Well Belle my mother never EVER let us get out of bed before 7:30/8:00am even as small babies so we were trained into sleeping until then or even later. So I sort of did the same with Jett, but never really had any sleep issues so it was easy. Lately he's been waking at 6:30/7:00 but that is waaaaaaay to early for me (even though I'll often toss and turn til 7:30 and then get up anyway) so I just change him, give him a sippy of milk and leave him. Most times he goes back to sleep but sometimes he'll cry until he gets cuddles and then he goes back to sleep. If he gets up for the day at 7:30 he'll be ready for a nap at 10:30, if he gets up at 8:30/9:00am he'll be ready for a nap at 12pm or thereabouts. So he's up about 3hrs before the whingy tiredness kicks in. Obviously if we go out he sleeps when we get home but often snoozes in the pram around his normal nap time.

The only upside to ME getting up at the crack of dawn (in AnnaT-world anyway, maybe Nelle world too lol) is that I get to clean uninterupted.