Baby waking up 5 am

amother

OP ↓

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 6:37 am

Hi! My baby was a pretty decent sleeper since he was born, waking up once or twice to eat and going back to sleep, sleeping arnd 12 hours. Now since I weaned him off all bottles and officially sleep trained him, he started waking up 5/530 am every day! Idk what to do! He used to sleep till 730 and some days I even had to wake him up. Now he goes to bed 715ish and wakes up in the 5s totally up for the day. Any tips or suggestions? Pleassseee. Thanks.

amother

Dustypink

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 7:51 am

Later bedtime?

Personally at that hour I react the same as I would if it's 3am.

amother

Wandflower

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 7:54 am

How old is he? My babies nurse at that time until past a year. I treat it like a night waking -- keep the lights out, feed, then back to crib and I usually get a few more hours of sleep from them. I don't mind if it keeps them sleeping/happy till 7:30 or 8.

amother

Myrtle

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 8:15 am

amother OP wrote:

How old is he? He may still need a bottle at night. If he’s sleeping well before that maybe just do what you were doing before? Especially if he’s under a year.

amother

Bellflower

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 8:28 am

I have never tried this but I have friends who have had great success doing this.
Wake up the baby half about 40 min before they would wake up, like change diaper turn on the light ect. they are still tired so fall back asleep but feel like they have woken up.

amother

Hunter

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 12:38 pm

This isn’t what everyone would want but what I did when my babies started doing that, once they were old enough, is I’d take them into my bed and they’d fall back asleep until their regular wake up time.

amother

↑ OP

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 10:48 pm

He's 7 months! Everyone was telling me he could go 12 hours without eating! But I guess not! I didn't think and I guess a mother knows best!

esther7

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 11:30 pm

Or it could be that his nap schedule needs tweaking. That can effect early morning wake up

amother

Scarlet

Mon, Dec 09 2024, 11:32 pm

amother OP wrote:

He's 7 months! Everyone was telling me he could go 12 hours without eating! But I guess not! I didn't think and I guess a mother knows best!

I don't know who everyone is but go with your intuition in future. 7 month old definition not abnormal if wakes to eat.
If sleeping 12 hrs straight you need to ensure enough nutrition during day

BatAvrohom

Yesterday at 2:37 pm

Also consider when the first nap is. Baby may be using nap time to catch up on what should be night sleep. Sometimes shifting it back by 15 mins a day for a few days until the nap is an hour later fixes the problem. I used Huckleberry sample sleep schedules for mine and it was always spot on. Don’t put the baby to bed later - it never works. Don’t ask me why but babies don’t seem to operate the same as the rest of us!

amother

Poppy

Yesterday at 4:05 pm

amother OP wrote:

He's 7 months! Everyone was telling me he could go 12 hours without eating! But I guess not! I didn't think and I guess a mother knows best!

Every baby is different and many children cannot go 12 hours with eating till even 2 years old. Trust yourself, you know yourself and your baby best. Parenting wisdom changes every decade or so, but your inner wisdom doesn't.