Help! Baby Waking up at 4:30 Am!

My daughter used to do that. If I didn't rock her she'd play in her crib and go back to sleep at 5. I was going in there rocking her and trying to feed her. I started waiting to see if she'd go back to sleep and she would wake up and start playing in her crib. I eventually played a lullaby music cd that I didn't think sounded creepy (she seemed to respond to music I liked/disliked lol) and at 4:30ish she'd wake up and I'd go in her room and turn on the music and rub her back (sometimes change her diaper) and kiss her and tell her I love her and goodnight real quietly and after a couple mins she'd go to sleep. :D

Good luck

Wonder week. Google it.

A couple of things you could try. At the 4:30 waking , do everything in the dark.. No talking, no lights.. Change the diaper, Warm up the wipes so they are warm and not a shock to the body.. Give the baby the paci and lay him back down pat his bottom in strong enough motion that it rocks him. Turn on a white noise machine or play soft music.. Do you let him cry for a few minutes at 4:30? Maybe something wakes him, bt he will go back to sleep in a few minutes if you do not go in..

Another option Move the first evening bedtime to 8 or 8:30.. Then gradually this will all slide the other times.. again for all of the feedings, do these in the dark no conversations no light.. He will be bored and realize there is nothing going on and will gradually just sleep..

my DD did this last month... about the same age. She was sleeping pretty good, usually 2 night feedings... She started waking up at 1:30 (almost to the minute!) every night, and stayed up from 1 hr- 3 hrs... blegh. She did it for 2 weeks, then went back to sleeping through the night, only now she only wakes up once to eat. ~My DD would fall asleep if I put her in her bouncy chair, but like you I didn't want her to get used to it. I usually would cuddle her or try to rock her back to sleep... used the chair when I REALLY needed the sleep though.

Yep--he's too young for CIO. At this young age, you just have to adjust to his schedule. You have a lark right now. These phases will come and go. Just start your day and look forward to his naps!

It may just be a phase. My son went through that and luckily my husband was up at that time (usually he was up from 2-4 am) and would just let him play. I don't have any advice - just know that I've been there (but fortunately didn't have to get up!). My son/daughter (1, 3) did have a phase of about a month where they would get up around 430-5am and my husband was in bed by then so I was up at the butt crack of dawn for about a month. I just went to bed early myself!