Early risers

[crafty]

I think it's because it is getting brigther out there too. My kids have been waking up earlier as well lately but I still ask them to stay in bed ''It's not yet time to get out of bed'' They go back down or read a book until I come back to get them. I was part of a sleep conference a few years ago and the specialist said that we are ment to go down with the sun and rise with the sun so it's natural I think for them to start waking up earlier now that the sun is there. Maybe you can make the rooms darker in the AM and get more outdoors time before diner. It works for me. Whatever the parents do they should not cave in. They will go back to a regular routine.

[apples and bananas]

When my daughter was a baby I would put her to bed late, around 10 or 11 because I was trying to get a last feeding in then get a decent sleep through the night. She was always up early! Then I read somewhere that the more sleep kids get the more they take, so I risked it. I put her to bed at 7:30. She fell right asleep. She would wake up around 10 or 11 to feed, but then right back down and slept right through until after 7.

I think some parents put their children down late because they think they'll sleep later in the morning. Nope, rarely does this theory work. I think they get over tired and don't get a good sleep.

So, the first question I always ask a parent that is having trouble with early wake ups is " what time did they go to bed "