MSE Parents Club Part 8

elle_gee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

.. Any joy in getting Rhys to bed earlier?

Nopes He's still waking at gone half ten if allowed.. won't tomorrow though - app is 11am

How did you bring Benjamin's waking time forward?

Sami_Bee

Elle - g&s is on later on bbc3 I think, I always miss the first few mins so end up watching it again

My_Fathers_Daughter

elle_gee wrote: »

Nopes He's still waking at gone half ten if allowed.. won't tomorrow though - app is 11am

How did you bring Benjamin's waking time forward?

He just kind of fell into it at about 12 weeks I don't really remember trying anything other than making sure we put him up to bed early evening (instead of keeping him downstairs where we kept disturbing him).


Rhys sleeps for long enough - you just need to shift the time!! Maybe if you wake him early and then put him down early one day it will just shock his system into complying

It will be strange for you and OH to have your evenings back!!



Edit - sorry, I answered the wrong question!! I had to just start to wake him in the morning - it did mostly stop him waking during the night though. And it means he naps longer during the day (in theory LOL!)

Sami_Bee

hmm does Kirsty's HMC make everyones tv go funny or just mine? everything thats red strobes and makes me a bit dizzy!

elle_gee

Yeah, he's sleeping 2am to 10am with maybe a bit extra either side, but not waking in the night now. He also sleeps on OH during the evening too, so he is getting the sleep, just not in his crib :rolleyes: I think the hardest thing will be separating Rhys from OH earlier.. :cool:

Just midnight to 8am would be good but he has a last bottle between 12-1am and showing no signs of dropping it. I guess I just have to do as you say and wake him early one day to shock him. Starting tomorrow!

money_maker_3

elle, when I went back to work after Jasmine, I did it over 3 weeks and woke her up 15 mins earlier for 4 days, another 15 the next 4 days and so on until she was getting up at the time I needed her too, and this naturally progressed to her going to bed earlier at night

If only that had worked forever, my daughter has decided that she is going back to the I dont want to sleep stage and is still messing about upstairs tonight and has been shouted at about 5 times already tonight !!

elle_gee

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Elle - g&s is on later on bbc3 I think, I always miss the first few mins so end up watching it again

Ta. Just set the reminder, auto-change channel thingymajig

money_maker_3

sami, that happened with mine last night when she was making the roses, so it must be the way its filmed !

elle_gee

money_maker wrote: »

elle, when I went back to work after Jasmine, I did it over 3 weeks and woke her up 15 mins earlier for 4 days, another 15 the next 4 days and so on until she was getting up at the time I needed her too, and this naturally progressed to her going to bed earlier at night

He's gonna have to have a shock in the morning, but think we'll start this from Monday. Hopefully he'll be doing something more like 12-8am by the end of the month once he's in his room (plasterer dependent! )

This is him right now - asleep on my legs. I never sit like this (ankle on my other knee) and it's killing my leg! :cool:

money_maker_3

awww he looks so sweet and really long !! I think I remember a photo of him on your legs before and he was shorter than that bit to your knee !!