430am Wake Up

[daycare]

I have a dck who just turned 2 who has transistorized to a big boy bed.

since the transition, the child is waking up every day at 430am. The parents decided their way to remedy this was to install a TV in the kids room...ugh. First time parent mistake.

I have suggest an earlier bed time, but the child is going to bed at 8pm, they said the child is taking a bit of time to fall asleep, even going to bed at 8pm.

I also suggested that the child eat more before going to bed, they may be waking up hungry. The parents did say that meal times are difficult and they agreed that the child may be waking up hungry.

We only offer one nap here from 1 to 3, the child is here most days at 8am and is already to go back to sleep. I hve NO where to nap a child outside of nap time hours. SO I have to keep the kid up.

The child is becoming a hazard to himself and everyone else. At outside play he must have fallen over a 100 times,knocked another kid down with him and at lunch time he fell asleep at the table and fell out of his chair hitting his head on another kids head and chair on his way down.

What else can these parents do to stop the 430am wake up?

[Heidi]

March his little behind back to bed, tell him it's still night time, and walk out. After the first time, no words...just march him back, tuck him in, and walk away. Alternate nights until he gets it, take the friggin t.v. out, and DON"T CAVE.

I know...I'm living in a fantasy land.

[daycare]

March his little behind back to bed, tell him it's still night time, and walk out. After the first time, no words...just march him back, tuck him in, and walk away. Alternate nights until he gets it, take the friggin t.v. out, and DON"T CAVE.

I know...I'm living in a fantasy land.

I have suggested this and told them that they can battle it for a week or two and nip it or they can let him stay up and let this go on for months or years...

[Unregistered]

My little girl started doing the same thing, but at around 5 am. She would always go back to bed, but we also have a little music box with a timer and I just tell her it is not time to get up yet, but whent he music goes off, you can get up. I set the music for an hour and she always falls back asleep. They sell them at Target and they also have a light show on it, but I don't turn on the light show when she wakes int he morning, because I like to keep i as dark as possible.

[Heidi]

My little girl started doing the same thing, but at around 5 am. She would always go back to bed, but we also have a little music box with a timer and I just tell her it is not time to get up yet, but whent he music goes off, you can get up. I set the music for an hour and she always falls back asleep. They sell them at Target and they also have a light show on it, but I don't turn on the light show when she wakes int he morning, because I like to keep i as dark as possible.

great idea!

[AuntTami]

I've seen clocks for kids that are a "moon" until it's time to wake up and then it turns to a bright sun. You set the "alarm" but it doesn't ring like an alarm. You let the kiddo know when it's a moon, it's bed time. When it's a sun you can get up.

And I agree. NO TV! Talk about making it worse.

[Play Care]

March his little behind back to bed, tell him it's still night time, and walk out. After the first time, no words...just march him back, tuck him in, and walk away. Alternate nights until he gets it, take the friggin t.v. out, and DON"T CAVE.

I know...I'm living in a fantasy land.

This.

I may get flamed here, but when my kids were that little and I was worried about house wandering in the middle of the night, we used child proof knobs on their doors so they couldn't leave their rooms.

1. They were not potty trained or anywhere near.
2. If there were an emergency we would have to get them out anyway at that age. Better to know *exactly* where they were instead of having to do a whole house search and not being able to find them
3. We taught our kids to call for us if they needed anything and we always responded immediately. We also used monitors.
4. Once they got a little older and were capable of understanding about staying in bed/bedroom, the knobs came off. Well before pottying became an issue.
5. As a child we heard about kids getting out and being injured (frostbite) and dying of exposure while parents were sleeping.

In our case it was probably overkill as our kids have always been great sleepers who mostly stayed in bed. But it gave me peace of mind.

[Heidi]

This.

I may get flamed here, but when my kids were that little and I was worried about house wandering in the middle of the night, we used child proof knobs on their doors so they couldn't leave their rooms.

1. They were not potty trained or anywhere near.
2. If there were an emergency we would have to get them out anyway at that age. Better to know *exactly* where they were instead of having to do a whole house search and not being able to find them
3. We taught our kids to call for us if they needed anything and we always responded immediately. We also used monitors.
4. Once they got a little older and were capable of understanding about staying in bed/bedroom, the knobs came off. Well before pottying became an issue.
5. As a child we heard about kids getting out and being injured (frostbite) and dying of exposure while parents were sleeping.

In our case it was probably overkill as our kids have always been great sleepers who mostly stayed in bed. But it gave me peace of mind.

I'm certainly not going to flame you. In fact, I'd stand right next to you and take half the fire.