Hi,
A v common issue I know and so I have read the boards to get some tips but wanted to check I’m thinking on the right lines....
My 7.5 mo old was sleeping until around 7am however over the past 3 or 4 weeks he has woken at 5.37am on the dot! So to begin with I left him and he would usually go back to sleep however he then stopped going back to sleep and more recently his chatting in the cot has got more agitated waking my 3 year old. I then read that between 5 and 7 you just need to do anything to get them back to sleep as otherwise they get used to being awake at that time so I began feeding him 3oz milk and he would usually go back to sleep. Whoever this insitinctively felt wrong and like I am reinforcing the waking and so he now wakes, hf he doesn’t go back to sleep is fed and over the past few nights hasn’t returned to sleep. I get that some chid,REN need less sleep but his wake up time seems too early to me. My plan is to delay the feeding however I don’t anticipate this helping as he is wide awake so he will be even more awake if I delay. Any tips? Typical day:
5.40 awake 5en fed then sometimes back to sleep
7am morning feed
8 breakfast
9.30 nap
10 wake up
12 lunch
12.30/1 nap
2.30/3 wake up, afternoon bottle
5 dinner
6.30 bathtime
7.15/7.30 sleep
Thanks