Early waking driving me crazy

[Jen114]

Morning ladies I write this message with my whole family fast asleep
Accept my 20 month old and I .

For as long as I remember our wake ups have been terrible and I blame it on jumping to her as soon as she squeaks ! But this is mostly bec I do not want my
3 and 5 year old waking up too .

Our routine is generally

5:35-6:15
Wake ups
Lunch 12
Nap 13:00-15:00/16:00
Bedtime 19:00/20:00

What shall I try :-) please
Xx

[HenaV]

Hi there

I'm sorry you're having such a tough time.

Looking at your day I'm wondering whether your LO is OT? 9/10h nights here alway an indicator of OT. Iiwm I would consider bringing the nap and BT forward a tad and keep yen day at 13h max.

So something like:

WU: 5.35-6.15
Nap:12/12.30(capped at 2.5h)
BT: 13h after WU (6.35-7.15pm) or earlier if the nap is short.


What do you think?

Hena

[Jen114]

I can give it a try sounds mor like what I would normally would have done for my other kids

[momma.bear]

Just letting you know you're not alone. Maybe it's the 18 month sleep regression happening later? Is your LO teething? My LO will be 20 months in a few days, and his wake up time is 5:30 lately. Naps are 1.25-1.75 hours, and BT is 6-7pm. Nothing has really helped, I think it's because he's cutting his canines...

[Jen114]

Isabel is cutting her canines too but this has been going on now for prob 2 months ! :-( I
Keep thinking it will get better and it doesn't. This morning it was 5:20 and there is no turning back she won't go back to sleep no matter what

Yesterday
5:45 up
12:35-15:00 nap
19:20 bed time

And she was up at 5:20

Today she fell asleep on vouch for 30 mins 1130-1200
No nap as we were out for lunch
Bed at 7'sharp

Let's see what tomorrow bringa

[Jen114]

Last two nights been 5 am

Wake up 5
Nap 12:30-3
Bed 7

What should I do?

[HenaV]

Given that she's cutting her cainines it could be discomfort is not helping. Have you tried dream meds?

[Jen114]

What are dream Meds?

[HenaV]

It's where you give the LO medication whilst they are still in bed/half alseep, a bit like dream feeds if you ever did them? So for us I would  typically set my alarm for 3am/3.30am (painful I know), give R meds (I use a syringe which causes her minimal disturbance as I don't have to sit her up completely as I would to use a spoon) and then leave. I found this helped R sleep through to a decent WU as the discomfort of teeth was reduced enough.

So what do you think?

[Jen114]

This morning 6 am

Lady night she her it bed At 8

Wu 545
Nap 1245-345
Bed 7:45

Really exhausted

[Sarsheep]

If it were me I'd cap nap at 2 hrs and 13hr day like henaV says (she really helped us thru this too) xxx you'll get there xx

[Jen114]

So 2 hours ok done will do
It today !

Did u get there in the end ?

[Sarsheep]

Yes we did (we have EW ATM as he's been poorly) but I think when the EW started it's OT and for us was a push for less day sleep! So I'm gonna do same today cap nap and bring BT forward so 13hr day so 6:45 for us today (I also actually put him in bed 15min before the time I want him asleep?) back when he was 2minths some days we had 5:30 BT and he slept till 6-so still early wu but getting more sleep-then I could start to push back nap etc! You'll get there but it'll take a few days!! Gutted that sickness has pushed us back ATM xxxx

[HenaV]

Hon i really think you need to keep the day at 13h max even if you think it's too early. One having such a long day can be counterproductive and lead to OT.

Give it a go for a few days with the nap capped as previously suggested and see how it goes xx

[Jen114]

What about bringing nap forward too? 12:30 instead of 1? Would this help ?