Early Rising – The most common question I get asked about, second only to night waking! Waking before 6am is too early for everyone and it throws off your child’s entire daytime schedule. Environment In some cases, the early rising has an easy fix – maybe it is too light in the room at the wee hours. Possibly the birdies are singing their songs at your child’s window. These issues can be fixed with room darkening shades or black out curtains. Ideally the room should be as dark at 6am as it is at 9pm. A white noise machine in your child’s room is a simple solution to the external noises. Sleep Learning But it usually isn’t so easy! When your child stirs, go to her quickly and try to get her back to sleep before she screams herself awake. Try to soothe her back to sleep while still in her crib, without picking her up. If she doesn’t go back to sleep again, and she likely won’t at first, do not turn on the lights or get her out of the crib until 6am. If you do,
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