My Baby J, (who incidentally needs a new "blog-name" now that she's three) was a champion sleeper from the time she was about 6 months old. She began sleeping 12 hours then, and honestly didn't have but about five night wakings until...big-girl bed, in January of this year. (Two months after her 3rd birthday.)
Oh man.
She did all right at first, which is due in part to her sharing a room with her big sister. I thought things would progressively get better, but they haven't. So in between her starting to wake up some nights for no other reason than to check and see if I'm awake, and Little Guy waking on random nights at random times, I'm getting way less sleep than I expected at this stage of motherhood.
But that's beside the point. Back to Baby J. She has consistently awakened at 6:15 every morning for weeks upon weeks. I put her back in bed, but just that bit of noise at that "late" of time in the morning, wakes Little M up, and then it's all over. Both girls up before 6:30 a.m. Did I ever mention that I'm not a morning person? (I do have them stay in their room to play until 7 - but still. It would be much better if they were sleeping until then.)
Enter spring.
Nobody likes losing an hour of the day, for me - the night. But this year, I cannot wait. I cannot wait for my children to shift from arising at 6:15 to arising at 7 something!!! Thank you, God! I hope it lasts. I'll keep you posted.
Oh man.
She did all right at first, which is due in part to her sharing a room with her big sister. I thought things would progressively get better, but they haven't. So in between her starting to wake up some nights for no other reason than to check and see if I'm awake, and Little Guy waking on random nights at random times, I'm getting way less sleep than I expected at this stage of motherhood.
But that's beside the point. Back to Baby J. She has consistently awakened at 6:15 every morning for weeks upon weeks. I put her back in bed, but just that bit of noise at that "late" of time in the morning, wakes Little M up, and then it's all over. Both girls up before 6:30 a.m. Did I ever mention that I'm not a morning person? (I do have them stay in their room to play until 7 - but still. It would be much better if they were sleeping until then.)
Enter spring.
Nobody likes losing an hour of the day, for me - the night. But this year, I cannot wait. I cannot wait for my children to shift from arising at 6:15 to arising at 7 something!!! Thank you, God! I hope it lasts. I'll keep you posted.
2 comments:
Maybe Baby J just doesn't need as much sleep as you think. You could try moving bedtime back half an hour if the time change doesn't seem to fix it. I have one that would sleep 12 hours and nap and then one that would sleep seven hours and not nap. We wont even talk about the youngest and her sleep issues. And if big sissy is waking up also due to the noise - try moving them both back half an hour. Its hard to give up that quiet time in the evening...but the sleeping in later is so worth it.
I hate it when Barney wakes me up!! LOL! I hope they continue to sleep until 7:15. They must've gotten the Barrow "morning gene." ;) I think I would feel like you if I had kids who wouldn't go to sleep. You know how I am an night...it's all over by 9:30.
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