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Does anyone have any tips on how to get my 16 month old to sleep past 5am😭 she is going to bed around 7pm with about 1-2 hours nap during the day but recently is waking up anywhere between 4:45 and 5am. She is then absolutely knackered by 9-10am

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Morning. I’m here with you in the 5am club.
He goes to bed at 7:30/7:45

I must admit the clocks going back has messed his schedule up a bit

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Too much overall sleep, so she's ready to wake at 5. 7-5 is 10hrs plus 2 hours in the day... Cap the nap and push bedtime back x

When is the nap? If at 10am for 2 hours, they’re doing 7 hours before bed which is a long wake window so they’re possibly overtired. I’d try delaying / extending the nap to give more like a 5-6 hour gap before bed.

My eldest has always been a tricky sleeper, and actually giving him more day sleep let him sleep longer at night. He still only did 10 hours though, so we pushed back bedtime as 8-6 was better than 7-5 😂. So we did wake at 6, nap 12-2 and bed at 8.

This baby is a sleeper - she went down at 8 and is still asleep now at 7. My eldest is now 5 and been up since 5.15 😅

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Gradually, it became a habit. I’d bring him into bed during the second half of the night, feed him, and often fall asleep with him still sucking on my nipple. At the time, I didn’t mind, but I didn’t realise he might become so reliant on it to sleep.

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I make sure he has a bottle before bed, as we combine breastfeeding during the day with bottle-feeding at night, so I know he’s getting enough milk. It honestly feels like he just wants my nipple for comfort rather than hunger.

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