So...my child likes to get up early...and no, I don't mean early like 7:00 AM...try yesterday..5:15 AM! Why? Why does she like to get up early?? I have no idea!! I am open to suggestions on how to get her to sleep later. This would be for my sanity. We have tried black out curtains, we have put her to bed later than her normal bed time and nothing seems to help. But then again this morning she slept till a whopping 6:30!! We couldn't believe it. And we didn't do anything different. So, you moms out there...how do you get your kids to sleep later??
In other news...I have started telling lots of people around here that I am pregnant. The responses are crazy sometimes. Many people have looked at me and said, you want this child? And I, in shock respond, of course I want this child!!! And their response, who is going to take care of this child? Why me and my husband of course! You see, here they only have one child and the grandparents keep them. So, it's completely foreign to them that we would have more than one and 18 months apart at that and the fact that I would stay at home to keep the kids!!! I get crazy questions all the time...but this is amongst the craziest...do you want to this child? oh my goodness, what a gift from Father, of course I want this precious life!! Are we scared at having 2 kids, 18 months apart, living in Asia? Oh yeah we are!! But by His Grace, He will give us the strength when we are weak, because friends, we are weak, very weak.
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OK, this may sound crazy, but I too had somewhat of an early riser. No matter what time she went to bed, 7 pm or midnight, Rachael Anne was wide awake at 6:18 am...on the nose. What eventually worked, and still does, was putting her to bed EARLIER!! She just doesn't like to sleep so she would easily get too, too tired. It really helped ALOT! And in the United States, we are VERY happy you are having another baby!! Mine were 14 months apart. And we got some crazy looks too, but now we are so glad they are close together in age!
Sounds crazy, but have you tried putting her down a little EARLIER for bed time?
What is her nap schedule like? She may be ready to go down to one nap a day, and don't let her sleep longer than 2 hours at one time during the day.
When our kids were Sadie's age, their "magic" bedtime was 6:45. Yep, that's right. We started bedtime stuff around 6:45pm. We've only now moved it later within the last few months. If they got to bed too late, they would wake earlier in the morning.
oh, what a door this butterbean is opening already to share the power we have in Christ. That's neat! As far as sleep, my girls are up before 7:00a.m. all week, so I'm open to suggestions too. What time does she go to bed? I don't have any other suggestions excpet cry it out and that stinks!
girls, i am definitely going to have to try this one!! it very well might work, right now sadie's bedtime is 7pm, i think i am going to back it up until 6:45 and go from there. right now she is taking a 2-2/2 hour nap in the morning and only about an hour in the afternoon. any suggestions on how to switch this on up? the past few days she has slept till 6:15-6:30, so getting better!! jodie, i hope this helps you too!! :)
What time do you put her down for her morning nap? If you could start to nudge it a bit later, you could eventually drop the afternoon nap. I think it was around age 1 that Hannah went down to one nap, going down around noon or so. If she's getting 3.5-4 hours of nap during the day, she just might not need more sleep at night.
It's just finding the right balance of getting enough sleep during the day to still be tired at bedtime, but not overtired.
I'm glad to hear you found something that works now. Mine have always gotten up early - between 6 -7 am, but I just leave the baby in bed to play. He's fine as along as he doesn't see me. (And he goes to bed about 7pm, and takes a short am and afternoon nap.) I'm sure this will change soon, and we will go to just one daytime nap. When my kids got older (moved out of the crib) and would get up early I taught them to sit quietly on the sofa with a book until 7am, while I finished my quiet time. I told them it was their "quiet time." This took a lot of training but it has been worth it. They still do this every morning.
Your kids will enjoy playing together because they are so close in age. Elizabeth and Olivia are 18 months apart. They are a blessing!
hey- we live in the good ole U.S. and people ask us if we know what causes this and did we PLAN these babies so close together? They look at ME like I'm crazy for staying at home "in times like these" (economically) and believe it or not A LOT of g'parents raise their g'kids--while the mommies and daddies work..what else? they're retired and have 'no life' its time for the parents to have a "life"...ahh, so maybe its not that different here! Liveing according to God's Word is ALWAYS counter-cultural!
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