11/10/2021
Repost from .ashley
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How's everyone holding up this week? 🥱
Funny story. I was lamenting to my family in our group text thread, and my college-aged brother asked, "and why do we hate an extra hour of sleep?"
I couldn't decide if I wanted to laugh or cry as I thought of my 6am start to the day. Aaaaahhh, the ignorant bliss of the child-free life.
If you're on the struggle bus this week, know that you're in good company. I'm an infant and child sleep coach so believe me, we prepped for this weekend. Had a beautiful wakeup that was moving later and later leading up to sunday. But my daughter still decided to wake up at her usual, now one hour earlier, time. Cue the mommy tears 😭 (I am not a morning person, btw.)
A few tips for you to survive and adjust this week:
📺 Do your best to avoid the electronics until your ideal wakeup time. That light exposure and stimulation is going to reinforce your new, unfortunate early rising.
🍳 Breakfast normally at 8? Try to keep it as close to 8 as you can. In the same way that early light and stimulation will reinforce that early rising, so will food.
🙅🏻♀️ Don't move bedtime up too early. We can only sleep so much in a 24 hour period, so an extra early bedtime often results in an early rising because that's all the sleep your little one needs.
❤️ Be patient. With yourself. With your child. It's a messy week. We've had extra meltdowns all around this week because everyone is tired. If you stay consistent, your child will adjust to a more reasonable time in the next few days.
I help families get to the root of early risings all the time. If things don't settle, don't suffer those 5am wakeups. Reach out! I'd love to help.
