Long morning sleep = early am waking?

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millymollymandy Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 09 September 2009 Location: Taranaki Points: 499	Post Options Post Reply Quote millymollymandy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Long morning sleep = early am waking? Posted: 30 June 2010 at 2:46pm
	DD is 11 months, but due to being a premmie is 10 months developmentally. At the moment is waking at around 5.15 and only sometimes goes back to sleep. She'll crash out at 9.45 till about 11am in the morning and mostly like today sleep for another hour in the afternoon. I have had a suggestion that cutting the length of her am nap or putting it later might stop the early waking. Has anyone tired this with any success? Am now waking early myself out of habit too. She is teething and maybe the waking is rekated to that, but TBH it doesn't really seem to be affecting her otherwise.

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Helen1 Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 30 January 2009 Location: Auckland Points: 701	Post Options Post Reply Quote Helen1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 July 2010 at 8:28pm
	At that age Amelia was haveing 2 naps a day. I was told by Plunket that the morning one (which was her longer one) should be no more than 2 hours and her afternoon one to be no more than 1 hour. She was in bed between 7:15pm and 7:30pm each night. However I remember that Alexandria (DD#1) was an early riser and there wasn't much we could do about it. Once she got old enough (about 2yrs) we used a nightlight so that she knew when she was allowed to get up. The nightlight wouldn't wake her if she was asleep but if she was awake she learnt that she had to stay on bed quietly until the nightlight came on and then she was allowed up.


SpecialK Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 29 August 2008 Location: New Zealand Points: 1082	Post Options Post Reply Quote SpecialK Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2010 at 7:52am
	At that age H was waking up around 6am, then back to bed around 8am for a 2 hr sleep and then again a 1.5-2 hr sleep in the afternoon. He still does that now if he wakes around 6am (but usually is up around 7.30am). To be honest, whenever I muck around with his sleeps and try to limit the length he sleeps or extends it it comes back to bite me in the form of a grumpy, teary, whingy, baby... I'd just let her be and she might self adjust. Also, could something else be waking her that early? Hungry, cold, poo?


Babe Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 21 May 2007 Location: New Zealand Points: 2936	Post Options Post Reply Quote Babe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2010 at 9:38am
	At that age Jake was waking at 6ish and I'd just leave him to play for half an hour then back to bed for a 3hr nap n the morning then again in the afternoon then bed at 6.30 and sleep through so I don't know that naptime has alot to do with it. Have you tried the sleepstore website? I know they have a few articles about extending mornings


millymollymandy Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 09 September 2009 Location: Taranaki Points: 499	Post Options Post Reply Quote millymollymandy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2010 at 10:29am
	Was sleepstore that suggested looking at morning nap, putting it back later in morning. Have gone back an extra 15 mins later and have got another 1/2 hour in the morning. Seems like 6am is normal and so is the long sleep! Can totally live with 6am.

Disco Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 28 May 2008 Points: 211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Disco Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 July 2010 at 10:42am
	I have a 7.5 month old DD who was waking 5.30-6am which for me was just too early. I was getting up and giving her a feed and then back to bed as it was still dark back to bed till 8.30am normally. I was dreading the thought of having a toddler who would continue to wake up at that time. So I started getting her up at 7.30am not matter what, it only took a few days and this week she has been sleeping 7pm - 7am most nights. I wonder if you tweak her day naps if it would make any difference? sorry not much help! disco

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