Early Morning Waking

[VickyM]

Hi,

My LO is 7 months old and has just starting waking at 5.45 - 6.00am each morning.

She goes to bed at 7pm, still has a small dream feed at 10pm and was waking at 7am ish until recently. She doesn't seem to be hungry when waking at 6am, she just seems ready to start the day!

She generally sleeps well at night, but for the majority of naps she will only sleep for 45 to an hour mins with only the occasional 1.5 hour - 2 hour lunchtime nap. However she tends to wake happy from her naps.

Due to the short naps we don't follow a strict EASY routine, however our routine is as follows:

7.00: E - Milk followed by Solids
7.30: A
9.00: S (45 mins to an hour)
9.45/10.00: A
11.00: E - Milk followed by solids at 11.45ish
12:30: S (45 mins to an hour,sometimes more)
1.30: A
2.30ish: E (this feed is sometimes earlier/sometimes later)
2:45: A
4:00ish: S (short nap of 20 - 40 mins if lunchtime nap was only 45 mins)
5:00 E - Solids
5.45: A - Massage / Bath
6.30: E - Milk
7:00: S
10:00: Dream feed

Any suggestions to stop the EW would be greatly appreciated!   
 
Thanks in advance 
 
 

[my3girlsjde]

Hi there and many hugs for the early mornings

Just looking at the routine, it does seem that she does need to increase her A time a bit. She may also be telling you that it's time to drop that catnap. Maybe both. The average awake time for a 7 month old is anywhere from 2 hrs 45 mins to 3 hrs.

Here's a link to a sample EASY routine for 7-9 months, as it does seem that she's ready to 'bump up' her A time.

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=164030.0

Remember when increasing A times, do it gradually in increments of 15 mins or so otherwise you'll end up getting into the OT cycle which can be hard to break.

I'm also going to put this link in on when to drop the dream feed if you feel that it's time to look at that also. Not to put too much on your plate though

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=65750.0

As this does seem to be an EASY issue and your sleep seems to be going well in general (although short), I'm going to move this over to the EASY forum so more eyes can see it there and help you out. I'll be happy to tag along also and if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask