My 8 month old keeps waking up at 5.20am thinking this is a good time to start the day š“ she goes to bed at 6.45pm and we did have about a week of her sleeping through until that time but recently sheās waking up at 1.30, 3.30 and then wide awake at 5.20. I ebf but I donāt feed her through the night, able to put the dummy in and rub her back. I canāt let her cry too much at 5.20 as sheās next door to my toddler and I donāt want to wake him up šShe naps in the morning 9.30-11ish and then 2.45-3.30ish. Is it just a phase?! š“š“
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I read that you want to leave them in the cot until the desired wake up time, because if you get them too early it will reinforce that thatās an ok time to wake up. My baby was getting up 5:50 and 6:20 and Iām like āabsolutely notā š. I want him to wake up at 7 at least. So Iād just let him stay in the cot until 7 and then come get him. And 2 weeks later, heās waking up early, realizing it, and then going back to sleep. Can be hard to do if theyāre crying tho. He generally wakes up happy and babbling and just chills by himself for a bit. He will stand when heās ready.

I think she needs more wake window before bed, maybe she doesnāt have enough sleep drive to sleep past 5.20 and I think her bedtime could be too early - but Iām not an expert! My LG has 4.5 wake window before bed and goes down at 7:30ish, and sleeps mostly through until 6:30ish, I say this but this morning she woke up at 5:45 š®āšØ but those morning bout to happen anyway at some point lol. How much day sleep is she having ?

My 8 month is the exact same! Only In the last week or so. 5:15am wake up this morn and a feed in the night