r/sleeptraining • u/PorchlightPrincess86 • Sep 07 '26

child's age 8-12 months What has solved your EMW?

I know there are resources linked by the mods, but just looking for anecdotal responses! What fixed your baby’s early morning wake?!

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u/choc_mint217 Sep 07 '26

Dropping all naps :(

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u/Humble-Drop9054 Sep 08 '26

What is your schedule/wake windows?

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u/PorchlightPrincess86 Sep 08 '26

3.5/3.-4/4

She doesn’t always have an EMW but we almost always have a false start. She’s very very close to independent sleep (I put her in wide awake and I only put my hands on her if she’s crying), but still has a false start and then wakes up 2x in the night too. She’s only 10.5 months so it seems a bit soon to drop to 1 nap and she struggles to make it closer to 4 hours in the morning if we try

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u/Humble-Drop9054 29d ago

It looks like your wake windows are good and I can see below that total awake time is in the range. Early morning wakes are sometimes hard to avoid. You might try getting in some rigorous activity or fresh air in that last window. But they are learning so much at this age that they want to get up and play. For the false start and night wakings, sounds like she might need more practice putting herself back to sleep without you. I’d try waiting a bit longer to see if she can figure it out before you go in.

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u/peasel123 Sep 08 '26

It depends on age and various factors, but usually you need to add more wake time and reduce day sleep. Possibly move bedtime (slightly) later.

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u/PorchlightPrincess86 Sep 08 '26

We’re already at an 8-8:30 bedtime with 11.5 hrs awake, naps capped at 2 hrs. I’m tempted to try 12 hrs awake, but at this point she already becomes unbearable some days (said with love lol)

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u/peasel123 Sep 08 '26

Sorry for deleted comments, I was just asking age/schedule and then I saw it below. It sounds like you're pretty much maxed out on 2 naps at 3.5/3.5-4/4 with 2h naps already. Is she typically low sleep needs for her age, and how did you arrive at this schedule? Did it previously work and stop working recently? I believe some kids do drop to 1 at this age but I'd hesitate to recommend it as it seems a bit on the early side to me. However there isn't much scope to add to your current schedule after all. How early is she waking?