To ask for your tips on how to get a toddler to sleep longer in the mornings

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Re posting in a different place as no response on original post. Sorry.

I have a 17 month old DS who is a good sleeper but up until about 3 months ago he was sleeping from 7pm to 7am which worked well for us.
For the last 3ish months he's been waking up earlier and earlier. This morning it was 5.30am and I really don't want it getting any earlier than this, it's starting to take it toll, I'm knackered and the days seem so long.

Have you got any tips on how we can get him to go back to sleeping 7 till 7 again?

I've read up about gro clocks but I think he's too young for this yet.

He has 1 nap in the day at about 11am for between 1 and 2 hours. He used to have his nap in the afternoon but because he is now waking earlier he's needing to nap earlier.

We have black out blinds and curtains in his bedroom so that isn't the problem.

Any advice? I would be really greatful

For me at least obviously everyones different I found it bizarre when my friends would complain about having early risers but when baby wakes up they are taking them downstairs having telly on toys out etc.
That's just gna teach them its wake up time.

It might be hard but I "trained" mine that it wasnt time to get up yet. Which ever way you agree with, going in and out or lengthening the time your away or simply sitting there till they settle as each baby is different or gro clocks. I dont see it as any different as training them to go to sleep in an evening. Mine wake up at 9am since I cam remember although they are in school so times are different now.

If they weren't crying and was just happily playing I would just keep an eye on them with the monitor and 99% of the time they would fall back asleep. If they were crying I would make sure nothing was up nappies thirst etc. Then I would work on getting them back to sleep be it a cuddle and put back down multiple times till they slept or wrapped them up again as mine liked to be wrapped up or just simply lying them back down in bed.

I wouldnt take them downstairs and it can be hard but its worth it. However i appreciate families are different babies are different so do what's best for you.

My 14 month old was always 5am since 7 months and when the FUCKING clocks went back it turned to 4.

It can now be 5.30 but I have to be next to him snoozing, we have a sidecar cot.

I just go to bed at 8/9. I’m 37 and have had years of late nights and party, for me this period is just boring sleep but I love my baby so I don’t care about missing out on evenings - we do have them occasionally and they will come back eventually too

I had to wait for my two to start school before they slept in later than 6am. Nothing made the slightest difference.

I have the solution! Wait until they are teenagers then you’ll be complaining you can’t get them up before lunch.

Try taking him to the toilet in the middle of the night, when his sleep drive is still high enough to get him back to sleep afterwards. Unlike waking in the morning.

I did EC with my daughter, and I found most night waking was to do with her needing the toilet.

I still take her to the toilet when I go to bed (she's 9 now) and that stops her waking up too early. On occasion when I didn't do it for various reasons, she woke up at between 4-6am for the day. Normally she doesn't wake up till 8-9am.

I had a year of my DD waking at 0515. It was brutal. Nothing solved it - I tried cranial head massage (worked for a week), radio 4 on quietly in her room so she didn't think she was alone etc. She grew out of it.

That said, she is still an early riser - now however, aged 9, she lies in bed and reads until it's actually time to get up. She is like the Duracell bunny, she has endless energy and is the most positive and funny person I have ever had the privilege to know. I did NOT think like that when she was 18 months old.

It feels like it's going on forever at the time, but honestly, it will pass.