I can't do this anymore!

[Julianne1984]

My LO is 16months old. He wakes anywhere from 4:30-6am (on a rare day). I'm so tired. He has 1 or 2 naps depending when he got up. Regardless of bed time he still gets up early, and today for example woke at 4:55am after going to sleep at 20:30pm!! That's just not enough sleep! The only time he ever sleeps neer 12hrs is when I put him to bed at 5-5:30pm!!! I'm exhausted. I have another thread "please help" but just wanted some more advice, I think we need a complete routine overhaul. I don't know what to do. X

[LucySol]

hey hun.sorry things are so rough for you.My lo is 14 months and has started with the ew too.i have tried switching things around like you,naps,bedtimes and nothing i did made a difference.it was suggested on my thread that the problem could be that she was confused with different times,and the fact that some days she was having 1 nap and some too.i have been advised to do the 1 nap and same bedtime for a week and nothing else so hopefully she will get used to it.i will have to just push thru the OT we may have to get things sorted.

Do you think this could work for you? could you give it a go?
no matter what time she wakes up in the morning we are doing 11.30am nap..extending if she wakes early cos this is the only nap she is getting.Bedtime at 6pm.

Have a look at my thread.it may help you.
hth,Lucy xxx

[Julianne1984]

Oh thanks for replying! I have a routine which I've written out and was trying today, until he'd been napping for 1hr and some salesman rang the doorbell and woke him up!! he woke from his nap at 10:45 (fell asleep after 4.5hrs A time as was up before 5am!) So we really will have to give him another nap later (only 15mins to get him through to 6pm!) Come to think of it, the EW's started when he started having random days of one nap... hmm... I bet that's what did it! You're the only person who's pointed that out!! Thankyou! Xx

[LucySol]

No prob hunny! we will get thru this together! 

[Julianne1984]

It's good to know that someone else is going through this too (sorry! Lol) and that it's not my fault. I had completely forgotten that the first week he started to wake at 5am (before he was 12months!) He had 2 days with one nap for the first time!! He's been waking from 4:30-6am since then, 4months now eek! Xx