EARLY RISING I believe that all babies are capable of sleeping in to 7 am, and there is no such thing as an ‘early riser’. If you are finding that your baby settles and sleeps well at 7 pm only to wake up at 5 am every morning ready to start the day, take a look at some of the common causes I have found for early rising. The bedtime ritual If the last milk feed or story is too close to bedtime your baby could be using this as a sleep aid and be going to bed already sleepy. Then, when your baby wakes at 5 am, she is looking for the same aid to help her back to sleep. Often just changing the
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