https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 04:41:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209944 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 10:53:19 +0000 Tanjowen 2209944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A very unfortunate phase. My LO did this around 12-14 months and we did lots of co-sleeping, but I moved the guest bedroom against the wall so he couldn't get out or reach the side table. And we were all definitely up for the day at 5:30 a.m. for a bit.</p> <p>Good news is at 18 months we now sleep until 7, woohoo! Hang in there and have lots of coffee :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209789 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:26:06 +0000 plantains 2209789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: fear not, my DD was exactly like your LO. In the end, somewhere around 2.5 or a hit after that shebatarted sleeping until 7.30!!!!! She still wakes up at 6.30!oncebin a while because she is in the process of dropping her last nap and sleep can be a bit funny but life is improved overall! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209760 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:16:50 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2209760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have any advice, unfortunately. We had this problem for almost a year. LO is almost 2.5 and it has finally gotten a little better...he wakes up at 5:45-6 again instead of somewhere in the 4am hour. We have a toddler alarm clock with a stoplight and that has helped a bit...he understands that red means he has to stay in his room, so he doesn't beat on the door when he wakes up anymore. But I don't think that would have helped when he was younger :( Hang in there momma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209741 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:07:23 +0000 CakeLady 2209741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: 5:30 is definitely more doable if I don't have to get up during the night too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209706 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:54:13 +0000 LBee 2209706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: Yay!!! I would never had said this a year ago, but 5:30 is definitely doable. But don't give up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209698 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:48:40 +0000 CakeLady 2209698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: he woke up at 4:30 and he fussed (and sat up and flopped around) for 5 minutes and fell back to sleep! At 5:30 he woke up and was standing and getting pretty worked up. So I went in and he was awake for the day. A partial victory I'd say. I'm not giving up yet though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209683 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 08:40:47 +0000 LBee 2209683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: How did last night (or I guess early morning) go? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209152 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:10:27 +0000 CakeLady 2209152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: Oh no! If that turns out to be the case, I'm just going to have to adjust my own bedtime! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209143 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:01:18 +0000 Modern Daisy 2209143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was never able to find a solution. My son is almost 2 and has had a 5:30am wakeup condsistently since he was maybe 10 months old. Im told he might start to sleep later after he drops nap competely but ill believe it when i see it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209116 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:38:02 +0000 Chillybear 2209116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my husband's alarm goes off at 4:45 during the week and he is not stealthy so for the longest time LO was waking up about 5 even though we didnt need to be up for work until 6.<br /> Around 12-15m we finally saw her consistently sleeping from 8:30-5am. but getting up at 5 is hard! When the clocks changed she was about 18m and we had a little chat about the sun. and the difference between "school" days and "Stay home" days. On school days Mommy comes and gets you and the sun might still be sleeping. on stay home days we dont wake up until the sun is awake. For the most part she sleeps in until 7, and i go in after i'm all done getting ready for work and on the weekends I hear her rustling around but she doesnt really cry for me to get her. I go in about 8 to wake her up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209112 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:34:18 +0000 LBee 2209112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: Let's just hope that I didn't just curse my morning tomorrow by writing this and admitting it only takes 15 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209110 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:33:13 +0000 CakeLady 2209110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: I don't think it's mean, it is realistic... we've been there with bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209105 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:29:02 +0000 LBee 2209105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CakeLady: This sounds mean, but you have to reach your breaking point. For us it was 15 minutes of listening to an unhappy baby vs. everyone being unhappy for at least an hour. I just couldn't do it anymore. If I genuinely thought he was just "done" sleeping, I would get up with him, but he was obviously tired and I needed to give him the opportunity to go back to sleep. </p> <p>I put a pillow over my head and just watched the clock. I was shocked when he fell back asleep.</p> <p>ETA: Mr. Bee was the one who told me that ultimately letting him fuss/cry in his crib was what addressed Charlie's early morning wake-up. I figured I would know pretty quick if it wasn't going to work and if he was really just wasn't tired anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209096 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:24:50 +0000 CakeLady 2209096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: This really helpful! I actually considered option 1 and just getting up and going for a jog, but I can barely move I am so tired. So, I think I need to just try option 2 and let him fuss a while - probably both for 4 am and 5 am - and see how it goes. 15 minutes just feels so long when you are trying to sleep... but i guess in the grand scheme of things listening to 15 minutes of fussing while laying in bed is better than getting up at 5am! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209089 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:18:56 +0000 LBee 2209089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha! I laugh because I just dealt with this and walled Mr. Bee about it. </p> <p>My son was doing the same thing except wake-ups were at 4:45 AM on the dot and he was OBVIOUSLY tired, but just couldn't settle back down. He was extremely restless and our old trick of bringing him into bed with us wasn't working anymore. He would fall asleep if we battled hard enough, but only in the rocker and would sometimes just lay there with his eyes open staring at you. He's 10 months (started at 9 months). The way I saw it I had two options: </p> <p>1) Embrace the early wake-ups. I thought I could use the extra hour (we get up at 5:45 AM anyways) to go on a walk! I would get into great shape! Again, Mr. Bee can elaborate on this - but I walled him asking if this was his new normal - he gave a lot of great advice, but one thing stuck with me - he said that the mornings he got up early with Charlie are some of his fondest memories. </p> <p>2) Let him fuss / cry it out and see if this was a sleep cycle thing / learned wake-up.</p> <p>I had decided on #1 and I was very excited about my new lifestyle. Then the morning came and I was just too.freaking.tired. I decided to let him fuss a little. 15 minutes later he was back asleep and we had to wake him up for the day! His mood that morning was night and day (as was mine). I realized it was a learned wake-up, as we had humored the wake-up for the first month. The next few days he fussed about 5 minutes and then he went straight back to sleep. </p> <p>In a nut shell, you've got to figure out what is right for you and your baby. I now (in my mind) let him fuss / cry for 15 minutes and if he's not going back to sleep I get up with him. For the record, he's never gotten over 15 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209086 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:17:03 +0000 CakeLady 2209086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: We are way too tired to play, so that definitely isn't happening :silly: Often we bring him in our bed and try to cuddle and get him to go back to sleep - he then sits up, pokes us, starts chatting, climbs out of bed and starts pulling things off of my night stand. Other times one of us will go into his room and hold him in the glider, sometimes he'll fall back to sleep (and sometimes we can doze off too). It's been going on for a few weeks now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209081 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:12:45 +0000 Truth Bombs 2209081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely don't think he's sleeping too much during the day. My daughter is on one nap but it's 2-3 hours and she still sleeps 12 hours at night. What are you doing when he wakes up at 5am? If you're getting up with him and playing, etc, you might just be reinforcing it. When our LO wakes up early we bring her into our bed with us and tell her it's still night time and make her cuddle and go back to sleep. She usually only has a couple days here and there of early morning wake ups and then gets used to sleeping later again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/early-morning-wakeup-advice-needed#post-2209063 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:00:12 +0000 CakeLady 2209063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know there have been lots of posts about early morning wakeups, but I was hoping to share the details of our specific situation in order to tap into the wealth of problem solving here on the bee.</p> <p>DS is 12 months old. Lately he has been waking up earlier and earlier. Today was 5am, over the weekend and last week it was 5:30. He's kinda cranky in the morning and perks up after his first nap. Usual wake up is 6, which I am ok with since that is when we get up.</p> <p>Bed time has been the same, 7pm. No issues there. He has been waking up once between 3:30 and 4, I nurse him (he doesn't actually get much, my supply is almost gone) and he goes back to sleep for an hour or two. I'd love to get rid of this wake up too if you have ideas.</p> <p>The things that are different:<br /> At long last, his two naps are now 1-1.5 hours instead of 45 minutes. So he is sleeping 10-10.5 hours at night at 2-2.5 hours during the day. He is teething, but it hasn't impacted naps or most of the night sleep. We transitioned to WCM, but he hasn't had any issues with it. He is still nursing a little at bed time and then we top him off with a bottle of WCM.</p> <p>Is he sleeping too much during the day now? If so, do I go to one nap even though he isn't fighting either nap?</p> <p>Should I try and move bedtime later? </p> <p>Or is this just a phase? </p>