At the end of my rope will toddler waking extremely early, please help :(

[porkypig]

If he can talk and understand you, I'm not sure I'd do cry it out. Only because he has a means now of communicating and Jacob would cry ALL night until we went!!

We ask Jacob what is wrong. But we have to take him out of his room and sit on the landing and calm him down first. Once we've listened to him and done whatever he needs, he does tend to settle straight away (you may have to repeat yourself).

Don't get me wrong he will paddy and have wants that we won't allow but we try to steer the conversation away as in, go back to sleep because in the morning we're doing x, z, y or peppa pig/fireman sam are still in bed asleep if he wants to get up When he says he wants to get in our bed, we say no back to Jacobs bed and just keep taking him back. (wrongly though I do sometimes give in )

I do think though that when they are learning something new, they do tend to wake up in the night. How long has he been doing it for?

Hes been like this for months but as of late its got worse-maybe there's some truth in what yoy say as his speech is really coming on at the mo, but i also think it might be his last set of teeth coming through so it could also be this Xx

 

[hattiehippo]

I've just remember 1 of my friend's 2 yr old was awful for being awake early so they got a Groclock for him and its worked really well at getting him to stay in bed later. They started with the sun coming up at 5.30am and then gradually moved it back so it changes from night to day about 6.30am instead.

I'm thinking of trying 1 of these with Tom when he gets to 2. do you think your LO might get on with something like this?

 

[v2007]

TBH i think a sleep clinic is a bit extreme.

He might just like to get up early.

I would just put him in your rooms, pop tv on and give him a cup of milk while you rest your eyes

V xxx

 

[porkypig]

I've just remember 1 of my friend's 2 yr old was awful for being awake early so they got a Groclock for him and its worked really well at getting him to stay in bed later. They started with the sun coming up at 5.30am and then gradually moved it back so it changes from night to day about 6.30am instead.

I'm thinking of trying 1 of these with Tom when he gets to 2. do you think your LO might get on with something like this?

I might give the gro clock a go, I don't know whether he'd care what the clock said, hes a stubbirn little mule! Lol Xxx

 

[porkypig]

TBH i think a sleep clinic is a bit extreme.

He might just like to get up early.

I would just put him in your rooms, pop tv on and give him a cup of milk while you rest your eyes

V xxx

I don't think it is extreme, I'm not talking about when he wakes up at 5:30-6, I can deal with that, God knows we've been doing it for so long, but it the 2ams and 3ams that arnt right, a 2 y ear old shouldn't be waking up in the night like that xx

 

[candyfloss]

Huge hugs, sleep deprivation is so hard. Not read all the posts so sorry if it's something you've already tried but I'd be inclined to just show him it's still night time by keeping him in his room and no or minimal interaction. William had a phase of getting up at 5 and so hard, even tho it was summer and getting light, makes for a long day.

I would go into him and bring him in with us but he'd never resettle, so I started giving him a cuddle then putting him back in his bed, even if it meant me in there holding his hand for an hr so he would doze. Slowly I would be in there less and less, although would sometimes have to go in every 5-10 mins but I wouldn't let him out of his room til 6:30. Think his body clock finally adjusted and hes gd now and even if he wakes at 6 he'll go back for an hr or so if I say it's still nighttime.

I guess its similar to the advice they give insomniacs about always getting up at same time 7 days a wk sets your body clock so u sleep better at night?

Hope something helps soon xxx

 

[Maman]

i have a plan but it will be probarly pure hell on earth for you for a few weeks, but so worth it.

drop all daytime naps completely. Dont allow him to sleep, from making noise, to getting up and running around, the grouchyness will be a nightmare but you can get through it.

then give him dinner, then a bath and make the house dark (close curtains etc) at 7pm, have him in bed for 7:30.

do this for a few nights, till hes used to it and not having a nap. this may take a week.

then slowly bring back bedtime, pull it right back up to 9ish if you can, just to ensure maximum tiredness when he goes to bed. Slowly you should start to see him sleeping in later as he will just be so tired. When hes sleeping till a decent morning time, and has been for a while, bring bedtime back down to 7:30-8ish.

Alongside this we had the 'night-time fairy' our neighbour had a solar powered light that looked a bit like a fairy, we used to show him how dark outside was, and point out that the night time fairy was out, and if he went back to bed she might bring him a present (usually a kinder egg or a sticker) and we used a reward chart too.

The hardest bit of a child not sleeping is to change the pattern but once youve done it its so worth it.