My son since birth has slept all the way through he has always woken up early between 5-6 and we could deal with that.
his grandma passed away in August and he started school in September. We also moved grandad in with us.
November he started not wanting to go upstairs on his own and would want us upstairs whilst he fell asleep. At first I sat at the end of the bed because I thought he was scared he told me he’s not and he’s not worried about anything or having nightmares so we now sit upstairs in our room until he falls asleep he has the bathroom light on which we turn off after he’s asleep. He now wakes up 2-3 times a night asking to come in our bed which we always say no and take him back to his room white noise back on and he will go to sleep straight away every time. If he wakes up around 4-5 we have started saying go back to your bed it’s the middle of the night and he will cry and say he misses grandma (this started when he saw me crying in bed talking to my partner saying I miss my mum) we always reassure him we all miss her and to think of happy thoughts on the beach with her but he needs to go back to bed. His behaviour and attitude is not great at home since this has started we take iPad privileges away no screens before bed / normal bed time routine dinner bath book bed I’ve started magnesium night time gummy’s for children but nothing is working
we are exhausted! He has so much energy it doesn’t seem to effect him only his behaviour
we do long walks at the weekend he does clubs and swimming lessons to help run some energy off
Partner also wakes up for work around 3-4 and he will always wake up and get into my bed sometimes I’m awake to send him back other times I am so passed out I will wake up in the morning with him next to me