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Toddler sleep help
Is there any way I can get K to sleep later? Overall she is a great sleeper (bed by 7:30 the latest, sleeps til around 5:30-6:30) and still takes a 1-2 hour nap which isn't at the most consistent time. We try to get her down sometime betw 11 and 1 ideally but there are days where she is asleep by 10 and others where it doesn't happen til 3:30. Either way bedtime stays around 7 and she always is tired and goes down easily.
The last few months she's gone from getting up between 6-6:30(which is fine with me, I'm a morning person and that time works for work days) to getting up between 5:30 and 6. The last few weeks have been 5:30 on the dot, and this week it's 5:20. The earlier time makes it tougher for getting ready for work, plus I'd like to sleep til 6 if possible on days off. We've tried earlier bed time, later bed time, there are toys and books in her crib (she will play for 10-15 minutes before yelling for me), and now I started putting water in with her since a lot of times she starts yelling for water when she's first up. But I'm not sure if this is really the best either for once she starts training. She is still in her crib and never tries to climb out.
Any other tips? Or is it just that she's an early riser? She gets a lot of sleep overall and I'd love to shift her bedtime to closer to 8 so her wake time could be later but that never seems to work. Plus she is usually very tired by 7 no matter what she's done that day.
Re: Toddler sleep help
DS went through a phase where no matter what I put him to bed, he was up at or before 5am. It was brutal. LisaNY has the same problem still I believe. No matter how much later I put him down, earlier his nap, no nap, he was up early. So I finally just accepted it and made it a point to put him down as early as possible so I could have the night to myself and get to sleep early.
Hopefully it passes. I have no other advice. Hang in there. I am SO not a morning person, so it was a brutal time. But on the bright side, he know sleeps until at 8am, sometimes 9am. Hopefully she gets into that phase ASAP lol.
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DS had a similiar issue last year around the time change. Even now it doesn't matter what time he goes to sleep. He's up around the same time every day. Him sleeping in is rare.
Could you put some different toys in there so in the morning she can play?! A book? What happens if you just leave her, does she cry, freak out?!?!
It may just be a phase. Hoping she sleeps in for you!!!
Crap! I didn't think of the time change coming up....I don't want her waking up at 4:30!
Yesterday I didn't go in til 6. She was yelling for me but not crying. When I went in I told her that when she wakes up she has to wait until its time to get up (when one of us comes in) and pointed out her water and toys, books, etc. today I saw her on the monitor sitting up at 5:40 but she was drinking her water and reading. Never stood up or yelled. I went in at 6 and she was happy. I don't know if this is a total fluke and if she even understood me the day before but I'm hoping its progress.
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Yes, I was reading the reviews for the bunny one from One step ahead but it seems like most of the parents use it for kids 2.5 and up. I think she's the type of kid who would do well with something like that so I might look into it when we switch her into a bed (hoping to do this by next spring).
Thats a good start!! Maybe she just looking for some reassurance that your there. I'd leave here in there to talk, play whatever and snooze a little longer. GL!!
I have the same problem....and I hate to say it, but you may just have an early riser.
A has been doing this her whole life. She has NEVER slept passed 630 in her life. Her usual wake up time is somewhere between 530-630 no matter what we do. We have tried everything....dropping nap, later bedtime, earlier bedtime, toys in bed to keep her occupied if she wakes early. Nothing works. There isn't much else you can do. And yes we also tried the early riser clock and it didn't help at all. I just recently gave up all hope and now I'm just resorting to the fact that my day starts at 530-6 every single day.
My 5 month old sleeps better than she does. He sleeps 7-7.