Connor is waking up at 4:30am!

sassylassy

He goes down @ 7pm every night. Wakes up once maybe twice a night but he is waking up for the day at 4:30!!!  I try to nurse him back to sleep like we usedto, he would nurse and go back down till about 6:30 -7, which is more like it!! 

I do not want to have him go to bed any later since we have had this routine since he's been about 2 months and he starts yawning typically around 6:15-6:30 when we do bath time.  PLus I would have to push his bedtime back if we did move it.

So, anywho does anyone else's DC wake early like this? or did they go through a phase and it went back?  

 

 

MilesOfSmiles

i've got no advice for you I Just wanted to say that Connor and I are on the same sleep schedule. I crash and burn at 7ish, and then wake up every freaking day at 4:30ish and can't fall back asleep. I know 9.5 hours is a LOT of sleep, but 4:30 feels too damn early no matter what time you go to bed!!!

maisiemae

Jude has been waking up at 5am for awhile now, and my friend's son gets up between 4-5. ?It kills me, but don't know how to fix it, either. ?Making bedtime later just results in him being overtired, taking longer to get to sleep, and waking up at the same time anyway. ?I am just hoping that the one good thing about winter will be darker mornings, and a change in his internal clock. ?'Cuz mama is TIRED.

sassylassy

MilesOfSmiles:

i've got no advice for you I Just wanted to say that Connor and I are on the same sleep schedule. I crash and burn at 7ish, and then wake up every freaking day at 4:30ish and can't fall back asleep. I know 9.5 hours is a LOT of sleep, but 4:30 feels too damn early no matter what time you go to bed!!!

 ugh, that stinks for you!  but hey if you ever want to babysit come on over so momma can sleep!  lol
 

sassylassy

maisiemae:

Making bedtime later just results in him being overtired, taking longer to get to sleep, and waking up at the same time anyway. I am just hoping that the one good thing about winter will be darker mornings, and a change in his internal clock. 'Cuz mama is TIRED.

ditto all that.  Pushing his time off of what his "clock" is set at disrupts everything PLUS he his wake up at the same time ugh  I really hope that his internal clock adjusts!!

kelkel042305

I can't give much advice since Allyson is doing what Connor was doing about 12 hours and waking about once during that time.  I hope it goes back to the way it was soon for you.  I wouldn't push up his bedtime if that's what time he's been going down for you all along.  Hopefully it is just a temporary thing.  I know the tired feeling, going back to work just this week, I am dragging my butt big time!!

mrs.magoo

If he is waking for the day at 4:30am, I wouldn't go to him until 7am - he'll get the idea eventually that no one is going to come to him...because if you go to him he will start waking for the day earlier and earlier to get your company...

Austin usually wakes around 5:30am to eat...well this morning he woke up at 5:30am for the day...I made the mistake of going to him to feed him, because that is what he usually does....nope, he's been up since then, so I won't make that mistake again tomorrow! 

ChefSarah22

Charlotte tries this on occasion.  Momma is having NONE of that.  I'll try to nurse her back to sleep and if that doesn't work I just lay her down in bed with me and she usually drifts off.  I think she just doesn't want to be in her crib at that point and she knows if she falls asleep she'll end up back in there.

As far as the internal clock thing goes, is his room dark?  We have miniblinds whcih don't do crap for room darkening but Evan pinned towels over the windows and it really seemed to help.  Good luck hun!  4-5 is WAY too early!

harvest-wed

oh wow, that sux for you parents, hopefully he goes back to sleeping in a bit!