nearly 1 YO hard-wired to a 5.30 WU

[mummymeloona]

Hi all,

We have a lovely 11.5 month old DD, who naps well and sttn. Technically not an early waker, as she sleeps from 6.30pm! However, nobody likes to start the day that early, and she hardly ever wakes up happy at that time of the morning but absolutely refuses to stay asleep.
She's woken at this time since she was about 7 months old, and though we don't start our day til 6am, I wake as soon as I hear her and am consequently shattered.
I've tried everything to either get her to sleep longer or to shift the whole day forward, but nothing works. I'm pretty sure she's also now in 2-1 transition, has just started nursery 3 days a week (but doing well), is getting her first few teeth, and starting to walk - she's saved it all up for the week before I go back to work!!!!

Just wondered if anyone has any ideas, or is in the same boat?

[sianie]

Hi there...

Some LO's are naturally early risers & as you mentioned, as she has an early BT then she's still getting a decent nights sleep.

Could you please post your routine so we can take a look? 

[mummymeloona]

Hi, routine goes something like this most days:
Betime has been later as I am back at work and we spend time together after tea.

Wakes:5.30, but stays in cot until
E(BF):6am
E (breakfast): 7/7.30
A
E (snack): 10
S: 10.15-11.30 or sometimes -12.30!
E (lunch): 12
A
E (snack): 2
S: 2.30-3.15
E: (tea) 4.15
A: 6pm bath
E (BF): 6.30
S: 7pm

She's usually happy to go longer in between naps, but on the days she does this and ends up with one nap and an early bedtime, the early w/u obviously happens and has a knock on effect. She's not quite able to consistently stay awake long enough for just the one nap every day, and I'm not rushing it because she takes two naps at nursery to cope!
Clearly because of the timings of her routine, her long nap before lunch could eventually become her one nap.

[sianie]

The 2:1 transition can cause EW's & it makes it difficult to balance day & night sleep.

For LO's to be able to comfortably handle 1 nap they need to be able to cope with around 4.5hrs/5hrs A-time, until they are able to get to that point (sometime between 12-18mths) it's a case of trying to ride it out the best you can.

The link below might be helpful to you....

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=41952.0