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gaznshay | March 2007


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Hi,i've got 1 child who is now 18 months old.He was 10 months before he went into a cot in his own room.Everyday he will only go to sleep if he is in one of our arms.No matter what time we put him to sleep he wakes up between 5:30-6am every morning and will scream and scream till we pick him up.Sometimes he wake in the early hours and takes 30 mins to an hour to get back to sleep.Neither of us has slept pass 7 in the morning since before he was born.Anybody got any tips?

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	March 2007 \| gaznshay

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Thanks for all the great advise

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	March 2007 \| 913

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joys of being a mother! if he wakes early hours of the morning give him a bottle or just let him cry it will only take a few days and he will be sleeping through. my daughter did this and i made her father go in there and he said in a stern voice and told her to go back to bed and she did and she is now 21mths and she sleeps all night until any were between 5-7am

good luck! take it in turns to have sleep inns that is what we do but you get used to the lack of sleep the more kids you have.

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	March 2007 \| franni

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my daughter used to be like that eventually we stopped her from having a day sleep and she went to sleep at 630 instead of 10. when she wakes up in the middle of the night we make a bottle for her and she falls right back to sleep. you get a cd player in his room and when he wakes up to early for you you could put the wiggles on for him to listen to and dance to while you have a little bit more of a sleep.

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	March 2007 \| katierose

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He may just be an early riser. My little girl is! She wakes up between 5.30 and 6.00a.m every morning! Not much you can do to change it! I tried keeping her up later, but for some peverse reason, this meant that she woke up at 5.00a.m, so I nixed that idea as it just meant that she was tired and cranky! Now she is nearly 2 and a half she has slept into 7.00a.m a few times - wonderful! Best advice is go to bed a little earlier so you are not tired. As for the settling to sleep, I start out with stories and milk on our bed, then toilet and teeth , cuddles on the chair in her room, talking about what we did during the day and what we will do tomorrow, into bed ( I leave a bottle of water within reach) then tuck her in and sing songs. She has a little frog that sings lullabies for 6 minutes that I turn on as I leave. It took a while to find what worked as she always started to scream as I left the room, but I persisted with telling her it was time to sleep and I wasn't going to pick her up for a cuddle, giving her a kiss and a hug and going out again. It took persistance but it is absolutely worth it! Good luck!

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	March 2007 \| KathrynR1402

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He's really not so unusual!

My DD1 would only nap in my arms, but it was a price worth paying for a nap, and she kicked her naps at 17 months. I decided to go with the flow and look on it as the perfect excuse to have a rest after lunch every day, to make up for the night time disturbance. I really missed it when it ended!

My other thought is that this is a great book http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/content/ncsstpsummary.htm which should help you. I used the baby version on my DD1 and she started sleeping through shortly afterwards.

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	March 2007 \| gaznshay

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The few friends i have who have kids seem to have a easy time of it.There kids seem to sleep to 8ish and go to sleep in there cots on there own.

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| March 2007 \| MummaBear

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Was just talking to my mum on MSN. thinking of when hannah wakes up got me to asking questions about when the 3 of us woke up as kids. My older brother was an early riser so when i came along my mum decided to try to force me to sleep longer by keeping me up til 9 or 10 at night and leaving me until 8am before checking on me. That worked after about a month or so. She regretted that move when i started having trouble going to bed early and waking early for school and i still have trouble now as an adult with early starts. By the time my younger bro came along 9 years later she had learnt to do things the way nature intended and let him set the routine. Both my brothers had a better start in life by not being left and forced into an unnatural routine then forced back out of it a few years later. They were always the ones out of bed to go to morning training and improve their times, I couldn't get out of bed in the morning because as a baby I was forced into staying in bed. Seriously consider the long-term consequences for your child before doing anything drastic!

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	March 2007 \| emmysmum

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Perhaps your son is feeling discomfort in his own room because of the previous routine he had? Perhaps if you would like that extra 2 hours sleep in the morning, give him a bottle of warm milk when he wakes up then put him back to bed with a cuddle rug and a dummy (if he has one).
It usually works for me! Sometimes i get lucky and am able to sleep til 10am lol...lazy aren't i?

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	5.00 (Excellent) \| March 2007 \| MummaBear

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my daughter used to wake at 6am for a feed every morning from the time of birth. Since she was tiny she started waking at around 5am. Now at 3 she still wakes up at about 5am. I call 6am a sleep in and enjoy it when it happens because it's a rare treat for me! She didn't sleep in her own bed until she was about 2 and she went to sleep at the breast until then most times too. Sometimes she would go to sleep with a cuddle, but mostly with the breast. Now she goes to sleep while I'm reading to her. I would say start going to bed earlier so you are bright and rested when he wakes up, no use trying to change his personality. Just think of when he's older, at least he's in the habit of getting out of bed early! A friend of hers used to sleep in til about 9am and when she started Prep this year she had to get her to school by 8:50am. She still does battle with getting her up and she's missed at least 1 day every week because the Mum was also used to the sleep-ins and is finding it difficult to adjust. Enjoy your son for who he is, an early riser. I'm a night-owl and can tell you now after 3 and a half years of it I'm still not quite used to it!

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