2 year old getting up at 5am

nickiboop

Hi my 2 year old son has started waking up at 5 am and won't go back to sleep (in his or our bed)

We are both now very tired!

his room has black out blinds so its not the light thats waking him, does anyone have any tips on how to get him to sleep a bit longer?

MrHelpful

Put him to bed later on the previous night or tire the little man out with lots of activity or just feed him lots of rice (I tend to sleep well after some rice)

System

Don't worry, by the time he is a teenager you'll be lucky to get him out of bed before lunchtime.

septemberblues

Make sure he has no daytime naps, make sure he is worn out physically (running, jumping, etc) and don't put him to bed too early.

doraexplorer

is he waking up for his breakfast, my dd 3 is the same but its 6.30 in our house. she sleeps longer if she has a good supper before bed because shes starving in the morning has cereal, 2 slices of toast and a banana. her supper is normally cheese and crackers, grapes and a tangerine and she sleep better now and sometimes till after 7.

hth

xx

elainew

septemberblues wrote: »

Make sure he has no daytime naps, make sure he is worn out physically (running, jumping, etc) and don't put him to bed too early.

I found this didnt work with my wee girl. If she didnt nap then she was over tired by bedtime and had a restless sleep. I used to make sure she went for a sleep after lunch then we had an afternoon of busy activities and plenty of fresh air.
Bedtime started at 6.30 with bath, story, milk and a cuddle before bed. She still likes to listen to music in bed. If he is in bed by 8pm at the latest then at 2 years of age he should sleep through until 7.30pm -8pm.

good luck
love Elaine xx

td

TBH I found that nothing changed the sleeping patterns of my 2 dds and I just came up with ways of coping with it. With my first she would come in and watch tv but my second (2 now) won't at all so I make sure all the doors upstairs are shut before I go to bed and the stairgate is on, I try to make everything safe and get out a box of toys (I rotate toys so it works better if it's ones she's never seen before) and hope that she plays withthem, I bring a non-spill cup of milk up with me at bedtime and if it's a warm night leave it in cold water in the bathroom so she can drink it which grabs me 10 more mintues with my eyes closed. Sometimes she'll go back off after that, often not. If they still have a nap during the day nap with them - don't be ashamed of catching up when you can.
HTH
let us know what works

td

clairec79

My mother said with me it didn't matter how late she kept me up I'd be up by 5.30am regardless - so in the end she gave up, put me to bed at 5pm so she could have a few hours break then went to bed early herself.

That said if his room is safe and he's content I'd let him play in his room for a bit and stay in bed

alwaysonthego_2

my dd2 wakes up at 5am no matter what time she goes to bed, dd1 was the same at her age. It is just a phase and me and dh take turns getting up so we both get quality sleep.

SUPER_SAVER_7

Going throught he same problem with my 2 1/2 year old
Seems to come running in mine and my fiance bedroom at 5:15am for the past 3 weeks screaming "GET UP, MORNING!!!!" whilst slamming the alarm clock on my fiances head!!!:eek:

izoomzoom

saw a suggestion on here about setting up an alarm clock.

first morning, go into room and tell baby shoo, still sleep time, it's not time to get up yet etc. set an alarm to go off in 2 mins (put it just outside door), and then when it goes off - jump up and start the morning all happy and sunshine etc.

second morning repeat the same, but give the alarm 4 mins - and carry on until you get baby up at a more reasonable time.

not sure if 2yo is still too young but it also helps baby to stay in room / play quietly until it is time to get up.