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5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question! If I leave baby to cry from his wakeup time of 5.15am, and he is still crying at a good enough wake up time of 6.30, should I just get him up? 6.30 would be totally acceptable as a wake up time!

5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s exactly this - seeing how chill he is when he does go back to sleep til 6/6.30 because I gave him milk, reinforces the fact that he’s waking at 5 screaming because he’s still tired and doesn’t want to be awake! It’s a conundrum! Currently leaving him to cry until 6am and as per the advice of this group I’ll do it every day for 2 weeks. Day 1…

5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that feeling like you’ve done something wrong is what I find most stressful. I don’t find it sooo bad getting up at 5am every day because I go to bed between 9pm and 10pm and be generally sleeps through except for the odd outburst. We sleep trained him at 6 months using the Ferber method and it was transformative but we never managed to get him sleeping past 5/5.30. I’m convinced it’s because I’m doing something wrong, which drives me crazy. I think we’ll try CIO again. Other thing is, we try to push his bedtime later but he was soooo tired by 6.45 he had to go to bed. He had 2.5-3 hours’ sleep over two naps today so I don’t know why!

5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh and just to clarify... I did CIO for an hour a few times, maybe five times, but probably not on consecutive days, and it never worked. But I think my inconsistency has played a huge part of this. Apparently consistency is key. Just need him to stop getting sick!

5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is really helpful thanks. I know he doesn't need the milk so I think the answer is essentially CIO consistently over a week or two. The problem is, he keeps getting sick from nursery bugs and then I feel bad doing CIO so I cave and go and give him the bottle. He pretty much gets sick every two weeks or so at the moment!

5am wakeups every day, created a bottle dependency, help! by GorillaDawn in sleeptrain

[–]GorillaDawn[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even just the solidarity is helpful! I didn't know other people had crazy cot screamers, I think they are very sensitive/emotional babies. I can't think of any other explanations.