We took our almost 15 month old girl on a holiday for three nights and she slept in a portacot in our room. Usually she wakes once early in the morning (anywhere between 1.30am and 4.30am), has a bottle of milk and goes back to sleep. But while on holiday, she was waking at 6.00am which I thought was great! When we got back we decided to let her sleep in our room for one night and once again, she slept through 'til 6.00am. We put her in her own room the following night and she woke at 1.30am for milk, so obviously being in our room makes her sleep through.
I've got another baby on the way so I would like to get this problem solved because I am really starting to feel the effects of broken sleep! What I want to know is what method should I use to break this early morning milk saga? She's not waking at the exact same time every morning so is she a wake to sleep candidate or is there a more appropriate way to deal with this? I've tried leaving her to sort herself out and I have also tried staying with her to see if she will go back off to sleep but either way, she gets worse and worse until I give her some milk - and she drinks the lot!
A random day goes a little something like this:
2.30am - wake for milk and back to sleep
6.00am - awake for the day
6.30am - brekky
10.30am - snack
12.30pm - lunch
2.00pm - nap (2.5hrs)
4.30pm - awake, sometimes wants a snack or some milk
6.00pm - dinner
6.45pm - bath, milk, teeth and wind down
7.30pm - put to bed, usually ends up going to sleep by 8.00pm
I hope someone can help me!