Anonymous
Post 05/28/2021 12:41     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Yeah I had one of these 5am babies. She was a 5:15am toddler. It. Was. Brutal.

Sleeping past 6am is literally life changing. Now she's 7 and sleeps past 7am easily and it's wonderful.

I used to wonder why kid play places didn't open at 7am, because I would have been there (with my coffee) on many many winter mornings. Pre covid obviously.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2021 12:36     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remove the last feed at 2am!! And adjust his feeding. He should be able to drink a good 9oz. The goal would be for him to eat : 7-7:30 , 11-11:30 , 3-3:30, 8:00 pm The last bottle.


This baby is only 4 months old. .ost 4 months old can't go all night without a feeding.


OP. He has in the past. I’d honestly prefer a 2am feeding and sleeping later to a ten hour stretch that ends before dawn, but so far he appears callously indifferent to my preferences. [/quote

I hope you are joking! Babies aren't callously indifferent! YOU ARE THE PARENT and they NEED YOU to take care of them!!
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2021 12:35     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:My four month old is a good sleeper. Except every morning, like clockwork, he wakes up at 5am. It’s definitely not light coming in the window because the sun isn’t up yet! He’s just awake and wants to roll around and gurgle and smile at me and spit up, all of which is fine but...could it please wait until 6?

A day looks like:

5am: VERY AWAKE
6 or 6:30am: 30 minute nap
then naps after 1.5-2 hours of wakefulness, ideally three but sometimes they’re 25 minute naps so there are a lot of them
5pm, give or take: last nap, usually short
sometime between 7 and 8: bedtime
2am: feeding, back to sleep

I haven’t been trying to put him on a schedule, this is just how his tired signs have worked out. But I’d really like him to sleep later, so I can sleep later. Any advice?


Short answer: Sorry but, your kid can't be bribed to sleep later. This too shall pass and when he is a teen you will be begging him to get up before NOON.
Anonymous
Post 05/28/2021 12:20     Subject: Re:I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Maybe he needs more wake time during the day. Like 15 minutes here, 15 minutes there. That’s it. Sometimes my kids needed a little nudge during the day to keep sleep drive strong and lasting through the night.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 17:19     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:At the 2am wake up, he’s really half awake and has no interest in interacting. He chugs down a breastful of milk and conks right out again. He probably doesn’t need it but I was hoping it would make him sleep later in the morning.

Are you changing him then, too? I would, if you're not. When my baby was that little I could stealth change him on the bed after he fell asleep nursing. It was no big deal. And that way a wet diaper isn't waking him at 5am.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 13:46     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remove the last feed at 2am!! And adjust his feeding. He should be able to drink a good 9oz. The goal would be for him to eat : 7-7:30 , 11-11:30 , 3-3:30, 8:00 pm The last bottle.


This baby is only 4 months old. .ost 4 months old can't go all night without a feeding.


OP. He has in the past. I’d honestly prefer a 2am feeding and sleeping later to a ten hour stretch that ends before dawn, but so far he appears callously indifferent to my preferences.


hahahah! Parenting, in a nutshell. No matter the age.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 13:35     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:Remove the last feed at 2am!! And adjust his feeding. He should be able to drink a good 9oz. The goal would be for him to eat : 7-7:30 , 11-11:30 , 3-3:30, 8:00 pm The last bottle.


Babies need to feed at night. Brain development happens while they are sleeping.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 10:55     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:Feed Gerber rice cereal before bed. That changed our life

Or formula. Digests more slowly.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 10:16     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:Advice? He’s 4 months old. You need to wait.

Me hate er you do will change next month anyway. Babies wake with the sun. It will get better in august.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 10:14     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
At the 2am wake up, he’s really half awake and has no interest in interacting. He chugs down a breastful of milk and conks right out again. He probably doesn’t need it but I was hoping it would make him sleep later in the morning.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 09:53     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
He might not be hungry for food. He could just crave interaction. My FTT baby really needed the feeds, but my other bio kid just wanted to held and talked to.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 09:44     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Remove the last feed at 2am!! And adjust his feeding. He should be able to drink a good 9oz. The goal would be for him to eat : 7-7:30 , 11-11:30 , 3-3:30, 8:00 pm The last bottle.


This baby is only 4 months old. .ost 4 months old can't go all night without a feeding.


OP. He has in the past. I’d honestly prefer a 2am feeding and sleeping later to a ten hour stretch that ends before dawn, but so far he appears callously indifferent to my preferences.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 09:39     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Anonymous wrote:Remove the last feed at 2am!! And adjust his feeding. He should be able to drink a good 9oz. The goal would be for him to eat : 7-7:30 , 11-11:30 , 3-3:30, 8:00 pm The last bottle.


This baby is only 4 months old. .ost 4 months old can't go all night without a feeding.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 09:05     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Feed Gerber rice cereal before bed. That changed our life
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2021 09:04     Subject: I am once again asking you to sleep until dawn.
Oh I remember this so much. It's murderous. You sound fun though, and it'll pass quickly I'm sure. Good luck!