My almost 11 month old wakes consistently b/w 5 and 530 am. Some mornings he sleeps until 6-630 and one morning even 7 but for the most part 5-530 is wakeup time. I usually give him a bottle and put him awake in his crib and he sleeps for another hour until I get him up for 7am. He has been struggling to take his afternoon nap too now when he used to take it perfectly. If he hasn't slept well we aim for bed 7-730 but he fusses sometimes upto an hour before he finally goes to sleep and I don't know what I can do.
Developmentally, he has started to cruise. This is new. He is also a very active sleeper and is always out of his covers and I can't seem to keep them on no matter what. He could be cold at night but I have tried getting up at 3 am to cover him again and doesn't make much difference.
If I leave him at 5 the cries escalate over the hour and he can't go back to sleep. If I go in and try to cover him and he sees me and I leave the room he all out cries. He does put himself to sleep at night independently and for naps too.
He has also recently started fighting the bottle and solids but that's another story. I have a feeling I need to adjust his schedule but I don't know where to begin or what to change.
Here is his schedule on most days:
5-530 wakeup bottle and back to bed (EBM 5-6oz)
700 breakfast ( 7 Tbsp cereal mix with EBM and 4T fruit with some cheerios)
1000 nap (limiting to 1 hour so he will sleep in the afternoon)
1100 sips water with sippy (learning to use this and few cheerios)
1200 bottle (4-6oz EBM)
100 lunch (6Tbsp--homemade beef stew/chicken pot pie with pasta and cheese) and fruit 2T mix with 2T yoghourt
200 nap (1 hour--limiting)
300-330 snack with sippy
430 supper (same as lunch)
700 bottle (4-5 oz and bed)
Please help.
Sabine
