Wow, it's one thing after another with these babies isn't it!!!
My new issue is now early waking. From about 8 weeks my daughter slept through the night, which is very fortunate. She went down about 9.00pm and woke around 7.00am. That then changed to going down around 7.00pm and still waking around 7.00am. Which was heaven after all the frantic feeding of the early days.
Unfortunately things have now changed again. Maria is consistently waking earlier and earlier. First it changed to 6.30am then 6.00am and now anywhere between 5.00 and 5.30. Grreaaatttt.... I have tried:
1) Putting her down later. Didn't work.
2) Introducing a dream feed at 10.30pm - that makes no difference either.
3) Tiring her out in the day with lots of outings and visiting. Nope that didn't work.
4) Limiting her daytime sleep to strictly no more than 3 hours. Nahhhhh....
5) Making sure she settles herself to sleep (see posting 'Should a baby be left to cry?') No, No, No.
What is worse is that even after I have fed her she still doesn't want to go back to sleep! It's official my daughter doesn't want to sleep unless it purely on her terms!
Any ideas as to how to get her to sleep 'til 7.00am are greatly appreciated!
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A little sedative in the bottle perhaps?
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My baby is 9 months and is doing this trick as well. I have tried everything you have and nothing seems to work. Did you find a solution in the end??
Hi, my daughter is now nearly 15 months and does sleep 7.00 til 7.00 now. I would say that this wasn't the case until she was about a year. Before that she would still wake about 6.15-6.30ish.
The only thing that really worked before that was wearing her out. Make sure s/he has a really active day and they should sleep later. Sorry it's not the best solution but until they just 'grow out of it' there isn't a lot you can do!
Oh one little thing - unless your baby is screaming I wouldn't recommend getting them out of their cot 'til as near as 7.00 as possible. Apparently it teaches them.
Good luck!
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