Mel, I totally feel for you. Hugs to you and all of you who have early wakers. We do too. DD (almost 19 months) rarely sleeps past 7am. It use to be 6:30 and now, for the past 4 weeks it's been between 5:30-6. Today she woke at 5:15am. Needless to say, I am very tired. I totally do not understand her sleep inconsistency. Nap is the same way. Some days she'll sleep 45 minutes, other days an hour, and, yet, other days 1.5 hours...rarely more. I am frustrated and can't figure out if she's ot or ut. Over the weekend we did a later bedtime - in bed at about 7:30pm and sleeping around 7:45 or so. She did sleep till 7am. But last night we did the same thing (maybe just slightly earlier b/c she has a cold now) and she was up at 5:15. Grrr! I thought she would 'sleep in' b/c she's a little sick and needs the sleep. But no, she didn't.
It's so hard b/c when she she gets up so early, nap is messed up. She wants to sleep by 10:30 or so and that's way too early. But I suppose if she gets an early bedtime tonight I can try for the 10:30 nap. I don't know. I'm at a loss. I 'think' she is getting her 2 year molars and I'd love to blame her ew's on that, but it's so hard to tell. I only wish I could get her on a 12 hour schedule but she's never been that type of kid. I do think she must be ot b/c she's only getting about 11.5 total a day and she's 18.5 months old. I think she needs another good 1.5 in there somewhere. Hmm....so frustrating!!
I'd love to hear other ideas/thoughts too from anyone. Keep me updated with your progress!
