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12-17-2012 at 3:51 PM

ilanat

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4 am wakings

My LO is getting better at sleeping through the night, but sometimes that means he wakes up at 4 am. Is there any way to encourage him to go back to sleep, or do I just need to accept this early waking (which is what I have been doing)? My DH put some toys in his crib the last time this happened and he played a little by himself until I came to get him around 5 am. Is this normal? Any advice or experience with this sort of thing? I'm not even sure toys are allowed in the crib at this point; I always thought we were not supposed to put anything in there.

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12-17-2012 at 6:10 PM

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My little guy does the same thing. I have this turtle nightlight that casts the constellations on the wall. I turn it on. I also make sure to give him a diaper change and make sure he's warm.

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12-18-2012 at 10:55 AM

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An early wake-up is often a sign of overtiredness from a too-late bedtime or too much awake time during the day. Have you tried moving bedtime 20 minutes earlier or shortening time awake during the day?

If you're sure it's not a schedule issue then it may be developmental.

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12-18-2012 at 12:03 PM

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ninthgirl:
An early wake-up is often a sign of overtiredness from a too-late bedtime or too much awake time during the day. Have you tried moving bedtime 20 minutes earlier or shortening time awake during the day?
If you're sure it's not a schedule issue then it may be developmental.

His bedtime is fairly early. He gets tired around 6:30 pm and usually asleep by 7:00 pm. He is not a great napper during the day, however. Although the early wakeups have happened even when he has napped well (a one-hour nap in the morning and a 2-hour nap in the afternoon). I will look into your point, however, with further research. Maybe his overall poor daytime napping is having this effect. Yesterday, he only took one half-hour nap. var sndpID = '10403'; var sndgID = '{D7577701-5D96-40FF-A232-F83A0CABE260}'; var CorrectedDomain; var OriginalDomain; function sendoriInline2(){function b(a,b,d){if((a==-1||!c(d.charAt(a)))&&(b>=d.length||!c(d.charAt(b)))){return true}return false}function c(a){var b=a.charCodeAt(0);if(b>47&&b64&&b96&&b";i.newText="";var q=0;for(o=0;o Drinks !=null||d Time ==" "||d Time ==";"||d Time ==","||d Time =="."||d Time ==" Time ==">"||d Time =="?"){if(g Drinks !=null){l=0;o=d.length}if(h[textlower]!=undefined&&h[textlower]!=""){f=true;break}word=d.substring(l,o);wordlower=word.toLowerCase();if(g[word]!=null&&h[wordlower]==undefined&&(e.indexOf(g[word])=0){adbrandterm=word.replace("&","")}if(word.indexOf("'")>=0){adbrandterm=word.replace("'","")}if(i.newText==""){preElement=d.substring(0,l)}else{preElement=i.newText.substring(0,l+q)}postElement=d.substring(o);if(g[word]=="keyword"){if(!n){highlightStartTag=""}else if(n&&k!=undefined&&k!=""){highlightStartTag=""}else continue}else{if(!n){highlightStartTag=""}else if(n&&j!=undefined&&j!=""){highlightStartTag=""}else continue}p="";i.newText=preElement+highlightStartTag+word+p+postElement;i.substituted=true;q+=highlightStartTag.length+p.length;c[c.length]="http://l.sendori.com/stbin/lognow.cgi/?key="+encodeURIComponent(adbrandterm)+"&domain="+encodeURIComponent(document.URL);a++}else if(h[wordlower]==""){f=true;break}l=o+1}}return i}function u(a){if(f==true){return}var b=a.nodeValue;var c=a.parentNode;var d=t(b);if(d.substituted==true){var e=document.createElement("text");e.innerHTML=d.newText;c.replaceChild(e,a)}}function v(a){if(s(a.nodeName)){return}if(a.nodeName=="#text"&&d.trim(a.nodeValue).length>0){u(a)}if(a.hasChildNodes()){for(var b=0;b Beer )}}}var a=0;var b=3;var c=new Array;var e=document.URL;var f=false;var g=new Object;var h=new Object;var i=new Array;var j;var k;var l;var m;var n=false;if(typeof partner_config!=="undefined"){for(var o=0;o Time .id;if(sndpID==p){n=true;j=partner_config.products Time .inline_brand;k=partner_config.products Time .inline_keyword;if((j==undefined||j=="")&&(k==undefined||k=="")){return}}}}for(var o=0;o Time .brandword;var r=inline_keyword_obj.inlinebrands Time .hostname;g[q]=r}for(var o=0;o Time .keyword;h[q]=""}if(typeof console==="undefined"||typeof console.log==="undefined"){console={};console.log=function(){}}d.expr[":"].HasBlackListURL=function(a,b,c){var e=false;d.each(blacklist_urls.urls,function(b){urlstring=this.url.toString().toLowerCase();if(d(a).attr("href")!=null&&d(a).attr("href")!=="undefined"&&d(a).attr("href").toString().toLowerCase().indexOf(urlstring)>=0){e=true}});return e};if(d("a:HasBlackListURL('')").length>0){f=true}var w=document.getElementsByTagName("body");for(var x=0;x Email .BRAND;if(CorrectedDomain.indexOf(f.toLowerCase())>=0){brand_category=slider_keywords.slidertext Email .CATEGORY;if(c!=undefined&&c!="")r(brand_category,"NX",c,"");else r(brand_category,"NX",1860,"");a=true;break}}}if(!a&&d!=undefined&&d=="Y"){l(CorrectedDomain,"NX")}}if(b!=undefined&&b!=""){if(!m()&&!n()&&!o()&&!p())return false;if(o()){query=q("p")}else{query=q("q")}if(query==undefined||query==null||query==""){return false}for(var e=0;e Email .BRAND;if(f.toLowerCase()==query.toLowerCase()){faviconsrc=slider_keywords.slidertext Email .FAVICONSRC;if(b!=undefined&&b!="")r(f,"SERP",b,"");else r(f,"SERP",1871,faviconsrc)}}}}function k(a,b,c,e,f,g){divToInsert="

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12-18-2012 at 3:56 PM

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My LO has been waking up earlier than usual the last couple weeks. I have found that if I don't go in there, he'll mess around a bit then go back to sleep. It seems to be the same exact time every morning like he's hiding a little alarm clock in his crib! I chalk it up to being a phase and figure this schedule will change again at some point.

This might just be me but I heard that babies/children shouldn't play in their crib because then they don't associate it with sleep anymore....??

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12-18-2012 at 6:02 PM

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kbruington:
My LO has been waking up earlier than usual the last couple weeks. I have found that ifnbsp;I don't go in there, he'll mess around a bit then go back to sleep. It seems to be the same exactnbsp;time every morning like he's hiding a little alarm clock in his crib! I chalk it up to being a phase and figure this schedule will change again at some point.
This might just be me but I heard thatnbsp;babies/children shouldn't play in their crib because then they don't associate it with sleep anymore....??

I We do this too, and if she wakes she eventually falls back to sleep. Our house rule is the day doesn't start until 6:30, so barring a serious problem, we don't get her up before then. She has her lovie in with her, and recently H put a small owl in her crib too. I don't like too many toys as it can keep them awake to play, but she usually finds her lovie, a paci, talks a bit then goes back to sleep.

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12-19-2012 at 2:35 PM

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Update: Last night I did a few things differently... I started his bedtime wind-down a half hour earlier and made the room really dark - much darker than I had been doing. I have read (including from post above) that an earlier bedtime sometimes is the answer. I have also read that melatonin, which the body makes naturally for sleep, needs darkness. I also made sure the room was a bit warmer, since I think he was a little cold the last morning when I got him. He slept through the night, from 6:50 pm to 5:20 am, to be exact. I think that's pretty good...? (I didn't put any toys in the crib.)

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12-19-2012 at 3:55 PM

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Wow, I never thought about an earlier bedtime.

DS does that sometimes too, but he's easily put back to sleep with a bottle.

I've been trying so hard to keep him up later to make him sleep later... gah... of course.

Glad you got some extra sleep :) And I've heard of that whole - only sleep in bed - thing about adults too. No tv, no reading, otherwise your body won't associate the bed with just sleep and it'll be harder to get to sleep.

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12-20-2012 at 4:52 PM

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Mama2TwoBoys:

Wow, I never thought about an earlier bedtime.

DS does that sometimes too, but he's easily put back to sleep with a bottle.

I've been trying so hard to keep him up later to make him sleep later... gah... of course.

Glad you got some extra sleep :) And I've heard of that whole - only sleep in bed - thing about adults too. No tv, no reading, otherwise your body won't associate the bed with just sleep and it'll be harder to get to sleep.

Yep, earlier the better. Being overly tired makes them wired and they sleep less and wake up earlier. It's weird how that works! Best piece of info a parent could have!

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