Sleep Little One

Is bedtime feeling hard with your little person?

Perhaps they don’t have enough sleep pressure on board and aren’t quite ready for bed yet!!!

If they haven’t been awake for long enough you will see increased crying, arching of back, and bedtime refusal. As they are trying to tell you they simply aren’t ready for bed!!

Try keeping them up an extra 10-15mins every few days until you find that sweet spot for them where bedtime does feel calm!

If you are feeling confused with figuring out when your little one actually needs to go to bed then reach out!!

Kirst xx 😘

Daylight savings is ending next weekend sadly in Adelaide over the Easter weekend. 😩

I personally hate winter, it’s fun wearing trackies and a hoodie at home for a few days then I’m done!!

So the clocks are moving back an hour on Sunday 5th April. When it is 3am clocks will go back to 2am!

I have got you covered…

🌈If you are a plan person then please follow the plan in this post. Starting next week!!

❤️ If you are a go with the flow person, then know your little one will wake earlier for a few days to a week. ❤️❤️
This is normal.

🌞How you approach that early morning wake will depend if it continues or not!! If you go in and get them up at 5am when they wake which is their normal 6am wake then this will reinforce this wake.

My suggestion… stay in there for as long as possible to let them know it is sleep time still. Knowing they will take a few days to go back to sleep!!

Try not to stress too much about all of these changes. They will adjust eventually👌

If you follow the plan then your little one will be ready for the clocks to go back!!!

Save this post so you can be prepared for next week!! Follow along for more sleep tips with Kirsty .littleone 😘 xx

Being your little one’s safe place is the most special feeling.

You are doing such a good job ❤️❤️

It’s never too late to change your little one’s sleep habits.

This family was not enjoying bedtime at all. It was stressful for all involved. 😣

Bedtime does not need to be like that with your little one.

This family just needed the guidance and a plan on how to change this and they did so well in implementing these changes!! 👏
Seeing such positive results quite quickly with setting some boundaries and using the tools we chatted about.

This could be you!! 🥰

I can’t change the way my little one falls asleep at night because I have other children in the house. I hear this a lot…

And look as a mum of 3 I totally get this. I was always worried about waking my other children if the baby at the time cried overnight..

But, it’s just an excuse really. One you probably keep telling yourself to make it feel better.

There is no reason to not improve your little one’s sleep because of this.

Many ways you can navigate this is:

⭐️get your partner on board to do the resettle for other little person/ people in house while you are working on your little one’s sleep. Or let your older one have a sleep over in bed with dad/ partner so they can resettle straight away. They’ll think it’s so fun!!

✨If there is no partner on the scene then rope in a family member for 2 nights or a friend to help!

🌟 If you have older children explain to them what you are doing and how this will benefit them.

❤️ Send your other children for a fun sleepover somewhere for one night.

✨ Just roll with it and deal with wake-up’s from other child IF they happen. You’ll be surprised they might sleep through it.

😴Your kids will always wake each other up or keep each other up at some point or another and that is just the normal.

If you find yourself using this excuse multiple times then I’d say you aren’t ready to change or improve your little ones sleep and that Is okay too!!

You’ll know when it’s the right time as this won’t feel like a problem anymore. ❤️

Motherhood is exhausting yes!!

❤️ It is one of the hardest jobs you’ll ever do. ❤️

But running on empty because your little ones aren’t sleeping becomes exhausting and does eventually affect your mental health.

Call upon your friends or family for help and utilise your village if you are that exhausted. 😴

Improving your little one’s sleep is something you can do to help this exhaustion and is in your control when they are old enough.

Reaching out for help isn’t a sign of weakness! It’s a sign that you are ready to make changes and you are simply looking for some guidance.

Motherhood will still feel challenging when your little one sleeps well but it will make it feel easier when you’re not running just on fumes!!

You are doing a great job mumma.

Xoxo

One simple thing you do each day can change your little one’s whole day of sleep!

Try waking them up at the same time each day for this week and observe what happens. Pick a time that suits you and that’s realistic of course and set an alarm.

✨ You should notice it’s easier to get them to sleep for each nap.

✨ the length of the naps may change

✨ You’ll have predictability to your day, which actually gives you more flexibility.

These are just a few of the changes you’ll see just from waking your little one at the same time each morning.

Give it a go! ❤️

What time does your little one wake in the morning?

Are you reaching for your second morning coffee by 6am already as you’ve been up for hours already? ☕️

Early morning wakes are a pain in the butt as it throws your whole day and it’s far too early for anyone. It’s not sustainable for you or your little one and I do suggest you do something about it.

I have listed the reasons of why your little one is waking early above in the post.

There is always a reason that your little one has started waking early. ❤️

Have a look and start eliminating things to improve these early morning wakes!

How you approach these wakes is so important!! 👌

If you grab your little one out their cot or bed at this early morning wake each morning then it will continue as you are reinforcing this wake.
It will never stop! 🛑

✨Work out a plan of how you are going to assist them back to sleep instead and be consistent as your mornings shouldn’t be starting before 6am.

Remember wakes from 6am onwards is actually a very normal wake time for little ones!

😴If this is the only thing you are struggling with then my 30min chat might be perfect as we can dig deeper into why they are waking and work out a plan on how to fix these early morning wakes so you aren’t so tired by 12pm each day.





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