We moved a few weeks ago. In the process, I moved Allie out of a crib and the girls into the same room. For the most part, it's great. Except for one small problem. My girls have been waking up between 5 and 5:30 ever since. And it's killing me. They wake up and are grumpy for a good portion of the early morning. And I am tired, so I might be slightly impatient. And it's a bad combination.
Any suggestions on how to get my girls to sleep in later. Or to get the one not to wake the other one up. We're desperate.
And as an fyi, Laney has been an early riser before. But the few months prior to the move she had been sleeping in a bit. And when I say I want them to sleep in, I am just asking for sometime after 6 for now.
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Oh Mandy I am sorry to hear it! Its hard transitioning from crib to bed. Can you tell then they have to stay in their beds until you come in and get them? They might fall back to sleep if that's the case. Good luck! Luke is in a bed now and sleep is an every day battle again! Arggggg!!!!! I know it will get better though. It has too!
Oh no. I am going to have the boys share a room but I am waiting till the last minute. I am so nervous.
You can try getting them a wake-up light. You set the time and then they know they are not allowed to get out of bed/leave the room until the light goes on. Maybe after they get in the routine of staying in bed longer, they'll sleep longer. Just a thought; it works for a friend with a 4.5 year old and 2 year old that share a room...
I wish I could help! I hope you keep us updated on what works though.... we'll all be there at some point.
is it sunny? Maybe put a blackout liner on their window, but maybe it's not sunny at 5:30, sorry, I never had that problem.
this is a toughie.
cohen's always been an early riser, and it got worse when we put him in a big boy bed. i could never change it. i just send him back to his room until i'm ready to wake up, or he gets out of bed and goes downstairs without telling me he's up, as he knows i'll tell him to go back to bed. (this is nice at times, because he'll play happily on his own for awhile, but it's no good for my dad who is sometimes sleeping then and is awoken by early riser independant cohen).
one thing i remember reading was getting a fun alarm clock and setting it to 6am or 7am, whenever you want them to stay in their room until... and setting it to their favorite song or something, and telling them they were to stay in their room until they heard their favorite song... a good idea, i think. but i've never tried it.
oh, mandy... so sorry! that is the worst. i have no comment how to help ya out. my kids still wake up each other. although, claudia will stay in her bed now and just lay there with her blanket until she is ready. Oh, yeah, here is another option... the crib is in the attic, you can set it up in the boys room, or just have one of the girls sleep in the boys room. maybe that will help.
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