Daughter Sleeping Pattern

Hi C.,

Both of my kids do this. My dd around 2 and my son at 5am, then they go back to sleep until 7 or 8.
I have no idea what I could do to stop it.
It isn't every night.
If you find a solution please share it ;)

well your not alone! I feel the same way but our dd is turning 10.5 months old and she loves to awaken at 3 & 5!
I get my energy burst like now mid afternoon , and then well I just gotta drag myself throughout the rest of the day.
It's hard, Most have asked me when I asked advice on this issue " Do you feed her enough , does she eat solids" put cereal in her bottle right before bed and her bath. Well!
yes yes & YES! we did it all , tried it all ...next is a book lol somewhere somehow its gotta give! keep me posted!

( try a bath right before her bottle ,drink /sippy cup etc before bed time for you ...and put some baby cereal in it ...maybe shes not full ?) I dont know what else to say teething? Our daughter is! ( dd)

My 13 month old went through a time a few weeks ago when he was waking up between 1:00-2:00, and then almost every hour there after. We finally figured out he was going through a growth spurt and was hungry. We increased his bedtime snack amount, and he went back to sleeping all night. Just a thought!

Hi C.,
Do you comfort her when she wakes up crying? If not that would be my first advice. Hold her, rock, and reassure her that everything is o.k. She will most likely fall back to sleep mcuh easier then if let to cry by herself. Also, I would never recommend letting a baby of that age cry for that long without responding to her. This is assuming that you let her cry herself back to sleep.

Been there, done that. My son got into this schedule during a time of sickness. At first, I would rush right in and get him up. Then, after doing some research, I figured out that he wasn't fully waking. I was doing that to him when I would pick him up. It took a while but I quit going in when he would wake like that and he would put himself back to sleep. This lasted for probably 2 months. He now sleeps through the night again. Thank God! Good luck! Shannon G.

Hi =- does she seem like she is "out of it" - like in a dream state when she does this? Is she hard to calm down- acts like you are not there? If so - she may be having night terrors - a strange dream-like thing that occurs - very rare but annoying for the family that is interrupted and also frustrating. My niece had them for about a year or so - not sure how old she was. My son had them a few times sporadically when he was about 4. Apparently my husband had them as a young child. You may want to investigate further with a doctor or the internet. I did not pursue further because it only happened a few times with my son. Good luck!

Hi, my name is S. and I am a mother of three. They all went through this. I went to my physician about it. She labeled it night terrors. I thought that was ludicrous.
So, I really prayed about it. Try this, it sounds different but, I pray that it works for you. When your little one awakes go to them. Hold them, assure them you are with them. Pray over them. I really believe in prayer. It seems so easy....right? It has worked for all 3 of mine. They need to know you are there. They need to know they are loved. But, also assure them that they are fine and they need to go back to sleep. My daughter was the worst with this. She would scream for EVER! You need to be firm as well. Letting them know you are there but, they need to go back to sleep. Make sure they are not watching anything on t.v. or a game. What started i believe my daughters was when she watched Monsters Inc. ( a Disney movie). We found out later she was really terrified by it (even though she would beg to watch it). Anyhow, I am praying on your behalf. I hope this works. blessings to you and your precious family, S.:)

Sounds like a habit. My dd gets into habits like that sometimes. I refuse to get out of bed until 7:00. If she wakes up before that she either fusses (not cries) herself back to sleep or she plays quietly in her crib. It took about 2 weeks for her to realize that no one was going to come into her room to get her. Could your child need a diaper change? We're having that 'problem' now. My little one has started to realize when she's wet or poopy. Do you use a baby monitor? If so, turn it off. Once I got rid of my monitor, I slept so much better. I wasn't woken up by every sound my dd made. Hopefully it's just a phase and she'll grow out of it.

I would talk to your pediatrician or do some research on the internet about night terrors. My son had the same problem and that's what it was. He started at about 8mos and it lasted until just after his 4th birthday. His unfortunately was a type that could not be helped by routine changes or medication. Your daughter's on the other hand sounds like a more classic case. The first thing to try is about 10 mins before she would usually wake up with one of these "episodes" wake her up. Just go in and rouse her enough to break her sleep cycle. Maybe for you this will be enough, it tends to be easier when they are patterned like that. If that dosnt help definately follow up with her doctor...who will probably suggest an EEG, not exactly the most fun but thats how they find out if it is a chemical problem that can be treated.

Go to bed earlier until this phase passes....

This is just proof that cry-it-out method doesn't work and teaches nothing...
Isn't it more of an inturuption for her to scream for that long than to just go in after 10 miuntes, comfort her, and put her back down to sleep?! It's probably teething, so get som teething tablets and go comfort her when she wakes up, pick her up, tell her you love her, and give her a couple teething tablets. She'll get past it.

FYI: When it comes to cereal in the bottle, it won't work because there is almost NO nutritive value to cereal. You are much better off upping calories in a snack of some sort like fruit or protien.