6.00am wake up on tizze hall rountine?

[amymay]

hi guys,

i have my 9.5 month son on tizzie halls routine for his age and its going great, but he wakes at 6.00 ech morning, i leave him go and he talks and moan until i get him up at 7am. after reading her book a millio times over she suggest to put him down at 6.30 not 7pm, i tried this last night but still the same thing up at 6am. does it take a few days for him to master? any ideas.

has anyone been in touch with tizzie, if so how?

[WeThree]

I dont know who Tizzie Hall is, so cant help sorry, but does it matter if he wakes up at 6 or 7? If he is sleeping well for you, why try to push it? Sounds like you are pretty lucky as it is atm. :)

[Oscar's mum]

IMO every baby is different if your baby dosn't follow Tizzie's routine don't push it, 6am wake up is good anyway.;)

[ChubbaBubba]

Hi Amy
My 3 month old son has been on Tizzie's routine since he was 4 weeks old and has slept through the night ever since then. I think her routines are just brilliant!!

This last week he has been waking up at about 4.30am and cries until he gets a nappy change. Tizzie tends to say if they wake up early it could be because they are cold, but I dont think this is the case with my little man because he sleeps in a gro-bag and is always warm to touch. I am considering emailing Tizzie to get some advise, you might want to consider doing the same thing.

To send her a question you have to be a member, and it costs $8 per question. If you bought the routine from the save our sleep website then you would already be a member, but if you didn't then I think you have to first buy membership. I think its around $40 a year. Double check on her website though, its www.saveoursleep.com

I got a lot of negative comments :ecomcity: when I put my boy on a routine so young, especially since it is quite strict with the feeding and sleep times, but I found it saved my sanity because I know exactly what we are doing and when.

Good luck, let me know how you go! :fingerscrossed:

[amymay]

hi chubbabubba,

thanks for your reply, i am not a member but will look into that thank you. i sleep my son in a grobag ad have done since about 6 months as he is a climber in the cot and woulnt stay under covers. i swear bythema nd wish i had found them earlier. i started my son on the routine about 3 weeks ago, he was pretty good at self settling at night but i had to masters the days and polish the nights up. it has worked really quick and i am loving her advise, not everyone does. works for us!!!

cheers,

[~Emmylou~]

Not familiar with this routine either, but if baby is going to bed at 7, then 6 is about right for him to wake up.
My DD has been going to bed at 7 since she was a couple of months old and usually sleeps until 6, sometimes 6.30 never later than that.
I'm fine with the early mornings in exchange for a solid nights sleep. It's also nice to have her in bed early so DH and I have time together.
It's all a matter of trade offs :D

[Goosie22]

does it matter if he wakes up at 6 or 7? If he is sleeping well for you, why try to push it? Sounds like you are pretty lucky as it is atm. :)
I have to agree 6 is better than 5 or 4.

[mamachops]

I've read her routines, and would love to give them a try, but I think I'd be unable to do the routine (no way I can get up at 7am especially if DD hasn't woken).

I have to agree with other pp's that if 6am is OK with you then fine. If not, then let Tizzie have your 8bucks and see what she has to say on the subject!

[giggles]

Go with 6! A great time. We are 4.30-5.30 wakers here and THAT is painful.

Sounds like your bub is having all the sleep needed.

[Sonja]

I too am on a Tizzie routine and my little girl wakes around 6.15 and also 2 am!! So if she has any answers let me know. I think her routines are pretty good as they are very much common sense (my mother looked at it and said that's what she would do anyway - I guess when you live away from family someone has to give you pointers if it doesn't come naturally).

Babies wake for many different reasons - maybe I'm cynical but I fail to see how anyone can guarantee that your baby will sleep through simply because you follow a routine. I'm sure a lot of babies do but until Lucy reads Save Our Sleep I'm having trouble convincing her at 2 am that she actually shouldn't be awake... :)

[Goosie22]

maybe I'm cynical but I fail to see how anyone can guarantee that your baby will sleep through simply because you follow a routine. I'm sure a lot of babies do but until Lucy reads Save Our Sleep I'm having trouble convincing her at 2 am that she actually shouldn't be awake... :)

I would say your onto something;) being cynical isnt all bad.

[Spewiesmum]

My DS is almost 8 months and we've been using Tizzie since he was seven weeks. It took a long time for him to sleep 7-7. He'd still wake during the night but at around six months he stopped doing this. Unfortunately now that I am back at work he has to get up earlier three days a week. If he wakes prior to seven on days I'm not working, I leave him to chatter in his cot. Very rarely he'll make a scene so I will get him up, but I don't officially start his day till 7:00 (bottle isn't any earlier). I think perserverance is the key. I nearly cried the night he weaned himself off his dreamfeed - I never thought I'd make it to bed before 11pm again!

Perhaps follow her advice by not making eye contact, resettling them etc. I used to do this and if it took him 40 mins to settle and I woke him after 20 mins sleep I did it. It may sound horrible, but it worked.

Keep going :thumbsup:

[WeThree]

mmm, what ever happened to good old mothers instinct? I hav ealways followed a bit of a routine with my bubs, I find it gives them and me a good night sleep, but I follow their lead and my own instinct, sometimes they wake at 4 because they have had a bad dream and need a cuddle and some eye contact, or they wake at 2 because their nappy is quite wet and they are uncomfortable and would like it changed, or they are thirsty and want a drink. Follow a routine by all means, but also follow your heart. :)

[Sonja]

I couldn't agree more with coopsntilly. I'm convinced Lucy's night waking is genuine and she needs us (or more often me). I'm afraid though that when you're so tired it hurts mother's instinct sometimes fails us.

[BiLL|z0r]

I also agree with coopsntilly. Sometimes they just need their mummy/daddy (usually mummy though). Wy wets the bed often with so much wee in his nappy it overflows so that's what wakes him up often and can be a bit of a fight to get him back to sleep since he's starting to wake up by the time you've changed him and sometimes his cot sheets as well.

As far as sleeping till 6. I assume your child is sleeping through and if so, WANNA SWAP. Wy also goes to bed at 7pm and we get a sleep through till 6am I think it's a miracle. If you think 6am is too early then what time do you go to bed? Maybe it's not a case of getting your child to sleep longer (11hrs straight is plenty) but you going to bed earlier. We go to bed at 8:30/9pm only because we don't know what type of night we're going to get so we get as much sleep as possible. Neither of us function without at least 8hrs sleep (prefer 9-10hrs though).

[Mahjong]

:thumbsup: Coopsntilly. Children have emotions and sometimes just need the warmth and closeness of their parents (usually Wy just wants me LOL!)

If Bubby is sleeping through the night from 6-7pm, then 6am wake up is pretty much what you are going to get sorry. 11-12hrs straight for a child is sufficent enough. 6am is a sleep in for us here!

You're very lucky :) Wy sometimes wakes as early as 4.30. He used to at your child's age and then wouldn't have a proper day sleep :thumbsdown: Very long day.

Go with the flow, otherwise he'll really chuck a spanner in the works and not sleep at all. He will see a stressed mummy and play on that, trust me, even at that age, they pick up on it VERY quickly. All the hard work you have done so far will go out the window. :thumbsdown:

[Avajaynes Mum]

Hi AmyMay

My daughter is on tizzie's routine we started on the 9-12 mth routine however we tweeked it a bit Ava goes to bed at 7.30-8.00 so she can spend more time with her dad. Ava was waking at 6.00 but after a few days of not getting her up she sleept till 7.30, now at 14 mths she sleeps till 8.00 We really more did the sleeping tecnique than the routine we just wanted her to sleep through the night the rest we suited to our needs. If you got the routine on her web site then you are a member and you can ask as many questions as you like for free. Fell free to ask me anything as Ive got heeps of her articles.

[mumofgrace]

I would love to know what the sleep routine you are using is. I have used Tizzy's technique for getting catnaps to turn into big sleeps - not that daytime sleeps are really our problem - it is the sleeping through the night. Last night was our first without the dummy. All good until 2am and then tears and generally grumpiness unitl 3.30am when I caved and gave her a bottle. Another half hour of tears and then finally she crashed. I got her up at 7am as Tizzy suggests and she was obviously still tired. By 8.30 am she went back to bed and now at 10am she is still sleeping. Would love to know what the sleep routine is (and how to get rid of dummies - do I just continue with going cold turkey?)