My 7 month old always wakes at 6am due to a dirty nappy Since about 6-6 1/2 months my 7 month has been waking early (6am on the dot) due to dirty nappy. I have got into a pattern now of going in, changing his nappy, giving him milk (I tried just water but he wouldn’t go back to sleep) and putting him back to sleep and he goes back down until 7- 7.10 when he wakes by himself, but this is really getting me down. His diet is varied homemade food and his naps are fine as well. I have tried all the suggestions of cutting out fruit in…

My 7-month-old son wakes early every morning and fights daytime sleep I used the CLB book for my daughter from 3mths. She followed the routines after a week and is now a contented 2 year old. My son however is not adapting at all as well. He goes down exhausted at 7pm and falls asleep after about 1 minute of grizzling. He sleeps solidly through till 5:30am. He is then up and awake for the day – although not particularly hungry. I have been delaying his morning feed by ten mins each day until I am not feeding him milk until at least 6:30am. His room is in pitch darkness…

My 7-month-old son wakes at 6am and is tired before 9am On a good night my 7-month-old son wakes between 6am and 6.15am. Consequently there is no way I can keep him up till 9am. I can usually drag it out till 8.45 but then he passes out and sleeps for usually 20-30mins. So he is up by 9.10-9.20am. I have adjusted his lunch to 11.30 to get him into bed by 12 noon as he is exhausted; sometimes he even struggles to eat a good lunch. He is then up at 12:45. I have done everything from controlled crying, going in every 5mins quietly, to the Ferber method plus…

Having slept well since birth my 7.5mth daughter has started to wake early in the morning Following a cold my daughter is now waking during the night and sobbing for a few minutes before returning to sleep – but she then wakes between 4am and 6am and cries for a period of between 20 – 40 minutes before returning to a fitful sleep. We have recently bought her a larger cot as she was rolling over and hitting herself on the bars and getting very upset during the night. My main concern is the early waking, which is now around 5am – she also wakes with a dirty nappy 90%…

Since recovering from illness my son of almost 7 mths continues to wake at 6am My son is nearly 7 months and is a very CLB except for a recent problem with early morning waking. He was sleeping 7-7 (when I would have to wake him) from 5 months old. He then developed a nasty tummy bug at 6 months with vomiting and diarrhea and lost 800gr in one week due to only taking water for 3 days (no milk or solids on advice from GP). He is now back to his pre-sickness weight. During his sickness he was waking during the night and early in the morning due to…

My son of 6.5mths has always struggled with daytime sleep. This now is beginning to affect how he sleeps at night My son of 6.5mths has always struggled with 45 minute naps. He used to take four 45 minute naps at three months old. At four months old he learned to settle himself back to sleep and would do two 45 minute naps and one nap of 90 minutes. As he got to six months he started being able to stay awake for longer without becoming overtired but, rather than dropping the third nap, he reverted to three 45 minute naps. He seems very grumpy and overtired on this and…

My 7-month son, who weighs 8.5kgs, sleeps in his cot for all his naps. But sometimes he refuses to settle for his lunchtime nap unless given a dummy, and I always have to give him a dummy for the late afternoon nap.   I am unable to drop this nap as he gets very tired by then, due to him still waking at 5am for a feed. My 7-month son, who weighs 8.5kgs, sleeps in his cot for all his naps. But sometimes he refuses to settle for his lunchtime nap unless given a dummy, and I always have to give him a dummy for the late afternoon nap.   I am…

Despite everything I do, Luke of 6 mths still wakes early My son, Luke, is 6 months old and is my first baby. He weighed 7lbs 4oz at birth and now weighs 17lbs. At present, he gains approx 4/5 ozs per week. I have been following your CLB routines from birth with varying success. My problem is that although Luke settles very well at 7/7.30pm, he wakes at between 6/6.30 every morning, which is too early!! I weaned him at 5 and a half months and so far he’s followed your weaning routines although I started him on the 4 month weaning programme rather than straight in at 5 and…

Morning waking is getting earlier for my 5 month old My daughter is 5 months old, was 6lb 12oz at birth and is now 6.5 kg. In the last month she only gained 300g, but grew 2.5cm and is certainly chubby enough! I started weaning her 10 days ago (just before she reached 5 months) and I have just started weaning her onto formula at the 11am feed. She has 4 breast feeds per day (she dropped the 10pm at 4 months) and is following your weaning plan (1 cube of apple today for lunch, and will have 3 tsp of baby rice for tea). I am currently feeding from…

5-month-old Finn’s day is starting too early Finn wakes between 5 and 5.30am, cries and will not settle back to sleep. He has 8oz of formula milk but still remains grumpy from tiredness. He cries and will not settle on his own after this feed unless rocked back to sleep. But he is able to settle himself at night – he is put down awake and goes to sleep within minutes. Once he is back to sleep in the morning, he wakes between 6.20am and 7.30am in a good mood. We manage to keep him awak until 9am but he starts getting grumpy at about 8.30am. It is becoming increasingly…