https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 23:21:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-4am-nursing-and-early-wakup-in-12-month-old#post-2790995 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:47:44 +0000 mrsjd 2790995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice just commiseration. Our 15 month old was like this until recently. She would sleep until 5 at the latest. Now she has started sleeping until 6 and it is glorious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-4am-nursing-and-early-wakup-in-12-month-old#post-2790991 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:06:00 +0000 Shantuck 2790991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you tank him up with milk before he goes down? I used to pump and do a big bottle before bed (though, if he’s 12 months maybe you can use cows milk and skip the pumping?). Would a big pre-bed tank up make a difference? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-with-4am-nursing-and-early-wakup-in-12-month-old#post-2790884 Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:15:54 +0000 catlady 2790884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 12 month old still wakes at 4am almost every morning to nurse. I used to be ok with it because he'd go right back to sleep until 6 or 6:30am. Lately though, he has a tough time settling back to sleep. Sometimes he can't go back to sleep at all and we have to get up with him at like 4:30am. Sometimes he'll sleep a little more but he's usually up by 5:30 at the latest.</p> <p>Occasionally he sleeps through the 4am nursing but when he does that, it basically guarantees that he will be up at 4:45am for the day.</p> <p>I really think he does need more morning sleep because he's always cranky on the days when he is up super early.</p> <p>He takes one nap (about 3 hrs) and consistently goes to bed on his own with no props at around 7:30pm. We have white noise and blackout curtains (not that it matters at 4am in December).</p> <p>Wondering if anyone has gone through this and has advice. Unfortunately, he has a feeding delay and is barely eating any solids so I can't bulk him up in solids the night before. We've tried letting him CIO but that usually backfires because it wakes up our 4 year old, so then we end up with 2 cranky kids instead of 1. </p>