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Gradually waking up early ......😭
« on: August 21, 2016, 16:24:29 pm »
Hello I have a 5 month old..
I put him to bed at 7:30pm and feed him
Then I dream feed him around 10:30pm
I started weaning him from 2nd night feeding for a week.
But now my problem is...him waking up earlier gradually...
He was waking up at 7:30am for awhile...
Then 7:00 for awhile...
Then 6:30 for awhile..
Then 6:00 for awhile...
Today he woke up at 5:45...
He is wide awake and he is playful
I fed him and put him to sleep but it took me almost an hour  😭😭
Any suggestions? Please 😭😭

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Re: Gradually waking up early ......😭
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2016, 18:15:22 pm »
Hi, is there any reason youve weaned the 2nd NF?

Can you post your day for us to look at, as this often reflects on night sleep.
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2016, 01:52:53 am »
I wean 2nd NF because i felt like it became habitual waking. He woke up almost exactly 4am every day. And one day I decided to give him a pecifier and he took it and fellasleep...

If he wakes up at 6:30am
Sleep 7:30
Wake up at 8:30
Sleep 10
Wake up 11
Sleep 12:30
Wake up 1:30
Sleep 2:30
Wake 3:30
Sleep 4:40
Wake 5:30
Night time at 7:30

I would like him to wake up at least at 7...not 5: 40ish😭😭

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Re: Gradually waking up early ......😭
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2016, 11:45:30 am »
I think your day could do with some adjusting - he has rather a lot of naps and some very short awake times for this age.  Hope this isn't a silly question but is he actually asleep for an hour each time?  As in, when you've said for example sleep 10, wake 11 is he actually fully asleep from 10 to 11?  Or do you put him down at 10 and so he is asleep later than that with naps of about 45 mins?

Typically at this age babies would be on 2-2.5h awake time and 3 naps/2 naps and a catnap.  You won't want to jump there all at once but I would start gently stretching out the awake times, extending by say 10-15 mins every 3-4 days.  A typical day with 2h awake time might look like:

WU 6.30
Nap 8.30-10
Nap 12-1.30
Nap 3.30-5
BT 7

Or if your LO can do longer naps then

WU 6.30
Nap 8.30-10.30
Nap 12.30-2.30
Nap 4.30-5.15 (45 minute catnap)
BT 7

I suspect if your LO gets a bit more of an age-appropriate routine with some longer wake times you will start getting a better WU x

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Re: Gradually waking up early ......😭
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2016, 17:57:14 pm »
It depends on ... sometime he sleeps about 1hr and sometime 45min... the reason I put him to nap every hour or 1.5 hrs is because he yawns and rub his eyes and fussy
I will try to increase his awake time ... maybe he is sleeping too much during day time 😭😥

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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2016, 18:34:09 pm »
He's probably overall tired as none of his naps are really long enough to be properly restful, so is tired enough to doze off but not tired enough to get a proper nap if that makes sense?  I would gently try to stretch those awake times and I think you may see some improvements :)

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« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2016, 19:33:22 pm »
Thanks! I will try and let you know!😆

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Re: Gradually waking up early ......😭
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2016, 20:52:52 pm »
So I increased his awake time and now he takes nap less than 30min 😥
I increased to 1.5hrs to 2hr

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Re: Gradually waking up early ......😭
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2016, 07:09:31 am »
Probably a bit too much too quickly Hun :-* did you see above I said to make a small change and hold for 3-4 days before you increase any more?