Waking up 5am onwards

Has anyone else had an early riser and got any advice for the past few weeks he’s started waking around 5.30 orginally 6.30 was his wake up time 😞

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How many naps is he on? That might be a sign to drop one xx

he’s already on two unless he only has a short afternoon nap then he’ll have 30 mins later on x

Yes, mines does this. I can’t figure it out, seems to get earlier and earlier…. But we did just get our 7th and are on the verge of talking/walking, so I am hoping it’s learning new skills, and not just defaulting to such early starts. I know for a fact she still needs her morning nap so we can’t drop it.

alright, no he should be on 2. I would say it is best to push bedtime forward slightly than give him a short afternoon nap. At that age, mine was:

- 7AM: wake
- 9:30AM: nap for 45 mins
- 1PM: nap for 2 hours
- 6:15 start bestime routine and in bed by 7

my lo is only 6 months so I know he still needs two naps he is chatting more but he’s so happy to be awake from 5 😅

It may be the lighter mornings too? Do you have blackout curtains etc? We've found the same with our 3yr old. 5:30am "ITS MORNING DADA!!!!"...... He goes to bed at 7 and definitely needs it because now when he does that, by 9am he's a nightmare and needs a nap.

Yes! 😩😩 so early!

I’m having this problem!! No tears or anything just loud babbling and making fart noises constantly from 5am onwards🤣😩

same 😂😂😩😩😴😴

Yup this is me right now!!! 🫨😮‍💨

Blackout curtains and panels are an absolute must. If there’s any light coming in at all, there’s your problem.

How much daytime sleep is the baby getting?

so he often has two naps a day most times he will have 1.5 hours in morning and around 1.5-2hrs in afternoon

ideally you want to stay between 2-3 hours for total daytime sleep at that age. He’s probably waking early because he’s just getting a little bit too much daytime sleep. Wake windows of 3 hours, 3.5, then 4 hours (or shortest in the AM, longest before bed time) is a great schedule for most babies to follow to build sleep pressure before bedtime. I would cut the naps to 3 hours and even move it down to 2.5 hours little by little

that is a lot of nap time. Mine had less than 2.5hrs at that age.

at 6 months?

did they just turn 6 months or closer to 7? At 6.5 months my girl dropped to 2 naps and total amount was 3 hours, now she’s 11 months still on 2 naps but it’s 2.5 hours. Some babies are a few weeks earlier or later for the expected sleep ranges

he’s closer to 7 and he’s down to two naps unless he doesn’t have a decent afternoon nap where he’ll have a 30 min nap late afternoon he’s defo ready for longer wake windows as today it took him 4 hours to go to sleep for 1st nap

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I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

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