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Hubby home at 6am, LO wakes up at 6am
« on: November 07, 2006, 15:19:01 pm »
My hubby gets home at 6am, he works the graveyard shift, and so that means my light sleeper wakes up at 6am also.  I think it has become a habit now because even on the days when my hubby does not work or comes home late my lo will still wake up at the crack of dawn.  I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and had some advice.  We keep a floor fan on in his room to make noise and my hubby tries to be really quiet.  I was thinking about trying w2s but i am not sure exactly when to do it because he will wake up anywhere between 5:45am and 6:15am.  I was also thinking of trying to put a clock radio in there with an alarm set to go off at like 5:30 or 5:45am and play static or white noise.  I am afraid both of these ideas might just wake him up completely instead of helping him sleep longer.  Also I wonder if I should be helping soothe him back to sleep.  I went into his room once when he woke up around 5:30am and I think I just made it worse.  He is not cranky when he wakes up, he will play and talk in his crib until I get him up at 7am, so many I should just leave him?  I just feel that this was not his usual waking him (he used to wake up at 7am, before hubby started working nights) and that it is just a habit.

Thanks in advance,
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Re: Hubby home at 6am, LO wakes up at 6am
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 19:00:50 pm »
Hi Kimberly
can't offer any advice I'm afraid, if you find a solution will you let me know! I have the same but opposite problem- my dh gets up at 6am and wakes dd! grrrrr. Why can't men be quiet? ::)
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Re: Hubby home at 6am, LO wakes up at 6am
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2006, 19:56:12 pm »
your little guy might be too old for this now, but this worked for me & may be worth a shot.  when luke was about 4 months old, he hit those crazies & was up at 4am happy as a clam.   ::) 

the basic idea behind w2s is that you go in about an hour before the habitual waking, as they should be in a deep part of the sleep cycle at that time.  by causing them to stir, you move them to a lighter part at that time, and hopefully at the habitual wake time they will be back in a deep part, and will stay asleep.

now, i had no intention of getting up at 3am, so i decided to experiment.  he went to bed at 8pm, and i went in to do w2s before i went to bed, sometime between 10-11pm.  i would touch his head, he would stir, and i would leave.  by the 3rd night, no more 4am wakings.   :)
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Re: Hubby home at 6am, LO wakes up at 6am
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 20:28:38 pm »
I am with you on not wanting to get up any earlier.  I think I might try stirring him a little before I go to bed.  I have to be careful because he is a light sleeper and I don't want to wake him up.  Thanks.

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Re: Hubby home at 6am, LO wakes up at 6am
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2006, 20:40:25 pm »
My lo was doing the same sort of thing. My dh gets up at 4am to go to work and is very quiet but M sees him go down the stairs cuz she always wakes.
Lately, tho I just put her back down and we do wi/wo until she goes back to sleep.
Now she rarely notices him leave...
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