Another post asking for help with early morning wakes
Hi all, this group has been so helpful and I'm back with our latest issue that I could use advice on. Early morning waking.
10.5 months old baby. After a long road with Ferber we are on a great nap and sleep routine but the only thing going wrong is she wakes up sooo early. She is sleeping great through the night but waking up between 4:30-5 and is wide awake for the day. We've tried letting her cry but she will just stand up in the crib and cry off and on until til 6ish when we just get up. I would love if we could get her to sleep until 7. This is the schedule currently:
6am wake up
9:30 nap, usually 1hr
2pm nap, usually 1 hr
7:30 bed time
So 3.5/3.5/4.5
We already tried later bedtime for the last 2 weeks moving it gradually back to 8:30 but she still woke at the same time. Could it be that she can tell it's getting light out? We have blackout shades but they let a sliver in, could that be the issue? Do we need to stick with later bedtime even though it made her super cranky in evenings and less sleep overall?