https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 23:20:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2402608 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:36:22 +0000 Anagram 2402608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My toddler is now almost 2.5 and her bedtime is usually 8:30 (moved back further from my last post) and she now sleeps till 6:30, sometimes 7. Funny to see that still so many months later, her sleep overnight is always 9.5-10 hours. I don't miss the 7 pm-5am schedule at all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2402594 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:02:47 +0000 californiadreams 2402594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: I will definitely be sleeping too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2402507 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:08:53 +0000 ALV91711 2402507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Good to know. We bought one today and DS is super excited to have a clock for his room. I hope it works but I know it won't be 100% of the time. </p> <p>@californiadreams: DH always jokes that when DS is a teenager that he is going to wake him up early and there will be no sleeping in since he won't sleep good now. I said do what you like but leave me out of it, I'll be sleeping! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2401911 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 13:40:18 +0000 californiadreams 2401911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: sorry to hear :( </p> <p>this week was rough travelling with L as he and i were going to bed later than usual and he was waking before 6am, which is earlier than usual. I was joking to DH last night that i hope he sleeps in to 10am today because he needs to catch up on lost sleep. then i realized that one day he will. I just have to be patient and wait a few more years, lol. then will come a time when i have to drag him out of bed or he will stay there past noon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2401372 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 05:33:20 +0000 tinyperson 2401372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>And we were up at 4:45 this morning, so there's that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2401370 Mon, 28 Dec 2015 05:00:53 +0000 Munchkin 2401370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Appreciate the update and recent comments. Always nice to know we are not alone in this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2401077 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:15:35 +0000 tinyperson 2401077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ALV91711: Kinda works, kinda not. Sometimes the first sounds she makes are "mom, the sun's up, the sun's up, the sun's up..." which makes me wonder if she was awake and waiting for it. Other times she wakes up before it turns on and calls for us. So it's hit and miss. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2401043 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 17:09:41 +0000 californiadreams 2401043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm following too. My 3 year old has been waking up before 6. I'm very skeptical that a gro cock will work. But I'm willing to try. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2400838 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:51:49 +0000 Pumuckl 2400838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us a 7pm bedtime also turned out to be too early and that pretty much overnight. So now my 2.5 year old goes to sleep at 8:30pm which means a 8pm bedtime and he sleeps to 6:15-7am most mornings. Before he got up at 5am often. He takes 1.5h naps at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2400812 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 09:54:42 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 2400812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our solution is something a little different, but mine were already on a mattress on the floor at that age. So I would let them come to our bed but I absolutely would not talk to them before a certain time. Cuddle, pat the back, possibly a shhhhh at most but no words would come out of my mouth- not even telling them to go back to sleep. They got the message that nothing was going on at all, whatsoever and learned to fall back asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2400752 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 07:16:51 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2400752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son settled in to 10 hours of nighttime sleep around that age but still takes a long nap. We slowly moved his bedtime to 8 so he typically sleeps 8-6 now, but we went through a really rough phase. The toddler alarm clock definitely helps. If he wakes before 6 he knows now that he has to wait in his room for the light to change. He doesn't ever go back to sleep if he wakes in the 5am hour but he at least stays in his room chatting to himself instead of screaming to get up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2400697 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 23:34:30 +0000 ALV91711 2400697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Just wondering how the gro clock worked for you? We are going through this with DS who is already an early riser but has been getting up earlier these days I'm we are all getting exhausted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153796 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:24:44 +0000 Anagram 2153796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 21 months old used to go to bed at 7 and wake at 4:45-5 every day. Ever since the time change, we have kept her bedtime to 8pm and now most days she sleeps till 5:50-6:00 am. She has always slept a total of 9.5-10 hours overnight, never ever more.</p> <p>She typically naps 12:30-2:00 or 2:30 at daycare.</p> <p>So I would also try a later bedtime, but I would move it incrementally and give it a couple of weeks to take effect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153756 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:07:37 +0000 78h2o 2153756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't believe your LO goes to bed so early. My LO daughter will be 2.5 in June and she goes to be between 8:30-9. We are working on trying to get it moved up to 8pm, as we definitely could stand to have more time to ourselves in the evening. That being said, she never gets up for the day on her own before 7-7:30. On the weekends, she usually gets up 7:30-8...sometimes she will sleep until 8:30, even 9. </p> <p>She used to sometimes wake up at 6. I would get her milk if she asked, but tell her she had to go back to sleep. I'd leave her in the crib and usually she would be able to fall back sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153743 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:02:12 +0000 tinyperson 2153743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies - we're ordering a Gro Clock tonight (I have a gift card at home). </p> <p>@edelweiss: I just have to get DH to be consistent! He's more concerned with appeasement than consistency :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153673 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:29:18 +0000 edelweiss 2153673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i would try the toddler alarm clock. also, i know this isn't that helpful, but it may be a phase that she grows out of on her own. when my son was going through something similar, i would try and be consistent in going in there, recovering him with a blanket, and staying it's still night night time. sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't, but eventually he stopped. it is so tough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153656 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:18:56 +0000 MamaBehr 2153656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: I set it for the earliest that I want to see them. So, I SAHM and our schedule isn't too strict and I have it turn green at 7 am. That means almost every day at 7 am my 3 year old son RUNS into my room screaming "MY ALARAM CLOCK IS GREEEEEEEN!"</p> <p>I know you can also have it beep, if you want. But, since you are dealing with an early riser, I would set it for the earliest you want to see your LO. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wake-Childrens-Alarm-Clock-Nightlight/dp/B002RNKOM2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1429795064&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=Toddler+Alarm+Clock" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Wake-Childrens-Alarm-Clock-Nightlight/dp/B002RNKOM2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1429795064&#038;sr=8-2&#038;keywords=Toddler+Alarm+Clock</a><br /> This is the one we have. (actually we have two) I really like it except that it only uses batteries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153629 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 08:05:22 +0000 tinyperson 2153629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: I'll go check out the kids store near work at lunch to see if they have one - I'd been toying with the idea for a while. Do you just set it for the latest time you want them to get up (i.e., I don't mind if she gets up anytime after 6am, but she needs to get up by 6:30 - do I set the timer for 6:30?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153618 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:59:36 +0000 MamaBehr 2153618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>TODDLER ALARM CLOCK! </p> <p>It is amazing how well this works. It turns green when it is time for them to get out of bed, super visual and easy to understand. I think I have started my two bigs on a toddler alarm clock around that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153615 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:57:53 +0000 tinyperson 2153615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: LO has always been an early riser, but 4:30 is getting ridiculous. She's slept through the night unless sick or teething or something since 9 months. The MOTN wakeups are coinciding with the 4:30-5 am wakeups, so maybe something's going on... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153577 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:42:54 +0000 Corduroy 2153577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Wait for us PST parents to get up. I have no solutions but my toddler has always woken up early and poops before 6am; 5:15 this morning. You have my sympathy. </p> <p>I've tried shifting bedtime earlier &amp; later but both resulted in earlier wakeups. She even adjusted herself when the time change in one day. Following for other suggestions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153576 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:42:00 +0000 tinyperson 2153576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: By past, I mean in the past 3-4 months :) But we'll give it a try. I'll be sad to give up my alone time in the evening, because I go to bed at 9 myself! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153573 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:40:56 +0000 NovBaby1112 2153573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: later bedtime when my LO was younger was always a bad idea, but now that she is older, it definitely helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153571 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:39:59 +0000 NovBaby1112 2153571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree about a later bedtime. My 2.5 year old typically naps for 1-2 hours and bedtime is between 8-9 and she wakes up anywhere from 6:30-7:30. I think a later bedtime might break the early to rise cycle, but it may take a few days to see improvement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153570 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:39:54 +0000 tinyperson 2153570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've tried later in the past, but it has usually resulted in meltdown after meltdown because she's so tired. Maybe we'll have to give it another go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153564 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:35:06 +0000 hotchildinthecity 2153564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe a later bedtime? My son is the same age, naps at daycare, and goes to bed at 8. Then he sleeps til 6:30, maybe 7 on the weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153545 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 07:24:18 +0000 tinyperson 2153545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nobody else? It's just me? :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-25-year-old-to-sleep-past-430-5#post-2153492 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:44:05 +0000 tinyperson 2153492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the past two months or so, my 2.5 year old has been not only waking up a couple of times a night crying for me, but has also been waking up at 4:30 or 5 for a couple of weeks at a time. Then she'll have a "normal" week where she sleeps through the night and wakes up 6-6:30.</p> <p>She usually just need a hug for the MOTN wakeups, but for the early morning wakeups, nothing's worked. I've tried bringing her into our bed (this results in daddy having to read a book), sitting in her room (which made her stop wailing yesterday, but she just stood in her crib stroking her cheek and yawning), rocking her (she just wanted to go "that way" and pointing out her door), and telling her it's still night time. It's dark in her room (i.e. curtains block out the sun, but there is no sun at 4:30), she has a night light, and I haven't heard any weird noises. At one point, I think DH asked her if she saw something (a shadow) on the wall, and of course she's latched onto that as her answer when we ask her what's going on.</p> <p>Her naps at daycare haven't changed (1-1.5hrs, getting up no later than 2:30), and she goes to bed between 7 and 7:30, and goes right to sleep. She still needs her nap - on bad nap days, she's a bear (takes after me I think).</p> <p>Anyone else going through this? Losing sleep brings out the worst in me and I'm struggling. DH's goal in the morning is more about stopping the crying than about addressing the issue. </p>