Abby wakes up early. No matter what time she goes to bed the night before she still wakes up around 5ish in the morning. That is too early. So far what we've been doing is going into her room, giving her a bottle and rocking her when she goes back to sleep until about 6:30. This week it was clear that was going to work anymore. She's just getting too big to be comfortable while we hold her and putting back in the crib wasn't doing any of us any good... she would just scream.
So, this morning when she woke up at 4:58 I let her cry. She wasn't screaming so it wasn't unbearable to listen to but she didn't give up easily. After about 10 minutes my husband asked if I wanted him to go get her - NO. She cried and whined for a little over 20 minutes before she went back to sleep, but she did go back to sleep and for another hour.
My hope is that she will "catch on" that I'm not coming in to get her that early any more and she'll start putting herself back to sleep until later every morning.
Fingers crossed!
I wish you luck and patience! My kids have always gotten up early, but not that early. I hope it works for you guys and she catches on fast :)
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