Have been reading the other posts on early risers but none of the suggestions are working for my 10 month old dd and am getting desperate...
Dd has always been an early riser but in the last few weeks its pushed to 5.30am and even 5.15am today. I can live with the early starts but dd is struggling to cope at nursery and am worried. Things I've tried that haven't made any difference:
-an earlier bedtime (dd is a poor daytime napper so often put to bed early)
- a later bedtime (on the days dd has napped well)
- no daytime nap later than 4pm (easy to achieve as often very few naps anyway)
- morning nap not earlier than 9.30 (this is 4 hours after dd is up in the morning)
- full bottle of milk when wakes and put back in cot (stays wide awake babbling then crying).
- give dummy when wakes (ditto).
Dd started nursery last week and isn't sleeping all day so a 5.30am start is making things very tough for her. To make things worse when I go back to work the earliest dd is likely to be able to go to bed is 7pm. Am worried that such a long day with little sleep will make dd a very unhappy baby :(
Has anyone tried anything else?? Please help...