end of my tether - 6am mornings

[mousie]

I have reached one of many breaking points. My ds (2.5) wakes before 6 ever morning - whatever the situation. Whether we are at home or staying with my parents (both rooms blacked out), whether he has napped in the day or not, whether it is summer or winter, whether he has had a big supper or not. There seems to be no way to flip this habit - he often wakes my dd as well who is 4 and a much better sleeper, basically. My dp and I hardly get any time together as it is - but we are so exhausted now, and my son is quite miserable at times in the day (though he tends to have boundless energy most of the time). Exhausted and totally pissed off by everyone whose kids seem to sleep in cheerfully past seven most days - and nap, and go to bed happily too! He doesn't really seem to need more than ten hours sleep in a twewnty four hour period - is this possible? All suggestions welcome. I phoned a homeopath last week who thought there wasn't anything she could do....

Sorry I think this is a toddlers way!!
Can you get him to bed earlier so you have your evenings, I think that is important!

Can you get him to do something quiet - look at books in his room maybe - when he wakes? Mine get up early too, it's just what they do IME. Sorry no magic solutions!

Wear him out in the day, run him ragged?
Black out blinds? Oh, you've done that sorry
Ignore him when he first wakes, refuse to go in before 7?
Check there's nothing waking him, we realised 5.30am was due to noisy boiler coming on then.
Does he sleep in the day? If so, drop that.
Poor you, I know the feeling, we get 6.15am if we're lucky with dd, who is 22 mos, it's a PITa.

I get 5.30 every morning with ds who's 26 months. You could try dropping the nap but tbh I think that's just toddlers for you. What time does he go to bed?

he goes to bed somewhere between 7 and 8 - if he gets so much as a hint of a sleep in the day (even ten mins in the car) he would happily stay up until 10. keeping him up later makes no difference at all, so i am trying to get him to bed earlier and at least get my evenings with dp (when else would we find time to fight?!) I do run him ragged in the day - we live near Richmond park and he does one or two hours of running around in there most days. His energy seems as boundless as mine is non existent. But I guess my only hope is he might grow out of it sooner rather than later. He is very small for his age - and a poor eater, wonder if this is significant?