https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:31:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807414 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 10:10:12 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2807414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: O dropped her nap at the same time. I think they were semi-related. I actually think in her case, dropping the nap made her early wake ups worse. It was like she just got into a cycle of not sleeping enough and then could never sleep enough. We now have her sleeping an hour in the car every day, and she's sleeping better at night too. She's definitely on the lower sleep needs end of that spectrum, but at the same time, sleep begets sleep and when she is overtired she doesn't seem to be able to make up for it in the morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807412 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 10:04:16 +0000 Shantuck 2807412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: Yep! That’s the one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807390 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 08:46:35 +0000 bloved 2807390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: is this the clock you have? <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TKLN46/ref=twister_B01F3OHVWW?_encoding=UTF8&#038;psc=1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TKLN46/ref=twister_B01F3OHVWW?_encoding=UTF8&#038;psc=1</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807318 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:26:44 +0000 Shantuck 2807318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: We started at 26 months (that’s when our issues arose). The stoplight clock was easier than a lot of the others for my son to understand. There are other clocks with bunnies getting out of bed, suns and moons, etc but the red light was easier for him to get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807317 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:16:53 +0000 bloved 2807317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Maysprout: @erinbaderin: @gotkimchi: @catlady: @JennyLayneAZ: Ugh! sorry to hear that so many of us are in this situation! It sucks! But it makes me think maybe it is the 2 year regression. </p> <p>@AB810: I definitely lean towards this. I think both of my kids have low sleep needs and he is just naturally "awake" at this time.</p> <p>@Becky: Good point about the daylight savings time. I will have to try and capitalize on that next weekend.</p> <p>@Shantuck: I was just looking at those clocks this morning and was debating if a 23 month old could understand the concept. I feel like it might be worth the $25 investment to give it a try (I can always put it away until later if he's too young)</p> <p>@catlady: That's interesting about the circadian rhythm. I do think it is "the way he is wired" to wake up this early so that is something relatively easy to check.</p> <p>@alphagam84: @Jennibenni: @SweetiePie: I soooo want to leave him alone until waking. My biggest concern is him waking up big brother who is 4). Also that he will climb (aka faceplant) out of the crib (which he has done once so far and almost this morning. That being said, we never let him get "up". Usually we rock him or try to reason with him to stay in there. I won't let him downstairs (where he wants to go bc the toys are) until at least 5:30. But I think we need to give the ignoring thing a try!</p> <p>Thanks for all the advice. Did anyone try to drop nap? I hate to do that (and don't think daycare would be on board) but wonder if that would get better sleep results? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807259 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 15:09:43 +0000 psw27 2807259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went through this phase as well. I think I used to ignore him in his crib. Once he was free (twin bed) we got the ok to wake clock - hit or miss results on that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807255 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:57:31 +0000 Jennibenni 2807255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I mean, I wouldn’t treat it as reg start of the day under any circumstances. He could lay awake in bed but that’s about it. No lights, no talking, no books, no toys. #6amorbust 😝 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807238 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:06:40 +0000 alphagam84 2807238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just ignore him until a reasonable hour like 6 or 6:30 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807236 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:58:04 +0000 catlady 2807236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have been going through something similar with my 15 month old (he's been waking at 5am or earlier for months now, sometimes as early as 3:45am). Mine also has been able to go to sleep on his own easily at a normal bedtime the whole time. I consulted a sleep therapist and she gave me some interesting advice which was that she believed his circadian rhythm was set to the wrong time. She told us to try pushing his bedtime as late as possible (for us, this was 8:30pm) for a few days until he started sleeping later. Then slowly move his bedtime back to normal after he had been sleeping later for a few days. If he started to wake up earlier again, we could do cry it out until we were ready for him to get up.</p> <p>At the same time, I needed to wean our guy from nursing at night because what happened with us was that I had always nursed when he'd wake anytime past 3:30am or so, and I think he started just waking for the day. So I slowly weaned him and started pushing his first morning feed to be later and later (we aim for 5:30am now at the earliest).</p> <p>It took a couple weeks but between those two strategies, our little man has finally been sleeping a little later this week. He made it to 5:20am 2 days ago, 5:45 yesterday, and 6am today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807190 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 12:01:40 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2807190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>O did this right around 2 years old. She also cut her bottom 2 year molars around the same time. It lasted maybe a month total and now she's back to waking between 6-7. Occasionally we have a 5:30 day. We couldn't ignore her like people recommended, because she is in a twin bed and would just get up and come yell at us in our room. No advice, but it probably won't last forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807154 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:44:08 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2807154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: no advice, just commiseration. My LO has been sleeping terribly the last couple of weeks. We've been sick a lot so I've attributed it to that, but I also wonder if we're in a sleep regression at the same time. I know there is one around 2, so I'm hoping we're just getting that out of the way. I guess we'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807148 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:35:16 +0000 snowjewelz 2807148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, at least it will be 5:30am instead comes next Sunday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807120 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:28:23 +0000 Shantuck 2807120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We hit a terrible sleep regression a couple months after my son’s second birthday (early wakings and sometimes as early as 3 am without going back to bed) and what worked for us was getting a stoplight clock from amazon (red light until it turns green and is ok to wake up). The trick to getting it to work was setting it to an attainable time (like 4:30 and celebrating his success (praise, sticker, etc) and when he seems to have gotten it, adjust every few days by 15 minutes until you’re at a time that works for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807114 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:14:55 +0000 SweetiePie 2807114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: Me too, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807110 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:03:51 +0000 gotkimchi 2807110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 20mo and does the same thing. I just put him to bed early and ignore him until 5 (he is also a bloody murder screamer). Also will not adjust him for daylight savings</p> <p>ETA my older was also like this and around 2 we did not adjust for daylight savings so she was sleeping like 8-6 and eventually we moved bedtime a little earlier and she started sleeping past 6. She outgrew it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807109 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:02:38 +0000 AB810 2807109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a good six months my son woke up between 4-4:30. Nothing I tried worked. Earlier bedtime, later, ignoring him, trying him to get back to sleep. It was rough. He wakes up between 5-5:30 now and it's just how his clock is set I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807107 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 09:00:27 +0000 Becky 2807107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’d consider the timing convenient: Daylight Savings is just around the corner. DD1 recently started waking up around 5:30 (so nowhere near as bad as 4:30), and I’m just not going to adjust her to daylight savings. I’m not a fan of Daylight Savings aside from the fact that it has helped us with some bedtime/wake time issues in the past. With that, waiting to go in until 6am to get him will only be a 30 minute vs 1.5 hours. </p> <p>A later bedtime means less alone time for you in the evening, but at least with my girls once it’s staying lighter later there’s no getting them to bed. I haven’t adjusted my kids for Daylight Savings in 2 years and it’s worked well because in the winter I only have to worry about keeping them entertained inside for like an hour after dinner, and in the warmer months we get to stay outside much later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807106 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:58:52 +0000 erinbaderin 2807106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the EXACT same situation at my house, although my son tends to do more 'wailing for a few minutes and then quiet for a few minutes'. How long has he been doing it? There's a 2 year sleep regression that I'm blaming for our situation. We tend to ignore him, and it's starting to get better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807105 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:58:32 +0000 Maysprout 2807105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son, who’s a little younger, has been doing this too! A lot of times it’s bc he has to poop but not always. When I let him cry he does not stop then everyone’s awake for the morning. I’ve got no solutions yet, just came to commiserate that the lack of sleep hurts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807104 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:54:48 +0000 bloved 2807104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: was she crying or happy in her crib? My friend leaves her kid who is happily babbling away. However my darling son is crying with the fury of a thousand gods- indignant that we are not all awake! 😝 but maybe if I leave him he will eventually stop? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807101 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:33:55 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2807101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would ignore him until 6 😬 We did that with my daughter. She didn't get up as early but any early wake up for her we just ignore and she goes back to sleep. Now she sleeps till 8ish every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/430am-wake-up#post-2807100 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:31:10 +0000 bloved 2807100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Help!!!<br /> My (almost) 2 year old wakes up every day at 4:30 am and will not go back to sleep!</p> <p>We have tried rocking, bringing him in to bed with us, and laying on the floor next to his crib.</p> <p>He has a very consistent bedtime of 7 and bedtime routine. 3 books then bed. Goes in crib awake and puts himself to sleep.</p> <p>On the few occasions we’ve kept him up past his his bedtime (once even until 10!) he still woke up at the 4:30 timeframe.</p> <p>Any ideas? He does not need to sleep muuuuch later because I need to get him up by 6 for work/school. But these 4:30am days are killing me! </p>