Naps!

If baby is overtired it is ok to put her on bed as early as 6 pm but don't start the day before 6 am. If baby wakes up before 6 am keep everything quiet, and dark and, help her go back to sleep, then wake her up at the time you want her day to start and keep an eye on clock for her awake windows.
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Following as my LO has been doing the exact same thing! And seems like many babies around this age/born in Jan are going through the same thing😩🥹 hope you’re all coping okay? Im just about surviving 🫠


thank you for this! Question.. if LO wakes up at 4-5am, goes back to sleep around 2hrs later, though having kept things quiet, dark and calm, would I still wake them at the time of 7am? 🤔 won’t he be tired?

Yes. Otherwise you will keep reinforcing the early wake ups. When she wakes up, wait for a bit before you go to see her, she might go back to sleep on her own. Keep baby in her room, make sure temperature is fine. And woke her up at 7am and start from there. If she is under 6 months old she might need a feeding during the night and that might be the reason too. If you are doing a feeding, same thing, keep it as boring as possible make sure she drinks well and back to her crib.

Thank you Karla.. that’s really interesting!. Tbh, after what felt like hitting rock bottom, I too needed the 2.5hr nap he had at 6:30-9:45am but will look into this suggestion as it seems quite exhausting(for us both!) on face value