Anyone know how to crack the 5am wake up in a 9mo?

[CantThinkOfAGoodUserName]

Well almost 9 months old and been waking early like this for last 8-10 weeks and it's slowly wiping me out!
I do go to bed early my self now but she's taken to waking up several times in night to be soothed back to sleep and 5am wake ups make me tired before I've even begun zzzzzzzz
This is her routine
Wakes 5am,
1st nap: 7.30am for 30-60 mins
2nd nap: 11/11.30am for 1 hour
3rd nap: 2.30/3.30pm for 30 mins
Bedtime was at bottle at 6.30 and sleep by 7
But now I've pushed back slowly to bottle at 7 and sleep by 7.15 but it hasn't made a difference after nearly a week

Any suggestions or just deal with it?

[Hakluyt]

Is she really wide awake and ready for the day? Or if you quickly scoop her up and cuddle her down in bed with you will she go back to sleep?

[Mumof3xox]

My 16 months old can wake up anywhere between 5&545

That's just when she is ready to start her day

I don't find it too ridiculous tbh

Anything 5 or after is acceptable get up time in this house

[CantThinkOfAGoodUserName]

Yep she is wide awake and wants to get up, I don't mind 5.30-6.00 as it started like that but over time it's earlier and I'm thinking what if it keeps getting earlier ??

[CantThinkOfAGoodUserName]

Also wonder when and how she would drop to 2 naps roughly.....

[magicalmrmistofelees]

We had this with 9mo DD and have just managed to crack it. What I did was basically refuse to get her up at 5. I went in, left the light off, switched her music back on that I use to put her down to bed, pick her up and cuddled her until she went back to sleep. Basically I just treated it as a night waking. At first this was really painful and could take an hour/an hour and a half, but it gradually got less and less. She now still often wakes at 5 but a quick cuddle and she'll go back to sleep until 7ish. This has meant that she's dropped her morning nap.

[magicalmrmistofelees]

However DD only naps for a maximum of an hour a day, so any advice on that would be appreciated

[Mumof3xox]

With dropping the third nap this can vary all dc are different

[TakingTheStairs]

My 9 month old was/ is doing the same thing but over the past week I've introduced more food and he is slowly but surely sleeping for a bit longer. I think he was waking so early as he was hungry.

[TheRealMaudOHara]

10 month old DS does this. Today I sprinted into his room as soon as he stirred and managed to cuddle him back to sleep in our bed but usually he's up and there's no going back.

I think it might be hunger here too. I can't get any more food into him (he's not a great eater but doing ok amounts) so I'm going to try doing his evening milk as a dreamfeed before bed to see if it helps to power him through. Don't feel too optimistic but I feel quite desperate - I'm usually an early bird and agree 5.30/6am isn't too bad but at or before 5am is just a killer and I don't sleep as well in the early hours waiting for him to kick off!

Good luck and let us know if you crack it!

[cungryhatterpillar]

We got ds to sign a contract that he'd stay in bed until 6.30 then play quietly until breakfast at 7.30. Eight is pushing it a bit but sometimes he'll have his head in a book then.

[CantThinkOfAGoodUserName]

Ok I just talked to DD about a contract and she said dadadada bumbuumbbbm ahahaha
Can I take that as a yes??

I don't think she's hungry as she doesn't have her bottle until after 6, I've tried giving to her when she wakes but she doesn't seem too interested right away.... My 7pm bedtimes this week have made no difference but now she's teething! I haven't had 1 consistent week since we started weaning at 6 months!

[StormyBrid]

I don't know about cracking it, because DD still wakes up a bit after five sometimes. There is no way in hell I'm getting up that early. I've always treated anything before 7am as a night waking - in other words, ignore for a bit and see if she goes back to sleep, and if crying check nappy and offer milk and tell her to go back to sleep. Usually she does, though occasionally she'll just play quietly for two hours until it's time to get up. The main reason I think this works is that she has no expectation of getting up that early.

[cungryhatterpillar]

Mmnyeh I thought it said 9yo...

[Hakluyt]

That shoulds pretty binding to me, cantthink. Obviously I' mot a lawyer.....