2 yr old waking just before 6 am.- due to time change???

[shirat]

 we changed our clocks back last week, and since then my toddler has been waking before 6 every morning. She is soo tired all day because of it but she won't go back to sleep (another issue, since we lost her "teddy" and our lives have been turned upside down!) any insights?

[Colin Macs Mom]

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[Roseii]

HI there, can you post your routine? And does she go down independently?
Thanks x

[shirat]

yes she was always a good sleeper-some days she would sleep past 8, usually though woke around 7:30. now her wake time is 5:30/45. she take a pm nap, but she is probably ready to drop it since she blabs for hours sometime by bedtime until she falls asleep

[Roseii]

So can you tell me like this:
Wake up-
Nap time and for how long-
Bedtime-

Thanks

[shirat]

wake 5:30
nap 1:30-3ish sometimes 3:30
put in bed by 7 but usually blabs and blabs for about a hour or more lately
i tried giving her no nap and put to bed at 6 -she went right to sleep but still woke at 5:30!

[Tweakster]

Hi there, could you pull her nap back earlier?  A 1:30 nap from a 5:30 waking is going to build in some cumulative OT which won't help the EW.  I'd aim for latest 12 p.m. nap to put a bit of balance into the day.

Actually waking at 5:30 from a 6 bedtime on a no nap day is pretty reasonable...11.5 hrs sleep.  It's not bad.  You may actually get 12 or more hours if you put her to bed EARLIER on a no nap day. 

You won't really be able to shift her day while she's OT.  The only thing to do is to clean up the OT and then start to shift her out when she's rested.

What is happening with teddy or a replacement?  Has she found something else she can cuddle in bed?  Does she call for you at the EW or is she staying in her bed until you get her?  What time are you getting her up?

[BeasMommy]

We went though the same with my 2 year old, fighting bedtime and early waking.

I started by putting her down for a nap at 11.30-1pm and bed time at 7pm, as she started to wake a little later in the morning I would shift her nap accordingly by 15-30 mins. She also wasn't allowed out of bed until 7am, she could sit and talk to her toys or herself, but was not allowed out!

It all sounds so simple on paper but it did take some time to get out of the OT cycle and now we are doing really well, she gets up at 7.30, naps from 1-2.30 and bedtime is 7.30, which is so much nicer than a 5.30 wake up! She is also so much happier in herself and her behavior, its amazing what sleep can do to people!!

[shirat]

when she wakes, she is up! calling and crying to come out- i have to run straight to her since i have a 6 month old who is a terrible sleeper and wakes very easily- she wakes almost every time my toddler wakes and they are not even in the same room!
regarding earlier naps, she is in a babysitting group that ends at 1:30 so her nap is 1:40ish during the week.