Getting LO back to sleep after 5am feed?

Lu28 · May 25th, 2009, 15:03 PM

In the first few weeks, Aisling would wake for a feed at 2am and 5am and usually go back to sleep. She's now managing one feed a night starting at 4.30am and usually finishing at 5.15am ish. Problem is, now she doesn't want to go back to sleep at all. She doesn't cry or anything but just makes her little grunting and general baby noises which I can't sleep through.

We've gone from putting her down at midnight to putting her down at 10.30pm and she still wakes at the same time for her feed. My MIL is convinced she slept enough by 5am and she doesn't need anymore but sometimes when DH takes her downstairs so I can get some sleep, she goes off again for a few hours. Does anyone have any ideas or tips to even just get her to 7am?

Thanks!

mama2b · May 25th, 2009, 15:25 PM

Is your room light at 5am by any chance ?

Our curtains are very light and we have a skylight with a white blind so at 5am there is no darkness whatsoever and Lucas has started to think its 'wake up time' unless its cloudy or overcast.

I am going to get some blackout blinds as im convinced he thinks its time to wake up as its so bright.

Lu28 · May 25th, 2009, 15:29 PM

We've had the blackout blinds for a week now and she doesnt seem to notice the difference!

mama2b · May 25th, 2009, 15:33 PM

Oh no, I find that lucas will only go back to sleep if he comes in bed with us but since we switched from the moses basket to the crib that seems to have helped as he has more room and i can rock him back to sleep.

DizzyMoo · May 25th, 2009, 16:23 PM

My son did this at one stage so i changed his feed, Instead of him waking me for a feed i woke him an about hour n half earlier & fed him then, he started sleeping through better til 8ish just enough for me to get that vital sleep

xx

elm · May 25th, 2009, 16:47 PM

Does she still make the noises with her dummy?

x

Lu28 · May 25th, 2009, 17:39 PM

She won't suck the dummy, she's a bit of a drama queen and acts as though we're choking her with it! On the few occasions she has taken the dummy, she's been just as noisy though...

I had thought about waking her earlier but I'm scared I'll wake her at 3am for a feed and she'll be awake from then on!

I may end up giving it a go though.

Soontobe · May 25th, 2009, 18:34 PM

Try upping the amount she feeds at around 430am. This should make her sleep that little bit longer..

I had that problem and all it was, was that he was getting a feed just no longer being 'full' afterwards...

sparkswillfly · May 25th, 2009, 18:49 PM

If Meadow wont go back to sleep I put her musical mobile on and it sends her to sleep within a few mins. I couldnt live without that thing. I cant sleep through her grunting either.

ryder · May 25th, 2009, 18:56 PM

When Jasmine was that age I would often bring her in for a snuggle after that feed, she used to have one around 5 am too... Once she was on solids and stuff she just grew out of it.

May 25th, 2009, 15:03 PM	#1
Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	Getting LO back to sleep after 5am feed? In the first few weeks, Aisling would wake for a feed at 2am and 5am and usually go back to sleep. She's now managing one feed a night starting at 4.30am and usually finishing at 5.15am ish. Problem is, now she doesn't want to go back to sleep at all. She doesn't cry or anything but just makes her little grunting and general baby noises which I can't sleep through. We've gone from putting her down at midnight to putting her down at 10.30pm and she still wakes at the same time for her feed. My MIL is convinced she slept enough by 5am and she doesn't need anymore but sometimes when DH takes her downstairs so I can get some sleep, she goes off again for a few hours. Does anyone have any ideas or tips to even just get her to 7am? Thanks!
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May 25th, 2009, 15:25 PM	#2
mama2b Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,067	Is your room light at 5am by any chance ? Our curtains are very light and we have a skylight with a white blind so at 5am there is no darkness whatsoever and Lucas has started to think its 'wake up time' unless its cloudy or overcast. I am going to get some blackout blinds as im convinced he thinks its time to wake up as its so bright.

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Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	We've had the blackout blinds for a week now and she doesnt seem to notice the difference!
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May 25th, 2009, 15:33 PM	#4
mama2b Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,067	Oh no, I find that lucas will only go back to sleep if he comes in bed with us but since we switched from the moses basket to the crib that seems to have helped as he has more room and i can rock him back to sleep.

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May 25th, 2009, 16:23 PM	#5
DizzyMoo Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 5,902	My son did this at one stage so i changed his feed, Instead of him waking me for a feed i woke him an about hour n half earlier & fed him then, he started sleeping through better til 8ish just enough for me to get that vital sleep xx

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elm Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: United Slingdom Posts: 6,324	Does she still make the noises with her dummy? x

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Lu28 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 12,646	She won't suck the dummy, she's a bit of a drama queen and acts as though we're choking her with it! On the few occasions she has taken the dummy, she's been just as noisy though... I had thought about waking her earlier but I'm scared I'll wake her at 3am for a feed and she'll be awake from then on! I may end up giving it a go though.
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May 25th, 2009, 18:34 PM	#8
Soontobe Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 945	Try upping the amount she feeds at around 430am. This should make her sleep that little bit longer.. I had that problem and all it was, was that he was getting a feed just no longer being 'full' afterwards...

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May 25th, 2009, 18:49 PM	#9
sparkswillfly Mum (Mom) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Posts: 9,888	If Meadow wont go back to sleep I put her musical mobile on and it sends her to sleep within a few mins. I couldnt live without that thing. I cant sleep through her grunting either.

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ryder Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Belleville, Ontario Posts: 25,719	When Jasmine was that age I would often bring her in for a snuggle after that feed, she used to have one around 5 am too... Once she was on solids and stuff she just grew out of it.

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