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[quote=Anonymous]Is it too dark in the room so she can't see?  Try a strong nightlight that is on all night.

Is it that she wants up NOW and is insistent?  Is she like that throughout the day, that she wants what she wants NOW and can't wait a millisecond?  If yes, then work on that during the day - "I hear you, and I know you want to read a book, just wait one minute until I finish folding the towels/making the salad/whatever and then I'l read to you."

Practice this 10 times a day, even if you COULD rush right over and read the book.  She'll get so she can delay her gratification, and then in a month or two you can start with the "OK to wake clock" - and set it for 5:15am for a week (I know, UGH!) and then keep moving that up by 15 minute increments.  Because if she wakes up but doesn't scream hysterically, you're fine.  Also, if she wakes up and hangs out in her crib for 30 minutes, she might start naturally sleeping later. But at the beginning, setting the ok to wake clock at 6am will make her have to wait too long, and hysteria will ensue.  She needs to learn that the clock DOES turn to green in shorter increments first.

Also, go to bed at 9:30pm (I know, double ugh) for a few weeks to get your sleep needs satisfied so that 5:30am doesn't look quite so early.  My husband wakes at 5:30am 5 days/week for work, so it can be done.  It's just that he wakes up to lovely alarm clock music, not a screaming banshee, I do know it's different.  [/quote]

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