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amother

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:48 am

My 4 year old has been waking up at around 5:30 every morning, I've tried everything, how to I get him to sleep till a normal hour? It's not like hes waking up rested, hes always in a grouchy mood and can barely get thru the day until bedtime. Pls help!

amother

Coral

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:52 am

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amother

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 7:53 am

amother [ Coral ] wrote:

Mirari OK to Wake! Alarm Clock & Night-Light https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E.....W9MZY

Thanks tried a similar one, it didnt work. Are some brands better than others?

amother

Periwinkle

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:25 am

What time does he go to bed? Does he still nap by day?
Does the room have good room darkeners and a sound machine?
He may be thirsty, maybe put a sippy cup with water in his bed.

amother

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:32 am

amother [ Periwinkle ] wrote:

What time does he go to bed? Does he still nap by day?
Does the room have good room darkeners and a sound machine?
He may be thirsty, maybe put a sippy cup with water in his bed.

around 7, usually no nap. Sometimes falls asleep in car on the way home but I wake him.
He has black out shades, sound machine, water everything.

animeme

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:35 am

What happens when you put him to bed later?

amother

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 8:41 am

animeme wrote:

What happens when you put him to bed later?

Wakes up the same time and is even crankier the next day

jewishmom6

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:14 am

does he need the bathroom?
My dd (4) has woken up 545 a couple of times to the bathroom and cldnt go back to sleep. I started to take her before I go to sleep.

amother

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 9:53 am

jewishmom6 wrote:

does he need the bathroom?
My dd (4) has woken up 545 a couple of times to the bathroom and cldnt go back to sleep. I started to take her before I go to sleep.

Did that help? He is waking up to go to the bathroom usually but then just doesnt go back to sleep.

amother

Periwinkle

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:08 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Did that help? He is waking up to go to the bathroom usually but then just doesnt go back to sleep.

Try taking him to the bathroom in middle of the night .

jewishmom6

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:12 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Did that help? He is waking up to go to the bathroom usually but then just doesnt go back to sleep.

So I only recently started. As of now, yes it did help. Now my kids only wake between 645-730:)

I prepped her before she went to bed that I am going to take to the bathroom..just so she is aware...

Last edited by jewishmom6 on Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:18 am; edited 1 time in total

keym

Mon, Feb 24 2020, 10:17 am

I just want to point out that in 2 weeks the clocks change. 5:30 becomes 6:30.
You might not want to do tons now, and when the clocks change, just work with it then.

amother

Tue, Feb 25 2020, 6:37 am

I tried waking him up at 12 to take him to the bathroom, didn't help. He still woke up super early. Any other suggestions?

teachkids

Tue, Feb 25 2020, 6:47 am

Give him books or something to chill in bed with

yidisheh mama

Tue, Feb 25 2020, 6:57 am

My 3 year old has been waking up around 5-5:30 for well over a year now. She sometimes wakes up around 6 if it was an especially late night (think yom tov meal at grandparents, simcha, etc.)
I tried many things, but nothing helped her wake up later. I learned to put her to sleep by 6:30-7 so she gets enough hours of sleep to not be too cranky all day. What worked (not perfectly, but pretty well) was to enforce a rule of not coming into mommy's room before she hears my alarm ring. She has a chart and gets stickers each day that she doesn't wake us up, and a small prize after her chart is finished. I also prepare some books and a sippy cup next to her bed for the morning, and something in the kitchen that she can take by herself (only once it's light outside-she needs to stay in her room if it's still dark) if she gets hungry.

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