waking up at 4am!

What do u do when 1 baby wakes up at 4am?????? Im not that concerned w/ them being on the same schedule-they usually r and i can usually fix it back at some point during the day..I just think 4am is too early to be up for the day! and of course she is already napping, but what would u do? she is UP at this hour. would u let her CIO (worried shell wake up her brother) or let her be up for 2 hrs? this is crazy! TIA

 

Is there any way you can move her to a Pack n Play in another room and hope she gets back to sleep? I know my little guy will wake up early sometimes, but if I leave him alone he "plays" himself back to sleep.

 

We were in the same situation. We moved Evan (our good sleeper) into another room and then left James until 6. It only took a few days. Now he generally sleeps until 7, or wakes at 6 and talks to himself for a while before falling back to sleep. The only problem is we can't seem to move Evan back into the room. Our boys just don't sleep well together. James is a very light sleeper and Evan is a noisy dreamer. My husband and I have been on a pull-put couch in the office for 2 months while Evan sleeps in the luxury of a master bedroom. My back is killing me.

 

One or both of my girls do this occasionally. They don't cry so I don't go in. One may party down while the other sleeps thru, or one wakes up the other and they party and then fall back to sleep. But like I said they don't cry about it and my girls are used to sleeping thru the other's sounds... even when one girlie is trying to reach thru the slats to hit the other girlie in the head with a teddy to get her to wake up! I've witnessed that a couple of times (I may not go in, but I do peek!).

 

My dd tends to wake up really early as well. I let her CIO in the same room as her brother. For a long time I was worried about her waking up her brother so I would go in and get her hoping to get her back to sleep in my arms---never worked. I finally just decided to leave her in there and let her fuss. 95% of the time my ds doesn't wake up when she cries, but sometimes he does--and then they both just fall back to sleep. I personally wouldn't bother taking her out of the room, and putting her in a pnp in another room every morning. that will just become a habit you'll have to break her of at some point anyways. I would say just nip it in the bud with some CIO.

Reyna

 

Mine do this too. One usually but sometimes both. I usually read their ques and feel if they are going to be UP then I put them in their swings and they usually get the idea and fall asleep within 10 minutes. I usually feed them too so that they are full and feel sleepy.
HTH
Damiane'

 

Well, we are much younger, but I've noticed that one will do this for a day or two at a time. I usually bring that baby to bed with me, give the paci and snuggle with her and she usually falls asleep. Then after a day or two it stops. I'm not sure what I'd do if it seemed to become a habit...CIO I guess.

 

At that age, I'd definitely CIO (assuming all needs are met - not hungry, poopy, etc). 4 am is WAY too early for a baby to be getting up. They need their sleep! A lot of twins sleep through each others' cries, so I'd try not separating them.

 

This was happening to me too.. Turns out-- it was MY fault! I just assumed they were UP for the day. WRONG! My husband was on his own one morning and decided he was not getting up at 4 am so he put them down after he fed them at 4.. They slep til 7! I had NO IDEA what I was missing!! It sounds too good to be true and trust me- it is. I would have NEVER known to put them back down after eating. I would not do the CIO thing cuz if he/she is awake sooner or later he/she will discover he/she is uncomfortably hungry and cry for that reason until fed. I think it's best to feed the baby and then put him/her back down just like you would a nite time feeding. That is how I treat it now. The 4 am feed is like a 1 am feed (back in the day)!! Do not turn on lights etc.. It's not time to get up so no fun stuff and back to sleep. Shouldn't be a problem if you don't let the baby know it's daytime. A little trickery never hurt anyone

 

i would DEFINITELY let her CIO - she'll get it after a few days. she's not hurting - just remember - she just needs her clock adjusted.

 

My DS wakes up at 4am about 3 or 4 times a week. I let hims CIO. He rarely wakes up his sister (and if he does she pretty much ignores him b/c she's tired!) and the cry ususlly stops within 2 or 3 minutes. When it first started happening, about 2 months ago, it took longer for him to settle, and sometimes i had to go in to remind him that we don't get up this early and give him his paci, then i would leave. After a couple times, he now works it out on his own. He wakes up around 7 for the day.

 

ugh! my DD is an early riser too -- many days she is awake between 5-5:30am. i'm ok with getting up after 6am, since we all have to get out the door for work/daycare, but earlier than that is NOT acceptable. i have let her fuss for a while, and sometimes she will put herself back to sleep, but most times she just keeps fussing till it's time to get up anyway. i have tried going in and rocking her back to sleep -- no luck. she hates pacifiers (boo!), so re-plugging won't work. it is frustrating because i really can't sleep when she is awake, and that extra hour make such a differnce to me in the morning. luckily, it doesn't seem that she wakes DS despite her crying -- thanks goodness at least one of them like to sleep in the morning! i'm hoping that she will eventually get the picture and she'll fall back to sleep. at some point, she'll be old enough to hopefully entertain herself in her crib for a while with some toys in the early mornings, but we're not there yet.....