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Anyone else a member of the 5am club?
Morning,
Just as the title says Alf has been waking up at 5am or before for the past few days. He's quite happy to chat to his toys and himself and just play but clearly it isn't great for oh getting up for work.
So just any advice please-why might he be doing it? And then what do I do to stop it as he normally goes from 7pm till 6:30-7am and has done for ages so no idea what's going on but it can't go on!
He's 8 months on Tuesday. We swapped over to follow on milk on Sunday. Always check for a dirty nappy when he wakes up at 5am but never. Normally we don't feed him till arond 6:30/7am and so doesn't drain his bottle just takes about 5-6fl ozs.
Anyway thanks in advance for any ideas/ top tips!
A knackered Bekkie x
Just as the title says Alf has been waking up at 5am or before for the past few days. He's quite happy to chat to his toys and himself and just play but clearly it isn't great for oh getting up for work.
So just any advice please-why might he be doing it? And then what do I do to stop it as he normally goes from 7pm till 6:30-7am and has done for ages so no idea what's going on but it can't go on!
He's 8 months on Tuesday. We swapped over to follow on milk on Sunday. Always check for a dirty nappy when he wakes up at 5am but never. Normally we don't feed him till arond 6:30/7am and so doesn't drain his bottle just takes about 5-6fl ozs.
Anyway thanks in advance for any ideas/ top tips!
A knackered Bekkie x
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Cazz
He coo's away to himself for a wee while and then cries after about 15mins. He's not hungry cos when I give in and pick him p he just cuddles to sleep. Let him cry for a while this morn and he nearly went back to sleep but jolted himself awake and I gave in and picked him up (much to hubbys annoyance) will see how we go tomorrow. S x
I was hoping it would go back to early afternoon like other "boddlers" have. Although from the sounds of it she's fighting having this morning's nap!!!!
Have you tried putting him to bed a bit earlier - theory of 'the more a baby sleeps, the more a baby sleeps' can mean that if you put him to bed 1/2 hour earlier he will wake up 1/2 hour later (ish)
He's had 2 hours this morning and is down for another nap now so maybe thats too much? Flippin' heck I haven't a clue!!!
wow! 6.30, we're usually still having dinner then, lol. Louise doesn't go to bed till 8.30, maybe I need to take some of my own advice! he he
In theory the more they sleep during the day can help them sleep better at night too! but I read somewhere (prob on here lol) that they shouldn't nap after 4pm. That said though Louise tends to sleep from between 3/4 to between 5/6.
maybe the clocks changing might actially help us?!
Alf sleeps after brekkie so from 8am now as we're awake from 5am!! (used to be 9-9:30) for 2 hours. Then after lunch so from 1pm for 2 hours or so. I thought that was good but am at a loss. Will give the black out blinds a go-off to google them too!! Thanks chuck