Unfortunately, I'm in your same boat so don't have much advice---but would take some! I am getting so exhausted from these early morning wakings and am just trying to figure out if that's his time or if there's something I can do about it. My ds is 7 months old and has really just settled into his routine in the past two weeks. But this seems to involve a 6am (or sometimes earlier) wake time. I've always been a little nervous because when he would eat through the night it would still only be a 12 hour night total. I was afraid when he started sleeping through he would get up earlier. I know I should be thankful because he goes to bed 7pm or sometimes 6:45. But I just can't seem to get used to this! Plus he wakes crying most of the time so I'm not sure how long to let it go. Along with this, I have an almost 2 year old so once the day starts it continues straight through until about 1 when I'm able to get about an hour "me" time. I think another difficult part of the adjustment for me has been that ds1 is a great sleeper! I remember when he was 7 months I was stressed because he would sleep until 8 or sometimes after (after going to bed at 6:30pm!) and I couldn't decide if I should let him or get him up! So I just imagine how great it would be to get ds2 to even sleep until 7, maybe even 6:30.
Our routine is about the same as yours. Does your LO get tired between the last nap and bedtime? Mine seems to but won't go down for a nap. Then if it gets to be 6, I think it's too late to nap him. I've considered giving him a short nap then and keeping him up a little later in hopes of an earlier wake. My past experience has been that he wakes up about the same time anyway. But it used to be 6:30---and I thought that was bad! Anyway, wondering if he's going to be overtired and that's a problem? Also, I know for ds1 it really worked to put him to bed earlier, but I'm so afraid to do that! One night I tried and he woke up at 5 the next morning! Maybe it takes more than one night? Or maybe I should try a third nap and later bedtime? Have you tried any of these things?
Here's our day:
6ish (or before) wake
6:30 eat
8:15/30---1.5 hour nap
11--eat
12:30---1.5-2 hour nap (wakes around 2:15/30
3:30 bottle
5---food dinner
6:30 bottle
bed around 7
I'm glad someone can relate to this, although feel bad for you too! I had these dreams of my kids sharing a room but ds1 sleeps so late even now----until 7:40----I hate to take that from him! And I was a little discouraged to see there is a whole topic posting for people with this issue! Guess I was hoping there was a solution...
