Need baby to sleep a little later in the AM

[MegBoz]

My DS, 15 mos old, has been STTN for a while now. Bedtime is between 8:00 – 9:00 and wake up varies.

We just moved about 6 weeks ago. Before we moved, he was sleeping until about 7:00. Since the move, he’s been waking up closer to 6:15 or 6:30. This is a huge problem since DH & I put the time & money into putting together a home gym & want to workout from 6:00 – 6:45. (I work full time & I cannot bring myself to get up any earlier than that! Ugh!)

It’s not that he hears us (DH has been geting up at 6:00 & workouts alone. I stopped joining him after I kept having to stop anyway. It’s not the sun – it’s still pretty dark at that time.

It doesn’t even seem to vary based on bedtime – last night bed was 8:00, Saturday it was at 9:30!! Wakeup time is still about the same.

Any tips?

I’m thinking I could ask DH to sacrifice his workout sometimes if DS wakes up, but I’m afraid he’s going to want to BF & will just be cranky (since I normally still spend a good 20+ min BFing him first thing in the morning.)

[LadyCatherine185]

If you figure it out, please let me know. DS wakes frequently all night and is up for the day at 6 AM every morning.

[tanyam926]

Yeah, if you figure out the magic spell let me know too. Ds3 wakes up early no matter what I do, except when I want him to.

[Bokonon]

LOL - DS is 4 and almost always wakes up by 6:30. It's just his natural internal clock, even when it's still dark out. There isn't much you can do!

[ComplexOphelia]

I don't know if this will work for your family, but DS has started waking for the day around 7:30 or 8 am since we implemented a later bedtime. We did have him going to bed at 7 or 8, and he was consistently up at 5:30 or 6:00 . Now, he naps from about 7 - 9 pm, wakes up until 10 or 11, and then comes back to bed with us when we're all going to sleep. It's the schedule that's worked best for us for a few months, but it goes against every single piece of sleeping advice I've read (like in No Cry Sleep Solution, etc.). Still, that's my anecdote!

Is your son still napping? I've heard that getting more good daytime sleep can result in longer nighttime sleep!

Good luck!

[Louisep]

Work out in the evening or alternate mornings with your DH. Not sure there's much you can do about 45 minutes.

[3*is*magic]

Sleep often begets sleep, so I might try to put him to bed a bit earlier. I also agree with the poster who recommended a good nap. But honestly, LOTS of kids are up by 6 am. You might want to work out an alternating workout schedule with your husband and see if this phase passes on its own.

[paulamc]

FYI, DS seems to be shifting to a once a day nap schedule (he's 13 months today) and he seems to be sleeping a little later in the mornings - usually between 7 and 8, but very occasionally, even later than that. In the past, he used to wake early - at times earlier than 6, but mostly between 6 and 7.

Does yours take one or two naps?

[StrawberryFields]

I reaaaallly wish I had the answer, because my bouncing bundles of joy usually wake between 5:30 and 6 AM, no matter what time they go to bed, how long they napped, if they napped at all, and how dark the room is. It just seems to be their internal alarm clocks going off.

Good luck, hope you find something that works!!

[kriket]

I came to see if there were any ideas! We're all up at 7ish every day (I've already left for work) DH works a late 2nd and has been trying for some sleep in the morning. I think he's out of luck.