That’s a great description of wake ups over here. The new development now is instead of the wordless “waaaahhhh”, it’s “maaaaaamaaaaaa”.
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Pumpkin gets a bit grumpy at tummy time, but when I flip her out of it she becomes inconsolable, even if I pick her up for a cuddle. I normally end up offering boob several times until she finally latches and calms down. Any ideas on what’s happening and how to help her transition out of tummy time better?
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We really like our Hatch Rest for this because it’s controlled by a phone in addition to a timer so you can change the color whenever you want, instead of having it only by the clock. I think that makes it easier to train them to respect it because in the beginning you can change it as soon as they get restless. Ymmv of course.
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I can offer the kind of parenting advice that my mum gives and I respond to? Helps on cats too
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We have a little talk at a non tummy time about the process feeling, possible memory and that we’ll keep doing it
And then before picking up we talk it through, and that the feeling is still okay to have but that mummy will be here for comfort. And about how we get more independence and choices as we get bigger. Then we do the thing while reassuring
Then we still comfort any sads including with the boob
Not sure if it’s helpful, but now you know what being my cat or kid is like. Cat doesn’t get the boob though
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I will try it. Can’t hurt!
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Could the earlier sunrise have anything to do with it? We out up blackout curtains which has helped keep morning wakeup times between 6:30-7am…they were creeping earlier in our house as well.
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We do blackout curtains over blackout blinds! 
(Can you tell I’ve spent a lot of money figuring out sleep?)
Last night Baby went from 8:15 to 5:50 AM. Progress? I think I do want to scoot bedtime to 8 at the latest.
I asked our pediatrician (who I like a lot) about it today during our scheduled checkup, and he told me charming stories about looking through pictures of him and his kids when they were toddlers and noticing that the time stamps are often 4-5 AM. 
Needless to say, he was not concerned since Baby does get at least 8-9 straight hours at night.
A friend of mine was sharing that her toddler sleeps from midnight to 9-10 am. I guess I prefer my situation because that schedule would work less well for me.
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Chiming in to just agree that for my kid at least, the earlier the bedtime the later the wake up. It seems counterintuitive but it’s been proven out for her over 2 years now. She goes down at 7ish and typically gets up at 7:30/8. As a caveat, we haven’t done any night potty training (or much of any potty training all), so I’m sure that when we do that the sleep schedule will change.
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Ha! You are ahead of me, so far we only have the curtains.
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Mine has inherited dada’s preference to stay up till midnight or later, and my preference to wake with the sun. Charming it is not
I hope earlier works for you
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Let’s swap children for a week. Although maybe not this week, mine would probably undo any progress you make with packing and then some.
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Are you offering me a child who sleeps in exchange for one that only gives me a three hour stretch 3 days a week?
Thank you I love you.
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What do you mean by “flipping” her back? I’ve seen recommendations to help kids roll out of it (and in to it) more similarly to how they will when they can do it themselves (maybe on candokiddo or miles and milestones?) and maybe that would help?
Just speculating here as my kid was always happy for the rescue.
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Yeah rolling her out, or picking her up - she hates it. I think I’m going to talk her through it and only do it for very short times. When I do it for longer she seems fine until she’s suddenly a stressed mess.
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Maybe more frequent but shorter tummy times, so Pumpkin gets to practice the transitions more often? Baby Spore also preferred tummy time on our bed (vs floor) since there’s more to watch at eye level.
With our baby, tummy time tended to shorten his fuse. If he was en route to being hungry or bored or nappy, he’d get there a lot faster on his tummy. Around month 4, he gained the strength to push up with his arms and hang out for a long time, and now he seems to enjoy it.
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How do I transition my child to a toddler bed without him killing himself/wandering around all night long until collapsing somewhere random while I asleep?
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Baby proof and let him collapse places? 
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How do I babyproof the humidifier, lamp, and night light? Serious question, I’m feeling very dumb about this
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I have similar questions about how to transition. Bella is trying to climb out of her crib and I’m afraid she’s going to do it sooner rather than later and hurt herself. Everything online says absolutely don’t transition before 2 years old though and she’s only 19 months. Luckily we have all of those things on top of a tall dresser bolted to the wall and the cords run behind the dresser.
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What is the furniture currently in the room? Can you remove everything besides his mattress, and put a shelf he can’t reach on the wall to keep things that need to stay in the room?
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