Can I break a 5.50am habitial wake up?

[emmas]

Hi,

I've tried W2S for the last 5 nights to try and stop my ds waking at 5.50am - and it hasn't worked.  I've posted before because he had 2 habitial wakings 5.10 and 5.50 - I managed to stop the 5.10 with W2S but I can't seem to break the 5.50.  Occasionaly he will go back to sleep, but usually for no more than about 10 mins, after fussing for at least 20 mins.

He refuses to take a catnap and won't go to sleep before 7 no matter what time he goes to bed so it makes for a long afternoon A time.

He is 9.5months - was a textbook but begining to feel a very spirited strong willed side is coming out in him.

Our days go;

5.50am wake - try not to get him up til at least 6.30
8.20 sleep usually for either 1.5 or 2 hours (9.50/10.20)
3.25 hours A time then sleep - if he had 1.5 earlier he will have 1.5, if 2 hours earlier he will only sleep for an hour. (1.05/1.35)
Bed at 7 - if I put him down earlier he will just crawl around/play/talk til 7.

Is this just his "natural" wake up time?  and therefore nothing I can do about it?  Does W2S work on shorter timings so should I try for 5.30 W2S just to push him on 1 cycle?

He sleeps independently, with a lovey and white noise.

I just hate seeing 5.50am on the clock - it is so much better than the 4.50 it used to be but still, surely if its habitial - to the minute?

[OJ30]

You poor thing.  Sorry no advice- just sympathy.  I know exactly how you feel.  My heart always sinks when I hear him awake and I look at the clock only to see that the time begins with a 4 or a 5.  I hope you get some good advice.
x

[Fiona (Leah & Kians Mom)]

Hugs no advice either, still in the same place, no actually in an even earlier place with ap thrown in :-). So you are doing very very well :-)

[babymunkey]

Hi Emma

No advice either as you know I am a relative newbie (and thanks for your help on th BF questions) - just wanted to say I sympathise, as I also know the sinking feeling when you look at the clock and see 5 anything. I was never a morning person, so I can't beleive that I get excited about 6 anything, but as an alternative to 5 anything I'm positively jumping for joy!

And a little moan here - but are all you ladies' dh's  completely oblivious to any of this? mine is - our early morning conversations go like this .......

"good night dear?"
" oh yes lovely - I was up at at 2 am, 5 am, and I've been up with him since 6 and he's now back down for his first nap"
"oh dear - anyway, fancy a cup of tea?"

I suppose I should be grateful for the offer of a cup of tea!

[Fiona (Leah & Kians Mom)]

Yes my dh doesn't even ask me any more what time I got up at. And if I say anything after 5, today it was 4.50 am he says, well not too bad. Today I told him he was mad, if dd called us before 7 at this age we complained it wasnt her good nights sleep. Of course easy for him to say as he has a full nights sleep. 3.5 months and counting. :-)
Oh and by the way at least you get offered a cup of tea. I got my 2 up this am, made pancakes from scratch cos dd is sick and cant have milk for 2 days, gave dh his and asked him to make me a cuppa, reply " No sorry I have to go to the loo" after I had been up for over 2 hours !!!!

[emmas]

I have exactly the same - I call it screaming baby deafness!!  My dh has NEVER got up at night - unless he hears me crying or shouting just go to b***** sleep! He also snores badly, so after I've got up, dealt with ds I then can't go back to sleep cos he is snoring!!! Oh and he also said yesterday I couldn't possibly be as tired as him, because I don't work! I'm sure you can imagine my response...... I haven't slept a full night since I was about 3 months pregnant!

On a positive note - ds STTN!!!!!!!!  Til .......... 7.15!  Have no idea what I did, he had awful naps (2 x 35 mins, then managed to get him to have 1.50 after rocking him to sleep)



I hope Leah is feeling better soon Fiona - Illness and an early riser - I feel for you!

[Fiona (Leah & Kians Mom)]

Emma that's great. Dh snores too and I dont get back to sleep so I sent him to the spare room a month ago and I use earplugs so I dont hear ds every grunt. But it's not the best way to go on so he is moving back into our room tonight ( dh that is) and I will just have to learn how to deal with it. Can always send him to the spare room in the middle of the night, cos he could practically sleep walk to there.

Leah is back to normal TG. Hope you get another good night. We are up since 5.45 .

[camys mum]

Yawn, 5.50am for us this morning too.
I'm starting to just accept that this is how it's going to be with my early riser. I'm finding the his first 'A' time is also shorter, which means his first nap of the day is earlier, second nap earlier and then an earlier bedtime. But early bedtime i'm sure makes an early riser!
My DH also snores! But he gets a good poke from me.