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Early Morning wake up call
« on: April 28, 2006, 12:33:37 pm »
DS wakes up very early about every other day...4:45, 5, and so on.  I try p/s or replacing paci and he drifts off, but only for a few min. 
How can I get him over this?  I think 6:30 is already plenty early to wake up!  Ive even tried feeding at 5, and it didn't help him go back to sleep either.  Please see info below. Thanks for any advice!

How old is your child?  4.5 mo
What’s his/her daily routine? 4 hr EASY (currently stretching A time from 2 to 2:15/2:30)
6:30 -up for the day & eat (may or may not have been awake for up to an hour before)
7-A
8:30-S
10:30 -E
11-A
12:30~1-S
2:30-E
3-A
4:30-catnap
5:10-A
5:30-E
6-bedtime routine (massage, last tank up bf, song, quiet time)
7-crib, usually out w/in 10 min

What’s nap routine? 2+ catnap, with 15 min winddown-book, song, etc
How long are naps?  25 min wakes up, but usually goes back down for total of 1.5 to 2 hrs
Do you bottle or breastfed?? bf
How much? or how long? 10-30 min
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) both if he'll take them
How many wakes per night? 2 (I feed both) usually around 10:30 & 2:30.  if he wakes another time, say 9 or 3:30 (after having eaten), I replace paci or p/s if he can't mantra to sleep
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? when I don't feed, he fusses till he mantas till he cries for help.  In the AM wakings, when I intervene, he is out but just for another 15 min or so.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?  I try to wait for the all out cry
What have you tried to settle?? paci, p/s
What do you do for A time and how long is it? 2:15 or so of awake time, in morning: bath, exersaucer, songs, dancing, etc. In afternoon/evening more low key, books, songs, dancing, mirror play, blocks, joining us for dinner, etc.
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? teething maybe??? but this waking has been going on for quite a while
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) no
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? paci
Do they have a lovie? no
Sarah

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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2006, 04:34:42 am »
Hi Sarah

Gosh I wish I knew the answer for you on this one :)  It's kind of tricky. So am I right that you are saying this is only every second day or so?  Have you been able to pinpoint any differences for the days that he does wake early to the days that he doesn't?

I wonder if he is hungry - he is still quite young, it is not impossible that he needs that extra feed overnight some nights still.

What happens if you go to him straight away when he wakes up and you offer him a feed?

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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 18:01:42 pm »
Thanks for the reply!

well, it's more like every day lately! ::)

He still eats 2X per night, so I doubt he's actually hungry.  I've also tried feeding at 5, and made no difference, he was still up, no matter how hard I tried w/ paci, p/s, etc.

I've now taken to going to bed at 8 so I get decent sleep!
Sarah

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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2006, 23:12:26 pm »
Hi Sarah

That sounds like a fine idea  :)

As Daniel gets a little older, you can try to stretch out his morning activity time, setting his first nap a little later, and hopefully shifting his biorythyms sideways a bit to achieve a later wake up time.  I have seen that work (personal experience) but in my case DS was about 10 months old when we started that.  While your DS is so little, I imagine you will have random wake up times for a while until his body sorts itself out.

Good luck!
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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2006, 12:04:03 pm »
I am seriously starting to wonder if this is an age thing. Caspar started early wakings at 4 months and he's nearly 5 months now. I wish I had some advice but I need some myself!

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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2006, 13:27:58 pm »
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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2006, 00:48:39 am »
Here's a thought.....at this age supposed to get 10-11 hrs at night.  Well, 7 to 5 IS 10 hrs.  I know they usually don't recommend delaying bedtime, but in this case it might be just what he needs....I've been trying to do this for the past 3 days, but he has skipped catnap all days and is too tired by bedtime.  If anything, he's going down 10 min early. grrrr...  I'll let you know if I have any success!
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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2006, 01:01:09 am »
(((HUGS))) on the sleep deprivation!  I can totally relate.  My lo was sleeping for so long until at least 7 and now they are all over the place, anywhere from 5:45-7 on any given day no matter what his routine was the day before.  That coupled with 2 random night wakings a night and waking for two feeds, equals a very tired mommmy!  :P He's almost 4.5 months old so maybe it's just yet another blip amongst all the others in their development! OR so I keep telling myself....  I agree it's great to know that you're not alone!
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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2006, 08:03:31 am »
Well, I followed some great advice from stacy last night and returned to the dreamfeed...

He was out cold at 6.40pm last night.
Went to bed at 8.30 and got up at 10.30 and fed him - he took 7.5oz!
Was so strange doing it as the last time was 9 weeks ago.
He slept until 6am, and I got him up at 6.30am.

Not keen on his bottle this morning though, 5-6oz only. He kept opening his mouth, drinking some, and then turning his head away and moaning. I can only think its hurting him, as he had 7oz at both 3am and 7am yesterday no worries.

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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2006, 15:08:03 pm »
maybe he just wasn't hungry yet?

i'm still struggling with the same issue with rose.
she seems to go for a few days waking up at 4 am approx, then doesn't do it for a few days. i can't pinpoint any factor at all.

she has always had (and still has) a dreamfeed at 10.30pm. and she's not hungry until 6 am even if she wakes at 4. it's driving me crazy.

think i'll go and put up a post and our routine instead of taking over yours. hope the dreamfeeds have solved it for you!
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Re: Early Morning wake up call
« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2006, 18:28:53 pm »
Guess we'll have to see. He did the same messing around thing at the 3pm feed..have posted on the EASY forum to see if they have any thoughts.