In the last few days...finally my DS2 (turned he'll be 13 months next week) has started to sleep right through (has never really done this...not 2 days in a row...so I've probably jinxed it now )...but only til 5-5.30am - where he'll wake up crying...so I'll give him a little bf and he'll go back til 7am'ish. I remember DS1 did this too..around a similar age...it went through phases actually cause I remember it happening a few times. I do however remember it being better in winter...as it was darker outside and therefore he slept longer....but not always . He ended up going into a big boys bed by that following summer (18months - cause his brother was on the way)...so when the sun came up...so did he - but with access to all his 'quiet' toys was able to amuse himself so I could slowly wake up. I have couple of toys and a book in DS2's cot now and I also had done the same with DS1 - sometimes they play with them...sometimes they don't....to me its worth a try.
I think its just phases they go through...sorry...but at least you know you are not alone...and it won't always be like this (I hope for oursake too ).
I have no answers either sorry. But I think a LOT of kids wake up at that time. I think it's just what they do unfortunately so I've just given up trying to change it and adjusted myself instead and go to bed earlier.
We (THANKFULLY!) have a little girl who loves a lie in BUT if she does wake early, she gets a quick nappy change and her morning bottle then goes straight back to bed. No fuss, no playing - bum, bottle, bed.
Our DD is almost 18 months and we've done this for several months now when she chooses to rise early and it works a treat. She's only on two bottles a day so it means that she doesn't get her other bottle until bedtime that night but it doesn't bother her at all.
Our 2yr old DD would wake up at 530am for months and it was really tiring as sometimes her bed time was a bit late-ish also..... and I don't always go to bed early enough! BUT we rode it out, like all things in parenting "this too shall pass" and now she sleeps until at least 645am/7am sometimes 730am!!!! We did nothing to change her.....
Ah well looks like Im going to be stuck with 2 early risers. Thanks to all for your replies and support. Ive been sleeping in their room to listen to the activity, and it certainly does appear that the toddler moves about a lot at that time, but I wouldn't call it noisy, but I suspect its enough to wake the baby. That said, I think you are all right, and that he just naturally wakes at that hour. The toddler used to sleep in, now he's an early riser at 5:30. I wouldn't mind so much that they both get up at 5:30, I just thought that a 5am start is a bit much for the little one, especially that he's getting down to one sleep, and he copes with that - as long as he gets to sleep in until about 6:30, which the bottle will do for him. Ho hum.
)...but only til 5-5.30am
- where he'll wake up crying...so I'll give him a little bf and he'll go back til 7am'ish. I remember DS1 did this too..around a similar age...it went through phases actually cause I remember it happening a few times. I do however remember it being better in winter...as it was darker outside and therefore he slept longer....but not always
. He ended up going into a big boys bed by that following summer (18months - cause his brother was on the way)...so when the sun came up...so did he - but with access to all his 'quiet' toys was able to amuse himself so I could slowly wake up. I have couple of toys and a book in DS2's cot now and I also had done the same with DS1 - sometimes they play with them...sometimes they don't....to me its worth a try.
sorry...but at least you know you are not alone...and it won't always be like this (I hope
for oursake too
).
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