Hi/Hola Everyone! My 9 Month Old Baby Wakes up Everyday at 6 or 6.30....

It is so important for you to get the sleep you need to be a good wife and mother. You have to start your day the way you want and at the time you want. It is your life that baby has joined. you are his first teacher and you are the absolute bar none expert on how your house should be run. With that feeling of confidence approach all these problems just as you would if you were hosting guests in your home. Make sure he has had enough to eat during the day, enough exercise to help him grow strong. Set aside an hour or so before bed with relaxing stories and bath and music so he is eased into bed and not dropped from a busy world. Don't go to him immediately when he wakes up, allow him to amuse himself with the mobile or the mirror or whatever you can safely put within his sight while in the crib. A clock radio that can be set to give him some music may keep him happy even if he is awake. At first you may only get 10 minutes but you can ease that into a half hour in a week, I bet. If it still doesn't work, try waking him just before you go to bed and giving him some milk to hold him over. Most importantly get your sleep. the most important gift you can give your child is a happy mom and dad in a peaceful home.

The time will be changing in a few weeks. It will be lighter longer at night and darker in the morning. That may help. I wouldn't go overboard making changes now until after the time changes, and see what happens naturally. Good Luck!

I have the same problem, except it is 5:38am everyday. I've tried keeping her up later, waking her before I go to bed to give her a bottle, but nothing changes it. She still wakes up at the same time.

It used to be 4:30, but I just let her cry for a few minutes one night and she went back to sleep on her own. So that is what I am doing when she wakes up before 5:30. I can't complain, she does down around 6:30pm, so she sleeps like 11-12 hours!! At 8 months I think that is awesome! My son still woke up a couple times a night at 1 year old!!!! I was exhausted.

Like someone said already the time will be changing soon, hopefuly that will help. Another thing I do, and "sometimes" it works, is as soon as she wakes up I go in and try to reposition her and give her her blanket and she goes back to sleep, but that is rare.

Good luck!

My 22 month old wakes at 6 everyday. He started doing this as soon as he got a pretty regular schedule, around 6 months old. He goes to bed at 8pm, like clockwork, and then sleeps until 6. While we would like him to sleep until 6:45 or 7 on the weekdays so we could get ready before getting him ready, it works okay. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand sleeping in on Saturday or Sunday. So after trying everything you've already heard, we decided to accept it for now. We try to get to bed by 10:30pm so that we are awake enough to be pleasant with our morning baby. The fact that he greets us with "a morning mama, a morning daddy" helps a lot:) Everything I've read has said that at this age, early waking is normal and that we will be sorry when he is older and we can't get him up to go to school.

Good luck! Christy

This may just be your child's waking time. A few things you can try to extend his sleeping time is 1) to make sure the room is very dark (any light coming in will cue him it's time to wake up) with blackout shades and 2)try putting him to bed a little earlier. Believe it or not usually putting a child to bed earlier means they will sleep longer (theory: sleep begets sleep).
If these don't work, you are probably stuck with that wake time. What we did with my daughter when she started waking early, we would put a constant rotation of books (the soft ones or the small hard board books) and safe toys (like soft blocks or a baby-safe mirror attached to the side of the crib) in her crib after she went to sleep. She would wake up in the morning and entertain herself with the "treasures" for a good 20-30 minutes before getting bored and calling for us.

Hope these suggestions help.