waking @ 5! anyone?

Addy went through this phase off and on for a few months!!! I know what you mean, it was WAY too early for us! I started going to bed when she did so that I could get enough rest at night. But as most things do, this past and now she wakes between 7 and 7:30. But it was around 10 or 11 months when we went through this. I hope it passes for you too but I have no advice on how to get it to. She finally just started sleeping longer.

Good luck!!!

Myles was up every day between 4:00 and 5:00 am until he was 13 months old. It was horrible but nothing I did changed it so I just accepted it. I used to just give him his nuk and most mornings he’d be awake for an hour and then go back to sleep for a little while. Around 13 months he started stretching it to 5:00 or 5:30 am and now finally he sleeps until 6:00 or 6:30 most mornings and I give him his nuk and he stays in bed until 7:30.

Lauren, I laughed out loud when you said your monitor broke! I know how much you love it! I hope you can replace it soon! I don’t have an answer…but Sarah’s wake up time is absolutely NO LATER than 7. It also makes NO difference what time I put her to bed…she’ll be up by 7. I’m thankful it’s not 5 …but she does the same thing. I hope that his routine will adjust soon and he’ll be on a more mommy friendly schedule. Sounds to me like an age thing! Good luck!

I think Brianna went through a stage the same as that for a while, but fortunatly for us, if I left her there she would usually go back to sleep until 6:30 at least. What DH and I did is this. We picked a time we felt was reasonable for her to stay in her crib until (7am for us). When she would wake we started letting her stay there until she fussed. Then after a few days of that we would let her fuss for ten min…and gradually we increased the time (she learned to wait longer before fussing) until we were not getting her until 7am. (we never let her sit there and bawl…if she was that upset we got her). Now she is a champ. When she wakes up early she may play for even an hour or so, but she will go back to sleep and if she doesn’t she doesn’t cry. Somedays she even sleeps in until 8am! But the average is 7-7:15.

You could be in luck that it’s the ears though too….

Owen had an ear infection, and the only reason that I figured it out was that he had been sleeping 8-6, but when he got an ear infection, it turned into 5:15, 5, 4:30 and I was so upset, I took him to the doc and when they asked why he needed to be seen, I said because he wasn’t sleeping! I’m sure the nurse thought that was a funny one!

Anyway, got him on meds and 2 days later he was back to 6 or 6:30, he’s young and small for his age, so I do expect some of the early morning feeds yet.

Hope it is the ears for you, if not he’ll hopefully grow out of it soon! My first son (now three) slept 12 hours from 8 weeks on! He was like a clock down at 7 up at 7! Still a wonderful sleeper thank goodness! Anyway, Owen had other ideas about how our house should run!

Erica

Justice also wakes at 4 or 5 every morning. i go get him and bring him to bed with me and feed him and fall back to sleep until about 6 or 7. I was hopeing it was something he would outgrow. Oh no, he just woke up. He has had a fever all day. UGH! I’m afraid it’s not going to be a good night.