I posted about my 27 month old daughters early waking and got very little response. She started waking up at 5:45 a few weeks ago. She used to wake up between 6:45 and 7:15. The problem is that when she gets up she is really crabby all morning but if she wakes up that early nothing we do can get her back to sleep.
I started trying Wake to Sleep but have not been consistent since both my husband and I have to work in the morning and I have trouble falling back to sleep after I wake her at 4:45. One day we did it she woke up at 6:15 (1/2 hour later than her early waking pattern) and another day she woke up at 5:45 still.
Last night I woke her up at 4:45 doing the Wake to Sleep method and she woke up for the morning! It was such a nightmare. She was screaming and yelling for us to get her out and saying she was awake for the day. I feel sorry for her because I know it's not her fault - I can tell she's not trying to be rebellious, she just actually is totally wide awake.
Please help!
Monica
normal easy routine:
breakfast at 8, lunch at noon, nap 1:30-3:30, bedtime at 8