Hey all. Got myself a chronic early riser here, has been that way pretty much since birth, Ther have been times when she slept in til 6/6:30 for a couple weeks, in hind sight - they were all growth spurts.
She was doing great (for her, she is also a chronic NWer, mostly just likes to know we are still around, but sometimes has night mares, wakes when teething or ill, and sometimes can't find dummy or lovie as it is lost in the covers). Anyway, these wakeups, unless ill or teething, are generally no more than a minute or two.
Anyway, she was doing (for several months!)
5:30 wake,
12ish nap for 1.5-1.75 hours,
Bed at 6:30 asleep by 7.
We don't wake from naps, she chose that length and if she sleeps longer we let her - makes no difference to nights or fighting sleep so far as I can tell.
She started fighting nap and bedtime, moved nap out to 12:30, bed to 7, everything was perfect, even sleeping through sometimes.
Then got sick repeatedly, so was pretty much sick all the tiem for a month. Her naps were longer, her nights were crap (ear infections and stuff
).
Then back to normal for a couple of days (including sleeping through), now waking before 5 and fighting naps and bedtime by playing (really hyper). Not her normal self and instinct tells me this time is OT. Anything after 5 is OK with us, we are early risers. Two issues here: she is teething....and we havn't yet given paracetemol/ibuprofen at bedtime, will tonight. And she often waking soon after hughs early feed. There is no way he is waking her. They are sharing a room, but she can sleep through him going to bed, and I get to him before he cries, then take him back to my room for the feed and keep him there til morning. However, even when Hugh was in utero, they would time it so he was awake and kicking when she slept, and vice versa....they just know LOL.
Today (using paracetmol) we managed to get Zara to take two naps, 2.25 hrs in the AM and 1.5 in the PM.
Will try to put her to bed at nromal time (using pain relief). Hoping for a post 5am wakeup tomorrow.
No point training to sleep later, when I return to work she will have to be up at 5:30 to get ready to go to daycare.