I am at my wits end. Sorry cheeky to post on AINBU.
Please, PLEASE if you can offer some advice or tips!
My 1.5 year old is an early riser. It's always 5 or 5:30 but more recently it's been 4:30..... this has been going on since MAY.
He has quite a rigid routine and up until a week ago napped really well in the day. At the moment (god knows why) he fights naps and will only sleep in the car.
Anyway. Routine is dinner 5:30, bath 6:30, bottle and book and in bed by 7. I can see on the monitor he falls asleep at 7:30. He sleeps through without a peep, then all HELL breaks loose by 5.
He just goes MENTAL! He's howling and screaming.
What I have tried :
An earlier bedtime (6:30)
A later bedtime (7:30)
Offering milk at 5am (stupid)
No naps in day
Longer naps in day
Leaving him to cry it out (he will solidly scream for 45mins plus)
Leaving him to cry but going in intermittently to calm him (went even more mental)
Leaving toys in cot (just throws them)
Room is completely blacked out and he's in a sleeping bag and has dummies.
PLEASE give me your tips. My husband and I end up arguing and it always sets a miserable tone for the rest of the day and I know I am lucky he sleeps through but the waking up hysterical and so early is just making me feel so crap and rubbish and sad.
Thank you amazing mums and dads !!!