Jeanna: My son is 14 months old. I have used Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child from the time he was 3 months old and everything I’ve tried has worked… up to this point. He is waking up too early—5-5:30am every day. I don’t believe he is getting enough sleep because he is clingy and grumpy and can barely stay awake until Nap 1 at 9am. He has a good “to bed” routine—dinner, bath, story time, then bed that starts at 5pm, so he is usually down, asleep by 6:30pm. No wake-ups in the night, just early start in the AM. I don’t go to him until 6am, but he still wakes up too early. This has been going on for about 2 months. I’ve tried keeping him awake until 7pm (once), but he woke up even earlier the next morning. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeanna
Sally Tannen: Jeanna,
It sounds like you are doing everything right.
Try putting some books in his crib so he can look at them when he wakes up. It’s great that you are not going to him right away. You may just need to go to bed earlier yourself while he is in this phase. Nothing lasts forever!
