https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:59:51 +0000 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:28:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=22024 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=530449&title=4am-wakeup-call#530449 Author: finnigan
Subject: 22024
Posted: 29 October 2008 at 7:28pm

We had this trouble for a while as well, we used to give him a bottle tell him it was still night time give him his muslin then leave. Eventually he would go back to sleep, 4am isn't morning :)

He will quickly learn to go back to sleep once he realises that he isn't getting any attention. I felt mean to but then I figured, he wasn't hungry because he had just drunk 150mls of formula/milk, he wasn't cold, he wasn't unhappy, he was just awake and wanting someone to play. I mus admit I didn't go back to sleep until ds did, so I would lie in bed listening to him chatting. After about a week of leaving him too it ds decided it wasn't worth it and now sleeps through.]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:28:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=530449&title=4am-wakeup-call#530449 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529865&title=4am-wakeup-call#529865 Author: Kellz
Subject: 22024
Posted: 29 October 2008 at 11:02am

We had this recently, and to a degree still do,..although now the early morning is usually 5.30am not 4am! Our prob was that cos Isla can get out of her cot she was just getting up a million times in the night etc,...so not the same at all.
I know Isla is way worse if she has a shorter of later than normal sleep, so even tho it was often suggested to us to cut her day sleep to make her sleep longer at night , it has never worked like that for us.]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:02:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529865&title=4am-wakeup-call#529865 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529740&title=4am-wakeup-call#529740 Author: mamanee
Subject: 22024
Posted: 29 October 2008 at 9:08am

nzpiper wrote: ear plugs?

I could try! But I feel so mean leaving him in there for even 30 mins yelling, like I did this morning.    

I also feel bad for him that nana isn't here anymore. He runs out to the kitchen and pokes his head around the corner and says NANA!! But she's not here.

But on the other hand, she undermines all my discipline by letting Sam do whatever he likes!   re. lipstick incident. ]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:08:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529740&title=4am-wakeup-call#529740 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529734&title=4am-wakeup-call#529734 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 22024
Posted: 29 October 2008 at 9:03am

ear plugs?]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:03:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529734&title=4am-wakeup-call#529734 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529730&title=4am-wakeup-call#529730 Author: mamanee
Subject: 22024
Posted: 29 October 2008 at 9:01am

For the past couple of weeks Sam has been waking between 4 and 5AM and refusing to go back to sleep. I am not a morning person at ALL and I find this very hard. He doesn't cry, he just stands up and bangs the sides of the cot and yells MAMA MAMA MAMA MAMA MAMA.   

My mum has been staying with us for a while and sharing a room with him, so when he wakes at that time, she just gets him up and gives him breakfast and plays with him. I usually have to get up soon after because he's full of beans and his high pitched squeals of laughter and his fun new trick of knocking on doors wakes me up.    

Mum has gone now, but every morning without fail, Sam is up and awake at 4AM wanting to get up. He knows that nana used to get him up at that time and can't understand why I wont. I believe that it's still nighttime between 4-5AM and I refuse to get him up and do everything I can do get him to go back down. But it's not working.

I've tried giving him a bottle, he drinks it and throws it on the floor. I've tried going in there, not speaking and just tucking him back in, but 10 seconds later he is yelling at me to come back.

He goes down between 7:30-8PM at night and settles within 20 minutes or so and sleeps right through till 4.

During the day he has one sleep, usually just before lunch or just after and sleeps for about 2 hours.

Any suggestions?! Mummy is TIRED, and as I find it hard to go to bed early, even if I do I lay awake till at least midnight.    ]]> Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:01:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=22024&PID=529730&title=4am-wakeup-call#529730