I am wondering if maybe I should put him to bed a bit later. His current bedtime is 7pm and is usually pretty tired by then and goes down a treat.
I refuse to get him up for the day before 6.30am. I wouldn't mind if he woke at 6am, that would be slightly more bearable! So I just go in and re-tuck him in and say go back to sleep (but it never works). And that is usually after he has talked to himself for about an hour. I don't think there is any noises that woke him up, not now that my hubby has started getting up at 6 and not 5am. I think he has just gotten used to been awake at that time as its almost 5am on the dot! I guess its just a matter of riding it out and hoping the phase ends shortly. Bowie- we used to have early wakings too when he was younger but he used to go back to sleep afterwards. And then he started sleeping until 8am some mornings which was bliss. And then it was all downhill from there!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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