Christopher has been waking up at 5 or 5:30 for the past few days. I can't handle it! It's still dark outside! He's still tired, I'm still tired, no one wins!
He goes to bed on time (8:30)... and the house is quiet until seven so nothing should be waking him up... *sigh* hopefully things will get back to normal.

By Emdee on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 09:21 am:

My dd did this for a while--same time of morning as yours. And it seemed like the later we put her down (trying to make her sleep in), the earlier she would get up. But after a month or two she started sleeping in a little more--something between 6:30 and 7:30 each day. Definitely better! I hope he gets back on a regular schedule for you.

By My2cuties on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 09:27 am:

I don't know wha it is, but my 19 month old did this for a while and it seems like it took her forever to get back to sleep, but she did this to me at 3 in the morning. I ended up taking her in the livingroom and laying with her on the couch until she fell back asleep, and now she is back to her regular sleeping pattern. 9:30 to 8:30. I am wondering if she didn't just need me to comfort her for a few nights. who knows, but I am glad it is over, and we can all get some rest now.

I hope things work out with Christopher, maybe it will soon pass. Good Luck.

By Vdubprincess on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 01:03 pm:

My little one does this also, she is 11mo. We put her down at 7pm and she is up at sometimes 5am. but normally between 5:30 and 6am. We've also tried putting her to bed later but that also didn't work. We have found that if we ignor her for a while she'll start to play in her bed and be okay until 7am. Her bedroom is right off ours so I hear everything. Sometimes she'll allow us to ignor her and sometimes she wont. She also naps at 9am, and 2pm. She sleeps a lot during the day. I have tried to take away one of her naps but the world would end! she needs those naps.
So I guess we are on McKenzee's schedule

By Jelygu on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 06:38 pm:

I have also tried keeping him awake later, and making him miss a nap (he takes 3 short ones or two long ones) but he is too cranky and it never works. I guess we have to follow his schedule. Wouldn't it be nice if we could get them to do what we want? LOL

By Jelygu on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 12:48 pm:

Well... I couldn't get him to go to sleep last night until 10:00. Then he STILL woke up at 5. I could tell he was exhausted so we cuddled on the couch and watched tv for awhile and then I put him to sleep. He slept until 7:30, not too bad.