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Offline Caroline5555

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18 months, early wakening advice please!
« on: May 07, 2017, 09:47:35 am »
My boy is 18 months old. He eats well and has no medical problems. He has always been an early riser but it is gradually getting earlier and is now 5:30. He doesn't seem desperately hungry when he wakes, just ready to get up! After an hour or so he looks tired though so I know it's too early for him.

He dropped his half hour morning nap about a month ago, so is down to one nap a day, from 1pm till 2:30-3pm. I suspect he'd go down at 12:30 but I need to collect my daughter from nursery at 1pm, so it's much easier if he can keep going till then. He's exhausted by bedtime and conks out at 7pm.

He sleeps through most nights, but any suggestions for how I can get him to sleep later in the mornings?? I'm a doctor in A&E so need to be on the ball rather than half asleep!
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Re: 18 months, early wakening advice please!
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2017, 19:39:58 pm »
Hi Caroline!
I think DS is a bit OT. I know it sounds counterintuitive but if you could give him a BT of 6:30 for 2 nights, see how that helps? The 5:30-1:00 (maybe a little after 1?) stretch is 7.5 hrs of awake time which is a bit long for his age. I don't think the 6:30 BT should be permanent, but until we can get him caught up on sleep, he'll need this every so often. What do you think?

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Re: 18 months, early wakening advice please!
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2017, 19:54:04 pm »
Thank you for your advice, I'll definitely give it a go. We tried putting him to bed later for a few nights and that led to him waking even earlier, so I'm glad I've just logged on and seen your advice!!