Smith was up at 5am this morning. Granted, better than 1 and 3 and 4:30 and 4:49 but it's still too damn early to join the vertical and functioning.
The big boy bed, by all accounts, is working out gloriously. He's sleeping though the night and not really wearing this captain drama toddler hat anymore. Thank God.
I could do without this 5am hit though. I know assholes... Beggars cant be choosers so I should just shut my fat lip. But because it wouldn't be FNS if I didn't bitch about something I kinda think 5am is a ridiculous wake up time.
I've seen the $2,478 dollar special alarm clocks to help teach toddlers a semi reasonable time to get up instead of demanding Finding Nemo when I'm still scraping the boogies from my eyes. But you know me and cheap. Any recommendations?
Thanks lovahs.
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so he likes finding nemo?! i knew it! yes that's what i took from this post.
I have no words of wisdom. My three year old gets up anywhere from four to six in the morning by shreiking "MOMMY AND DADDY, I'm AWAAAAKKKKEEE" and then I die a little inside. If you figure out the secret to convincing a three year old that seven a.m. is early enough, share that information, please!
I saw the stop light alarm clock on woot a few weeks ago for cheap. Like maybe $10? It's red when they have to stay in their room and yellow/green when they can come out. Sounds perfect to me. If it works:)
I saw the toddler alarm clock on woot a few weeks ago for cheap. Maybe $10?? The stop light kind. It's red when they have to stay in bed and yellow/green when they can come out. Don't know how well it works??:)
we use this. works like a charm. sun for wake, moon for sleep. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/cacd/. there is a code for a discount if you sing up for their email list. then just unsubscribe.
I've been thinking about just using one of those timers like we put on our Christmas tree lights , but haven't tried it yet.
My 3 year old gets up at 5:30 every moring!!! When I asked her pedi what the eff is wrong with her she said that is a perfectly normal wake up time for toddlers. I make her stay in her room and play quietly for an hour. It may be perfectly normal for toddlers, but I am NOT ok with waking up at 5:30.
My 4 year old has gotten used to "sleeping in" and now wakes me up between 7 and 7:30 am. She likes to come into my room and ask "Mommie, can we wake up now?" Come on? Really? Can we? Doesn't look like we have much of a choice anymore now does it.
Read this several months ago: Easy DIY OK to Wake Timer. Haven't tried it here. When T wakes up at 6:30 he has to play quietly in his bed (or his room...we don't care, but he always stays in his bed) until 7:00 or 7:30 when we come get him. We started this when he was in the crib, so it was easy, and it just carried over to the toddler bed. Unfortunately we took his binky away yesterday, so he wasn't so quiet at 6:30 this morning. I guess we'll work through this too.
5:30 is for the birds.
Later bedtime??? This is the best I could come up with... I need a earlier one on that note.
I still love you ;)
Have you thought about having a tv/dvd in his room so you can put Finding Nemo on in there for him? Also, if you get the really dark thick drapes for his room, and then make sure that the whole entire window is covered, that might make a difference. Other than that, see if your local grocery store sells Melatonin, which you can put in his sippy cup before bed, and keep him up as late as possible :)
Oh man, I'm dreading this stage. Definitely let us know what you find works!
Ok this is so crazy because my friend texted me today about one of those alarm clocks. Let us know if you find one that works!I may try one out so I will let you know. I would try black out curtains as well. Who knows though kids just do what they want. boo.
Check out mybabyzoo.com. They have a monkey clock that opens his eyes and a light goes on for about a minute when it is time to get up. We told our daughter that she couldn't call for mommy and daddy until the monkey opens his eyes. Worked great
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