Toddler waking too early or have we just been spoiled?...

Since she was born Izzy would generally sleep through until at least 730- sometimes up to 9ish. She might wake at 5-6 for a feed early on, or up until recently we would give her a bottle and she would go right back to sleep -on average until 8ish. I would have to wake her up when I went to work.

In the last week or so she has been waking anywhere from 5-6 and won't go back to sleep. (Very occasionally she will drop off again until around 7ish) She was either drinking her bottle and still waking up or refusing it so we don't give it anymore. I change her nappy because I thought she might be cold, and give her a cuddle but she rarely goes back to sleep after she's woken. :doh:

I've never been a morning person and waking before the sun comes up does my head in! Just wanting to find out if this is an average time for toddlers to wake up?? Im going to keep trying to resettle her, today she woke at 6, I changed her and put her back and she was quiet until around 640 but I don't think she actually slept, and then grizzled until I brought her into bed with me for a while until the house warmed up a bit.

So, what time does your toddler wake up!? Is it reasonable to at least want the sun to be up before getting them up!?

Sorry Tan, my boy got up between 4am-4.30am until he was about 3 years old. It has gradually become a bit later and he now gets up at 6 (he's now 5).

My first DD was up at 6ish for a long time when she was younger, now she's nearly 3 and wakes between 6.30 and 7.30. Today it was 6.30 for both my tots!

Cheers,

Beck

Some children are just early risers. A friend of mine used to get a lot done in the 2hrs from when she got up with her youngest son to when the rest of the family woke up. She may just be going through a phase and might settle down again soon though - but its hard to say. Not what you want to hear though I bet LOL.

Oh you dont want to hear that she'll drop her day sleeps in the next few month then either do you :)

Or you could always think yourself lucky - Im jealous she doesnt wake through the night like Vy has done since she was 15 months old.

My second eldest use to go to sleep at 2am and then wake at 5.30,,,ow that was a joy. If any of my kids wake early I take it as an opportunity to get something done without 4 kids hanging of me...even if its sitting and folding the washing.

She's probably sencing that your about to have the baby too...I swear girls do stupid things to us when were pg

Sorry Tan, but they're all different, my son has always been an early riser, between 5am-5:30am everyday he's now 3.5 years old! My daughter wasa always around the 7am-8am riser until about 6months ago when she started to get up at 5:30am-6am she'll be 6 next month!

Best of luck,
Snoopea

Arrrrrrrgggghhhh I knew it! :rofl: Maz - she still has 2 day sleeps, one she occasionally won't go down for but is soooo tired if she doesn't have it, but if she wakes early like she did today she still needs both naps!
Ok, so Im am going to be glad she sleeps through and it isn't 4-5am! :) Lots of people have said they pick up on the pregnancy - interesting to see what will happen when this little guy actually gets here!

DS1 has been wakinng around 5.30am since he was around 22 months. It's a killer atm as I'm up feeding DS2 at 1.30am and 4.30am, so am often just getting back to sleep when DS1 comes into my room! So I just stick on a dvd for him, make him some toast, turn the heater up and go back to bed!

I agree they sometimes regress a bit when there's another baby on the way - my DD did and she was 2.5 so I was surprised. She'd been sleeping through the night, 13 hours a night, every night since about 9 months. About a month after DS came home she started waking during the night. We had no idea what had happened, it went on for months and months and only in the last month or so has she started sleeping through again every night. It nearly did our heads in, but looking back it was the only hiccup we had with her so we consider ourselves pretty lucky, I think she adjusted pretty well overall to her brother joining the family. She had other big changes around the same time too like changing bedrooms, moving to a big bed from her toddler bed, starting preschool etc.

Hang in there, it might just be a phase - I can't believe she's still doing two day sleeps, I think you're very lucky!! LOL.

Okay you're all FREAKING ME OUT! I cannot bear the thought of a 5am start EVERY DAY! Please, please may my little one always think that it's cool to sleep until 7 or 8 :pray:

LOL, don't panic Janie, DD has always been a 7-8am riser, and it looks like DS is too! While I was prg and on mat leave, it was rare for DD and I to get out of bed before 8.30am. Now DS usually wakes us at around 7.15am, but I'll take that over 5am!

Neither of my kids have ever slept late - in summer both of them are up by 5.30ish and in winter they're up by 6.30...or 6am. :doh:

I have almost 18 months between my two oldest girls and I found when DD2 arrived DD1 was waking way too early for my liking at about 6.30am. I got used to the early mornings and found that if I stayed up with DD1, fed her breakky, gave her a bottle, watched tv together she would then show signs of tiredness around 9ish. This worked out perfectly back then as between 9-9.30am there was usually Playhouse Disney, Raggs or Fairies on ch7 and when it was over with I would say it was time for bed and she'd happily go back to bed. During this awake time I would also manage to feed DD2, do a load of washing and the dishes and she would also be ready for another nap. Yippee... I could go too! The afternoon sleeps were however, slowly disappearing from sight but that was okay for me as the extra 2-3 hours in the morning helped me immensely.

This time for me however, will be the big challenge as both older girls very rarely have a sleep during the day anymore. That said they are being very considerate at the moment and aren't waking until 8-8.30am each morning... I can only hope this continues.

I do feel very spoiled with my 8-8.30am mornings especially after reading of so many of you having 5.30am wake ups....

Yeah my house 5.30 can be a commen time to get up. BUT mainly during season or developmental changes. She probably is ready to drop that second sleep. Matilda & Jovie both went to 1 sleep at 13 months. The past few mornings we've been up with the sun because we cut some trees down outside the girls room & now they wake with the extra light.... bummer.

A good way to start doing it is to keep her up for a bit longer before her morning nap if possible... everyday push it back 15 minutes or so and soon she'll be sleeping from midday to 2 or 3 or something & her night sleeps will settle down.

We have had 6.30 - 7 am wakeups since DD was 12 months. She sleeps through from 7.30pm and has one daytime sleep from about 1 - 3 pm. Her waking time suits us as we need to get up for work and get her to childcare so if she isn't up by 7.15am we have to wake her which we hate!!

On weekends she may sleep until 7.30pm as our alarm doesn't go off but she also goes to bed a bit later too - maybe 8 - 8.30pm

DD1 can be happily up at 6am during school holidays & on weekends, but try to get her up at 7.30 for school & its impossible!

Christy - I've thought that she might be ready to drop her afternoon nap - especially on days like yesterday where she fought it and in the end we got her up again, but she was miserable and tired and grizzly by 530-6pm and her bedtime is 7.
Today she woke early - she went down without a fuss at 945and was well and truly ready for it - there is no way I could keep her up until 11ish- she was coming up and cuddling me and letting me know that she wanted to go to sleep. The only reason I hung on til 945 instead of 930ish was because I was skyping with my BIL/SIL in Canada! She will sleep til around 1130-12ish so there is no way I could keep her up this arvo til 7. I have mothers group so will put her down for a arvo nap at around 330-4ish and she will sleep for around 40 mins.....
Arrrgghhhh so hard to work out what to do!

DD went through a stage at about 12 months old when she woke early, anywhere between 5:30 & 7am. I was a single mum at the time & found it soooo tiring LOL Although I was studying at the time & she was at childcare 5 days a week so it got me out of bed & out the door nice & early to drop her off & get to Tafe (blessing in disguise I guess you could call it)

That didnt really last long & she's back to sleeping until 7:30-8:30 now. Thank goodness. Although she does still have some days when she'll be up before the sun or wake through the night, usually when she's sick though.

I think I was so shocked by the early wakes around 12 months because she was a top sleeper from day 1.... yes day 1! In the hospital they would make me wake her to feed through the night but as soon as we got home from hospital she was off to bed at 6pm & didnt wake until 7 or 8am! Sometimes I would have to wake her because she just loved to sleep! Very spoilt I know!

I just know this next baby is gonna be a nightmare & keep me up all might long LOL

i hope she goes back to normal for you soon (fingers crossed its just a phase!)

could you leave some toys in her cot for her to play with when she wakes... a book perhaps?

if my dd wakes up early (before the sun) i leave her to her own devices until its a reasonable time to get up.... unless of course she is crying ------ grizzling, protesting, sooking, yelling out 'cowwwww, mooooo, elmo, pig, oinnnk' etc doesn't count, it has to be a serious cry before i get her up....

sometimes she will go back to sleep, most of the time she will just play etc and wait for me to come get her.... i've always made it a habit not to get her immediately when she wakes and i think this has helped.... when she is old enough to understand, i will teach her that she can play quietly if she waks up early but she's not to come out of her room.... i don't believe in getting up before the sun - unless its a newborn who doesn't know any better.

last night she woke at 3am due to sore teeth!!!!!!!!!!! i am so tired as i didn't get back to sleep. boo hoo.

Tan I think that Izzy is just getting you ready for when the new bub arrives!

Like you I have been wondering about dropping a day sleep as some days Elena really fights to go down in the afternoon. So we have been playing it by ear and most days she still has two naps and occasionally she will only have one. Seems to be working for us!

Um don't know what to suggest about the early morning waking! Does it make any difference if she goes to bed a little later in the evenings?

OMG Tan. that's awful! I have to say though I think it is just that you've been spoilt until now. My Izzy wakes between 8 and 9am and everyone I know with kids envies me for it - they're used to being up by 6.30 am at the latest with their kids. Hopefully though your Izzy is just sensing the difference in you so her routine is out - and therefore will hopefully settle down back to "normal". Otherwise, could the earlier waking be that she's cold? Maybe try an extra layer on her to see if you can get a later wake time.

As for the day sleeps, my Iz still needs two sleeps a day too. I do find though that sometimes her afternoon sleep isn't a sleep at all - she lies in her cot for an hour chattering away to herself and never does actually nap but I figure at least its quiet time physically. If I happen to be out somewhere so she misses her afternoon rest she is dead on her feet by dinner time. I'm putting off trying to get her to have one sleep a day as looooong as possible!

Tan, my DD wakes for a bf at around 5am but then snuggles into sleep with us until about 7am. The occasional time when she's awake earlier (usually 6:30am) I go and put her in her room and shut the door and she plays on her own until I get up. I am NOT getting out of my pjs before 7am for ANYONE! She has plenty of toys in her room and considering how lazy I am about getting out of bed once I'm in there, we took the sides off her cot when she was 17 mths old so she can come to us and amuse herself.

And boy do you hang out for that afternoon nap once they drop the morning one!!