Stopping 5am wake up?!

So for a few weeks before daylight saving finished DD was waking up at 5am (ok well she wakes about 4 or 5 times over night usually, but at 5 even if I feed her and shes asleep she wakes up 10 mins later and is not going back to sleep again). I thought she was going to start waking at 4 when the clocks when back, but no (thank goodness!) but its still 5am.
How do I get her to sleep longer?! DH is leaving in 9 days so I will be doing the night wakings and getting up early all by myself, Im starting to panic a little!

Ive tried that before, more in an attempt to night wean her, she woke more often (and that continued for another 2 weeks after I gave that up (extended the time between her feeds for a week) is that what you mean or something different? (like I wouldnt feed her for 3 hours since the last feed, then 4 hours etc)

I couldn't get anything to stop it! Both of my kids have done it (DS worst tho). It is painful and they don't seem to grow out of it until around 2yrs. My DD still wakes around 6am, whereas DS now sleeps until 6.30ish (or waits until his alarm goes off before getting up)

It is hard work, I tried moving bedtime later, day time sleeps later, all sorts and had no luck. BUT I am a bit of a meany and made them stay in bed until at least 6am - they seemed to learn reasonably quickly that I wasn't going to get them up). But I was also giving DD a bottle at that time and age and then leaving her to stay in bed.

Good luck!

have a nosey here - at the bottom of the page http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Babies+4+to+12+months/Sleep+challenges+with+9+month+olds.html

my first thought is - is she cold? or given the health issues, are any medications running out of ooomph at that time?

Edited by maya22

One suggestion for getting babies to sleep longer is to put them to bed 1/2 hour earlier, hasn't worked for us but it may work for you.

Hehe, I'm just going to say good luck with that

But seriously, if you find a solution, let me know!!

We've had no luck with earlier bedtimes. We NEVER get more than 10 hours of sleep (yes, I know, madness, but it seems to be all she needs), so the earlier we go to bed, the earlier she gets up. At the moment it's bed between 7-7.30 and awake between 5-5.30. We've had some success with putting a lamp in her room that turns on at 6am, she does seem to realise she's not going to get up or fed until the lamp comes on, but it doesn't stop her wanting company (i.e. screaming if you don't come) while she stands in her cot rattling the bars and waiting

She does sleep in longer if she's up more in the night - she'll get at least 9 hours most nights, so if she's up a fair bit, sometimes she'll sleep till 6.15 (ohhh bliss!!!)

Can you get someone to come in and help out by getting her up a couple of times a week for you? So that you get a couple of sleep ins? Otherwise you might just have to adopt our approach of early to bed so you can survive the early mornings. On the plus side, that will tie in better with the time difference if you are wanting to speak to your DH on skype

Oh no! so feeling for you chick. My DD wakes up early (between 4.30 and 6am) for weeks while she's teething each tooth. I hope you're able to get enough rest though, it makes 1st trimester so much harder

Thanks MMM, DD is walking already, I had hoped this would make her sleep better, but shes been walking now for 4-6w and it hasnt made a difference (hmm actually maybe this is when she started waking earlier?) She only has one nap at about 11amish, so shes up for about 6 hours before she goes down again. What do you mean by number 6? Time?
I think Im going to night wean her once DH has gone and shes adjusted to that (although then we are going to the states for a month and I think I would like the ability to feed her to sleep on the plane! ah its a tough decision!)

oohhh click!! sorry, baby/nappy/preggy brain is at it again!!    I guess thats the tough thing, if I knew that she was going to start to improve (im not wanting miracles!) soon, then I would just keep going the way we are.. but its tough cos we dont have a crystal ball... She doesnt feed to sleep at bed time, I feed her then brush her teeth and then take her down stairs, put her in her sleep sack (and shes tired but wide awake) but she settles herself fine (which kinda makes the middle of the night annoying too since she 'can' self settle)

Aww I hope shes all better now? I thought youd fixed the ears?

Not sure if it would help but maybe you could try leaving her say 5 minutes longer than you normally do if she wakes until you go into her in the morning or even a little longer then maybe gradually stretch the time out until your getting her out of bed at 7am

It may just be a glitch at the moment what with her teething and ears ect....