Speakinf of bitchfest-can I fix this?

[ijack]

what happens when she wakes? Is she hungry or just uncomfortable? will she babble to herself in the crib?

[dcrunnergirl]

It helped DS when we changed to different overnight diapers so he was drier at night. We switched from Huggies to Pampers overnight diapers.

[ijack]

if she's not eating then I would try an overnight diaper and see what just letting her cry a little bit does (if you're open to that).

[Ashley&Scott]

Will she go back to sleep if you lay with her? Sometimes this works with DS.

[sometimesrunner]

Aug 27, 2012 15:00:30 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Will she go back to sleep if you lay with her? Sometimes this works with DS.

I would try this, as well. DS woke up at 6:50 this morning, and I just scooped him up and went back to bed. He went back to sleep and didn't wake until 8:50.

[Ashley&Scott]

If it makes you feel any better I'm losing sleep too. (but at the beginning of the night) We co-sleep, every time we put M in his crib I lay in bed waiting for him to wake up.

[beaver12]

My DD is an early riser too. We've tried everything and nothing works. She's 3 and still gets up before 6am every damn day. Sorry.

[barefootcontessa]

One of my sons always woke up at 5am. It did not matter how late he stayed up, how much he napped, etc. eventually I just started going to bed really early. My other sons have all slept later in the morning. I think some kids are just early risers, unfortunately.

[liveintheville]

Aug 27, 2012 15:15:40 GMT -5 @barefootbarista said:

Tried laying with her. Nope, no haps.

She wears overnights.

Ive tried letting her cry, but when she gets up, she stands up and full on yells, screams, cries uncontrollably. I did CIO for nightwakings, but now that she is older the yelling seems more.....intense.

Uggghh, I dont know if it is fixable! If she screams for an hr and then I go get her at 6, all Ive taught her to do is scream for an hr.

Should I just try it?? The going to get her at 6?
Fuck, I get anxiety thinking about it. It has gotten so bad that I can barely sleep past 4:30 because I anticipate her waking up.

Kid 1 will be 5 in October. He and kid 2 wake up at 5. No matter what we do. One of us gets up and turns on PBS and naps on the couch until it's a reasonable hour.

[8675309]

My DD was a great sleeper until recently. It sucks. She gets up every morning now at 5:30am which means my wonderfully sleeping infant is now up at 5:30am. I have to grab him and take him to bed with me until 6:30am.

How old is your DD? We switched to toddler conversion bed at 2 1/2 and I STILL think she needs a bigger bed. Considering changing that situation soon.

[hannamaren]

Ferber suggestion is to let them cry every day for an extra 15 minutes only. Hopefully, the next day you will gain that 15 minutes.. After a week, he suggests your child will sleep an extra hour.

[hannamaren]

If Layla wakes before 6am, I give her 1 oz and turn the sheep back on. No diaper change (try to do that at 430am when she wakes for her premorning feeding if you have one....so many games)

[brit1017]

When we dropped naps b/c overnight sleep was suffering, it usually took a few days for the overnight sleep to stabilize. Usually, the first 2 or 3 days, they would still sleep less overnight and be god awful cranky b/c they didn't have the nap, but once their bodies adjusted, the overnight sleep got better.

[6fsn]

My 17 month old went through a phase of 4:30 wakings. She would scream. We tried the Ferber and I don't know if it really worked or not, but she's at least sleeping until 545. My 4 yo still wakes at 6. I'm just holding out hope that the teen years are better.

[dr.girlfriend]

DS was a 5-am-on-the-dot waker-upper until age three or so. The best we could do was alternate who gets up with him in the mornings. At three we got the tot clock and was able to push him to staying in bed until 6:40, but that's the most we can do. Most days he pops out at 6:38. It's like he's a diabolical little human alarm clock.

I will also admit that as soon as he turned 2, we brought him into bed to watch Sesame Street while we kept on dozing. :-)