LO is 4 1/2 months old. Well actually he wakes 04:45 and I feed him/wind etc by 5am, he falls alseep in my arms but the moment I put him down he wiggles and moans and wont self settle, I leave him as long as I can until he really cries the pick up put down (this goes on for about 45 minutes but he is is soooo wide awake by then and so am I that I just get up for the day and he is as happy as anything.

Me and OH just dont know what to do. Either I accept it and start my day at 5am or we do some CC but I think he is still too young and I am also worried about the neighbours.

He goes to bed at 7pm and sleeps through with no feeds until 4.45 so he gets a good sleep but it is driving me crazy this constant fight!

Any suggestions?

Harry sleeps till 5.30 but no later tha 6.30 (thats rare). I am just accepting this is his wake up time. I know you gave up dreamfeeding as it woke him more but that may be why he only sleeps till then as he is hungry. As you probably don't want to re-introduce dreamfeed maybe he will sleep better as he'll be full when he's on solids properly. I'm hoping that when Harry ison solids he will sleep at least till 6 in the mornings
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I have no miricle cure but It will change in time and then you will worry LO is still asleep hehe. I think our LO went through to 6am and only just now at 8 months old is now only just going from 7pm til 6.30am with no feed. Growth spurts and teething all have a part to play.

You will find that their sleep patterns go through phases of good and bad through all their life, not helpful to hear I am sure but it is reality

Hang in there, it will get better at some point - just hold on to that thought. I remember how ill I felt with lack of sleep. Lean on ppl as much as you can.

ATB

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Thanks girls, I am coming to accept it, in fact I am wide awake at that time now anyways and wouldnt be able to sleep even if he did grrrrr

I have also got in a very bad habit of letting him fall asleep on the bottle or in the car and consequently we have a fight every naptime as he just cant self settle. He does however self settle at 7pm so I know he can do it.....oh the trials and tribulations x

Hi i dont think theres a mirace answer either hun. Lily soetimes sleeps until 7 but some days wakes at 5.30 - not sure how to solve it but we just lay in bed and listern to her talking and babbling lol

As for falling asleep in car and with milk Lily also does this so when we are at home i put her down awake in her cot with dummy and turn her music toy on, then i wlak away - she goes mad and screams the place down, i sit out side and time 2 mins or come down and then go back and pop dummy in, usually works first time but if she is being a madam i might have to do it 2 or 3 times but it works
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Dont expect itThomas is one and till be was 6/7 months old he woke at 5am everything single day, once he started on proper food and could have super b4 bed he sleeps till 8-9m, i found he was waking at 5am coz he was hungry and maybe cold, so started him on weetabix b4 bed and uped the tog on his sleeping bag, sometimes he stirs abt 6/7am but i put his dummie back in close the door and he goes back off, Babys under 1 only need 10 hours sleep a night, maybe change bedtime even if only by 30mins a week, see if it makes a diffrence x

Do you have a blackout blind? Just an idea, it might make him think its night for a little longer? We don't have one cos our room is very dark, but we are getting a gro anywhere blind for when Hannah goes in her own room.

its funny as I was looking back through my baby diary and at 6 months had written that things were getting better as dd was going from 7pm -4.45pm and had written a little note saying 'please give mummy one more hour'. We are now at 9 months and I get my hour, she pretty much wakes at 5.45am on average, so am nicely asking for another hour.....

I have done everything I can to help her settle herself - cc to get rid of dummy about a month ago which has gone well and I hear her somtimes wake in the night and she puts herself back to sleep. In the morning she wake and sits and plays and babbles to herself which I love, but wont get her until at least 6am, sometimes 630 if she is happy. Although sometimes my heart is bursting and I just need to have a cuddle:O)

I have read that early waking is just something they will grow out of and I can see it has gradually for us. I think that at 4 months you are doing brilliantly.

One final suggestion - have you looked at a technique called Wake 2 sleep (W2S) which is in the Baby Whisperer books. You go in a little before normal waking time, stir the baby (not wake) the apparently this trips them into the next sleep phase. It has worked for me in the past but not sure how long term it is. Might be worth having a look.

Good luck
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This happens to a lot of the girls I meet from my postnatal group - their babies wake at 4/5am - they put their babies in their beds and they sleep solid until 8am! xx

I have to admit, if Tilly wakes before 7am she comes into bed with me, she's very clever and just latches herself on when she needs a feed lol, I then take her down at 7am to start the day.
Not the best advice to give but she rarely gets up before that now!
I think he will probably grow out of it

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Have you tried pushing her bedtime a little - ie keeping her awake an extra 10 mins on an evening (and seeing when she wakes up). So over a week or 2 her bedtime might become 7.30 = 5.15

Then in a month time it wont feel too bad (as the clocks go forward and you are starting the day at 6.15am)!!

Has it always been like this or just recently. Amy was always a good sleeper (waking once in the night but going back to sleep afterwards). However at christmas she was ill for the best part of a month with one thing and another, plus 2 teeth came in and she is unsettled. Every so often she wakes early and wont go back to sleep. What I do is lie on my side (almost in the recovery position) because you wont roll over (altho I havent even fell asleep because I worry about it) - and give her a cuddle so she is against my chest. I can hear her calm down and her breathing return to normal (as this is normally after tears and refusal to sleep in the cot). Then once she has calmed down i gently move away from her so she is flat on her back (and move my arm away). Then i give it 5 or so mins so she is properly asleep and transfer her to the cot. I know this sounds like she needs to be cuddled to sleep but
I dont need to do this every night, she settles ok at bedtime and sleeps well but when she wakes up in pain i think it helps.