Awake at 3:30am

I know in this next link the lady is perhaps talking about older children but I started doing this with B from about 4 or 5 months of age and she now knows that she isn't allowed to get up before 7am (6:45 is the earliest I will allow) and because she is so use to it by now she wakes up anywhere after 7.

www.sleepsense.net/blog/why-is-my-child-waking-up-so-early/

I love this part the most:

"What can sometimes happen with early morning wakers is that they used to wake up at 7:00, then for a few days it was 6:30 and Mom went in and got them… Now it’s 6:15, Mom goes in and it’s 6:00 a.m., then it’s 5:30. So, if you respond too quickly, you’re sort of sending a message that it doesn’t really matter what time you wake up, I’ll come and get you even if it’s too early!"

Hi There

That is the starngest thing. I logged on this morning to create a thread as my 5 month old wakes up at 4am most mornings and is wide wide awake. I know how you feel. All I want to do is sleep or at least doze in the bed with him next to me but he will have none of that and gets frustrated as though he wants me to pick him up and carry him around. I refuse, it is absolutely freezing at that time of the day.

My LB goes to bed at around 6pm every evening which I thought was the norm for babies of that age but tonight I am going to try push him to be awake for another 30-60 minutes and see if that helps. What time does your LO go to sleep maybe you should try keep him awake for a bit longer and see if that shifts his waking time from 3:30 to 5am?

Shame it is so difficult being awake at that time. I wish we could just explain to them that it is still dudu time and then they go back to sleep. Honestly I don't mind him coming in the bed with me from 4am but I wish he was just content to lie there quietly. Sometimes if I turn the TV on then he will watch that for 15 minutes or so, so I can catch a few extra moments of sleep.

There is a temp dip at about this time so make sure she is covered in a sleeping bag or have a panel heater on to take the chill off.

Dylan wakes at 4 at the moment when he has moved out of the covers. annoying.

Morning ladies.

If Hannah wakes after say 1am then I feed (breast) her, burp her, put her back in her bed, go pee and when I get back she's asleep and sleeps then until my alarm goes off to get up for work. No problems!

HOWEVER, if she wakes before say 1am, then that time she goes back to sleep without any problem, but then she wakes again at around 3:30am for a feed and then seems wide awake and doesn't want to go back to sleep. I've tried singing, humming, rocking, putting her in bed with me, but she just actually screams.

Eventually she falls asleep (sometimes) at 4:45am which is a nuisance and a good thing because my alarm goes off at 5:15am, so I get to sleep, but only for not even 30 mins.

What can it be and what do I do? Is she just slept out and awake or something bugging her?