Sleep training question. Can you help??

Question

Hey mammas! 
I need your help with my 10 month old. 
He is getting up super early and I need him to sleep later! He usually goes down around 7pm and gets up around 530am. I would love to get him to 6 or even 7am!  He goes down 2 hours after he gets up and naps for usually an hour and then again 3 hours after that nap for about an hour. What am I doing wrong here?? Sometimes he makes it to 6 or 630 but how do I make it consistent?

Answer

I learned the later mine went to sleep the earlier he got up so I found going to bed at 6 or 630 at the latest is the best time for him. He sleeps until 630-730 but then I always make sure to keep him up 3 hours and then he naps for 2 hours sometimes longer (&on those days he naps for 3 hours he doesn’t take a second nap) and then down for another nap at 2 for a hour then back to bed at 6-630.

Answer

My daughter is the EXACT same! It sounds crazy but you can change their sleep/wake cycle by gently waking them up right before they would normally get up. So if he’s getting up at 5:30, set an alarm for 5:00 and lightly wake him up (to the point that he can roll over and go back to sleep on his own! Not fully awake) that should restart his sleep/wake cycle and he’ll sleep later. After a few days of doing that you shouldn’t need to keep doing it. I know it sounds crazy but it works for us!

Answer

My son is like this. No matter when he goes to bed he is up 6-6:30. He has been this way sinc he was little, lucky for me I’m used to waking up early and just did some minor adjustments so I could get my “me” time before he wakes up.

Answer

Maybe try pushing his bed time back a little?? I had the same issue and pushed his bedtime to 8-8:30 and not he sleeps until about 7:30 in the morning!

Answer

Mine is the same. Bed is between 7:00 and 7:30,  the latest she ever sleeps is 6:30, most mornings is 5:30. We tried later bed time, earlier bed time, shorter naps, no naps, pretty much everything. We have decided she is just one of those awful creatures called “morning people” lol. It’s actually easier to deal with now that I have just come to terms with it. I go to bed by 9 most nights and drink a ton of coffee in the morning but it’s amazing what you can get done in the morning when the rest of the house is asleep.

Answer

I highly suggest following taking cara babies on Instagram! I took her sleep class and it changed our world! Even if you don’t buy her class she posts so much helpful info. She talks about “wake windows” for how long is appropriate by age from end of one nap to beginning of next. At this age it’s 3-4 hours. Going more or less than 3-4 hours in between naps can be the cause of early wake ups. I also suggest waiting to get him and leaving him in the crib in the morning for 15-30 mins and seeing if he goes back to sleep on his own.

Sleep training question. Can you help??

Let's Glow!

The Top Baby Tracker App: Embrace New Beginnings with Tender Care

The Top Fertility Tracker App: Your Path to Achieving Pregnancy

The Top Pregnancy App: Nurturing Your Journey to Motherhood

The Top Period Tracker for Empowering Your Menstrual Health Journey