Is his sister the problem?

[tammy29]

Hi ladies.

I am still having some early wakings with my ds who is 24mnths old.I didn't think his little sister was the cause (she is 7mnths old),as he wasn't waking as soon as she did.Though i have noticed that he usually wakes less than an hour after she does.Her room is right next door to him and she has always been very vocal.He has been a fantastic sleeper since birth and these wakings started when dd was 4mnths old.2weeks after putting her in her own room.

Is it possible that when she wakes she isn't waking him up straight away but maybe dragging him out of a deep sleep and then he gets up early?

[mari]

Not sure on this one, but there is a thread here about different sleep cycles. (I will look and do some research for you)  In the meantime, what time is he going to bed and waking?

[mari]

This is what I meant.

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64515.0

There is a very interesting part in the night time sleep.  It says that if they are woken too early from the latter part of the sleep then they can find it ver difficult to fall back to sleep as they are already refreshed.
So, you coudl have something there.

What about closing his door or something?  Does she wake to feed during the night?  Perhaps it's time to work on her nightwakings now then   

[tammy29]

Hya Mari.
Ella is sleeping much better now.We were having a few problems going from 3 naps to 2.She generally sleeps till 6am now (though she is now teething,ahhh).Now i think Shay is habitual waking after Ella was waking at 4:30 everyday.He is waking at 5:30 on the dot.He still has a 2 hr nap in the afternoon,usually at 12:30 and he is in bed by 7:30pm.Both bedroom doors are open but if i don't go into Ella when shes ready,she shouts,"dadadad".

Now that she is sleeping later,shall i w2s with Shay?

[mari]

Hm, I haven't done W2S so I'm not sure.  Did you do it once before for Shay?  How did that go?   I think that you have more experience than me on that one (sorry  )