1. Does she need to eat at 5:30? Why not take her back to bed with you? I let Loki out when I wake up for work at 6:30 but then he sleeps until I feed him before I leave at 7:45. When he was a baby we'd get up several times and go back to sleep. Also, he won't eat unless someone is around. We don't have to sit right there, but if I put food down and then go take a shower, he'll just come sit outside the bathroom door until I come out anyway. Then he'll eat when I go back downstairs.
2. You are doing the right thing by not giving in until she is quiet. She's only 16 weeks old, it does take a while. Soon she will figure out that crying does not get her what she wants. This is the same thing you do with crate training. |