How To Sleep Baby Early
Is a biologically appropriate time for your child to wake up.
How to sleep baby early. Tips for training an early waking baby to sleep later. If you are feeding your baby and she is not going back to sleep in the crib but will sleep in your arms then she has the capacity to sleep later and sleep training should fix the early waking. The first thing to consider is what actually constitutes an early waking. Having a baby is akin to having a human alarm clock.
For example if your toddler s bedtime is 7pm any time before 6am is considered early. For the first 6 months your baby should be in the same room as you when they re asleep both day and night. Whether your early riser is a wee babe or a great big toddler one thing is certain. The timing of your baby or toddler s morning wake up sets the tone for the rest of the day and it sets the pace for the day s sleep and feeding schedule.
Believe it or not sometime between 6 00 and 7 00 a m. Loose women star stacey solomon has a go to baby sleep coach heidi skudder who has shared her tips for helping your baby or toddler to sleep longer in the morning and avoid early wake ups. Your baby will gradually learn that night time is for sleeping. In the first few sleep deprived months of your baby s life you were probably pretty fixated on getting your baby to sleep through the night so that whole house wasn t awake at 2 a m.
Stated a different way if your baby can sleep under certain conditions but not in the crib then she doesn t have a circadian misalignment issue but rather a sleep association. Stick with the same bedtime routine night after night and your mind and body will come to anticipate sleep at an earlier hour. Or worse every hour on the hour. Particularly in the early weeks you may find your baby only falls asleep in your or your partner s arms or when you re standing by the cot.
Sleep consultant riki taubenblat of baby sleep maven explained that anything that is less than 11 hours after bedtime should be considered an early waking. Both wake you up with sudden noise but what happens when your baby suddenly begins to wake earlier and earlier. To encourage you to stop catching up on tasks around your home and to remind you that bedtime is fast approaching it helps to set an alert on your phone to go off when it s time to start your bedtime routine.