Later morning, wake up?

I have been having this same problem since about 4 months, and it only just recently started getting better. It seems like my daughter is programmed to wake up about 5:30 - 6 every day. Only in the last couple weeks she's had days where she sleeps until 7 or even 7:30. I found between 8 and 8:30 to be the sweet spot for sleep for us. Also, tiring her out during the day definitely helps. Girl won't crawl but she wants to walk so it's a lot of work. 😅

Lately I have noticed she doesn't squawk right away, so I let her have time to wake up before I go get her. Yesterday she woke early but went back to sleep on her own. Right now, I know she's awake but she's not crying, so mama enjoying the lay in. 😂

@Melissa when my boy wakes up in the morning currently he tends to cry out, so I go and get him, but during his naps he doesn't always wake up crying so I have also been letting him just wake up some on his own too. I am really enjoying the little bit of a routine we have starting, though. 😁

That's a good start! Mine is in the process of dropping a nap also and I think that helps. It increases the sleep pressure for night time slightly.

In early morning we tend to be in "light" sleep, so we are more likely to wake up or be woken up by something - this applies to babies too. I think it just takes time for them to even out. I do my best to try and leave her as long as I can and, if I have to get up, I keep the night time vibe going until at least 6 am - even if that's just rocking, singing softly.

Thinking I might get one of those clocks later that changes colours so she knows that when it turns green at 7:15 is the right time to get up. 😅

@Melissa, we are officially down to 2-3 naps a day, depending on how long the first nap is. I have an alarm clock that had birds chirping and turns on a light like the sun raising in the morning that I think I might start using and set it to when he is naturally waking up right now so he can associate it and then maybe start stretching out that time over a period of time to see if that will work.

Possibly! I remember at 6 months I was getting up at 5:30 every day it seemed like, but once we had dropped the 3rd nap it made a difference. Also stretching out that morning nap to at least 8:30 - 9 am, because I find when she naps early in the morning she starts to treat it like an extension of sleep than an actual nap.

It may not work for everyone but putting my daughter down later and giving her a bath as late as possible is what helped me get from 6 AM wake up to 9-10 AM wake up.

Mine was waking up very early (at6) at that age as well as he was not waking up during the night. Later he started to wake up at 7.

@Bee @Elena Bath time is part of our bedtime routine, and we let him kick and play hard in the tub, and then I feed him, then read books. He still has been waking up 3 times, and I thought the night to eat/comfort suck.

Maybe adjust the time when you put him to bed. I do 22:00 and he wakes up at 9:00 works well.for me as I go to.sleep same hour

What time does baby go down for bed? I feel like that usually has a lot to do with it.

Earlier bedtimes usually result in later wake ups. When they're overtired they actually sleep less!

he goes to sleep around 7-8pm he usually can't make it past 8:30.

It's an internal clock ⏰️...
When rushing to school they won't be up on time lol🤣

do you mean later or earlier?

I’m not sure on any tips my daughter just naturally wakes up about 11 but she’s now 10 months she used to wake up at 6am when she was first born

Black out curtains

I would try to push bath time back and do books BEFORE the bath. The feed should be last! Always use low lighting and sleep music if possible. My girl is 4 mos old and she sleeps from 12:30, dream feeds at 5:30, and wakes up about 9:30-10. Even during bath time use low non simulating lighting and soft music

Since birth both my girls had late bed times and late wake ups. Bedtime is 9:30/10pm and they both wake up between 9/10am. Not sure it’s luck since it worked for both

As annoying as it is, it’s pretty normal. Cortisol levels rise at that time to get them ready for the day.
Block out blinds, white noise (to block birds, cars etc), and making sure baby isn’t getting cold can help.

To OP, our babies have the same name! Haha love it. Also I was going to suggest moving bedtime a bit earlier as well. Seemed like our baby slept 12 hours more easily when we made his bedtime a little earlier and it was right around the age yours is now.

@Shannon it is a good name! I think we are going to try an earlier bedtime to see what happens.

Try an earlier bedtime. Some people think “if I put them to bed later, they’ll sleep later” but that’s not how it works for babies. They need earlier to sleep past 6 in my experience!

@Tristana I will give that a try! It just doesn't make sense to me that that is how it works lol but I have heard that a lot so I am going to try it