varying morning wake time makes for diff daily schedule! ?

[jbeachwalker]

Hello! My 12-week old son Jude wakes at different times every morning. This morning it was 6:20am because he was woken up by my older son. Some mornings Jude will sleep until 8 or 8:30. Other mornings he's up at 7:30 or 7 or 6:30. Generally it's between 6:30-8:30, but that's a big difference! It makes his schedule different every day. He generally needs a nap after being awake for 1.5 hours. I'm feeling frustrated because I never know if it's going to be a bad time (i.e. when Jude needs to be napping) when I have to take my older two sons to childcare and pick them up. Also, I'm concerned  because I feel like he should be getting sleepy around the same times of day to develop a good rhythm. Any thoughts?? Thank you!

[jessmum46]

How about waking him by a set time so you can roughly plan the day?  A 30-60 minute window is often good, say not up before 6.30am and wake by 7/7.30am if not woken naturally?  I think if you have others to work round that's probably going to be the best way to handle it