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8 Month Old Eager to Wake at 4 Am
Asked by K.M. from Asheville
on February 29, 2008
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I have an 8 month old son who for the most part is a good sleeper. He gets at least two naps a day (usually around an hour each) and goes to bed by 7pm. He sleeps good...
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- If he is in your room, and wakes up at 4, just lay there and let him play or talk to himself and you try to sleep. He is probably just use to the routine and you will...
- Hi, Two things I wanted to tell you. First, at 8 months, try to get him down for only one nap. That could be the problem. I have a 15 month old and she's been napp...
- Just wanted to add a little bit to everyone else's advice...if you do try to put him to sleep an hour later, it's probably better to slowly adjust the time. You know, ...
14- Month Old Waking up at 5Am
Asked by S.F. from Peoria
on February 21, 2008
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I have a 14 month old who just in the last few days has begun waking up at 5:45 or earlier (this morning at 5am)! He was finally on a great sleep/nao schedule and I w...
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- Hi S., It could have something to do with the sun coming up earlier. Luckily the switch to Daylight Savings Time is earlier this year. I always had that problem wit...
- S. when both of my boys where where 15 months I had to stop morning naps. What I would do Is give them later naps, so that way they would go to bed alittle bit later a...
- All of my 4 girls have done this at some point after they started doing great. I think it starts out as a fluke one night, but babies form habits in about 2 days. My...
My Toddler Suddenly Refuses to Sleep
Asked by C.S. from New York
on May 30, 2009
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I have a 22 mo. old son who has been a fantastic sleeper ever since sleep training w/ the Ferber method at 4-5 months. Suddenly last week at naptime he refused to sle...
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- First, congrats on the new baby. I hope you are adjusting well...i know how hard it can be. I'm so sorry to hear about the shift in your son's sleeping. I have ha...
- It most likely is the new baby, or just a phase. Not to alarm you in any way, but our son was a terrific sleeper until he was 3 and then he just stopped sleeping. We...
- This sounds like deja vu, lol! My daughter went through this about 3 months ago at 18 months or so. After doing what you have done already (letting her cry at nap ti...
At My Whits End Trying to Get My 1 Yr Old to Sleep
Asked by K.C. from Tampa
on August 30, 2006
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I am having the worst time trying to get my 1 yr old daughter to go to bed at night. This is kinda long, so please bear with me. When Cadence was about a week old sh...
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- Hi K.- First of all I am very sorry you are going through this. I work for a program called Parents as Teachers in Tampa. We only service Hillsborough County but ou...
- The book that was referenced in an earlier response is by Kim West (the sleep lady). I do sleep training with infants and I find that most parents give up or play the...
- I TOO USED TO ROCK MY DAUGHTER TO SLEEP. SHE WAS ALSO COLIC. AT ABOUT 12 MONTHS OLD MY DOCTOR TOLD ME IT WAS TIME TO GET HER SLEEPING ON HER OWN(I HAD ANOTHER BABY C...
Sleep Issues
Asked by A.K. from Pocatello
on April 24, 2010
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I have two children. My daughter is 2 1/2 years. My son is 8 months old. We live in a 2 bedroom apartment. They share a bedroom. I will just say that I do not plan on ...
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- try to make sure they get enough tiring activity and then a soothing bath right before bed. Also try adjusting their nap time to an hour earlier.
- Hi A. - it's pretty hard to adjust their wakeup times unless it's daylight savings or something. My little guy has been waking up between 5 and 6 for as long as I can...
- I just read something about this in a magazine that you could tell your husband. It said that the reason the later bedtimes don't work to help a child sleep more is t...
Any Ideas to Help 6 Month Old Get over Jet Lag?
Asked by O.M. from San Francisco
on November 3, 2008
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We've been in Belgium 5 days or so (from San Francisco) and have been having a VERY difficult time helping our daughter adjust to the time difference. It's really tak...
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- We had a same problem when we came back from the Netherlands. We kept her awake in the afternoon until 10 p.m. so she could sleep through the night. It was not easy. B...
- Hi there, We live in Rome and have traveled a few times back and forth from the U.S., so I know what you're going through! I'm so sorry, it's really rough. The last...
- I've travelled w/both our boys thru many time zones & it has all been RV trips....thru CA to UT to AZ to NM back to CA. One trip we RV'd our way back to Ohio & hit mo...
Five Month-old Baby Not Sleeping During the Day
Asked by A.K. from Chicago
on April 9, 2008
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I'm worried that my baby is not getting enough sleep during the day. She sleeps from about 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. with the occasional 15-minute wake up during the night. S...
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- Oh my gosh what are you upset about? You have a dream child. I haven't slept in 23 years. The daycare usually wants them to nap so they get a break and it is required ...
- I have raised 5 children and have a day care, where I take infants and care for them thhrough school age. It is in my home and so I am able to put each sleeping infan...
- Having worked with children, in large daycare centers and owning my own at home daycare, my experience is that most children such as your daughter, really need naps du...
Why Does My 4 Year Old Wake up SO Early?
Asked by L.R. from Los Angeles
on October 29, 2009
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I need help if anyone can offer it please! My son just turned 4 two weeks ago, and for the last year has been waking up so early and ready to start his day. He used t...
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- Hi Lisa - as many have said before me lots of great ideas here! One thing however that has made a big difference in our house. How light is it in his room? Does he ...
- I would definitely try putting him to bed earlier. An earlier bedtime doesn't necessarily mean an earlier wake time. All of my kids are early risers(5:30-6). I have tr...
- Try putting him to bed slightly earlier. This sounds strange but try to back up his bed time by 15min per night. You see, everyone wakes up on rythms a few times eve...
5 Month Old Waking up Earlier
Asked by G.T. from Boston
on April 7, 2008
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Hi all. My 5 month old used to sleep til 6:30am and now wakes between 5 and 5:45am. I feed her and put he back to bed, and then she'll sleep to 7:30am. When she was ge...
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- Hey G.! I'm a Weisblutth fan too - his program of sleep training has worked for all three of my kids. My four month old goes for a good 12 hours at night - mind ...
- babies can wake up for many reasons - growth spurts, teething, about to reach or just met milestones, cold/hot, wet, gassy - the list goes on! :-) sleeping through...
- How much light is coming into her room? I know with daylight savings time and then it getting brigther in the mornings our daughters waking time has been a bit goofy t...
Husband Hunting All the Time!
Asked by S.B. from Dallas
on November 10, 2010
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Okay ladies, to those of you who have husbands that hunt, how do you handle it? Don't get me wrong, I am for him doing something that he enjoys but he gets obsessive ...
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- I'm a hunting widow too, lol. Only mine is worse because he has a lease and can hunt for pigs year round, so he's been hunting at least two weekends and several weekn...
- My husband plays softball, and it ends up being year round. They don't stop until October and start INDOOR tournaments in January. Dumb. I finally got to the point tha...
- I, too, am a hunting widow. But.......in the grand sceme of things it is a small price to pay. My husband thoroughly enjoys hunting. He prepares for hunting season ...
