15 mo has started waking at 5 am.... help !

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Hi all,

It took ages for DS to sleep through the night and has been sleeping through for the past 2-3 months. For the past week or so he has been waking at 5 am or earlier and will just not settle! Is he hungry ??

He's 15 mo and has the following evening routine:
-Dinner done by 5:15 pm with the childminder
-Come home, play for sometime then bath, story and a bottle of milk before bed around 07:30 pm. He has 7 oz in the evening

Previously he used to sleep till 6:00-6:15 am and have a bottle of milk (7oz) as soon as he gets up. I know it's only a difference of an hour or so between 5 am and 6 am, but given that I work 4 days a week the early mornings are really killing us :(

Shall I give him a snack with his evening bottle to keep him going longer?

Would really appreciate all your advice...

TIA :)

I'd give him some supper, he's waking about 12 hours after his last meal which to me would suggest that he's hungry, unless he's teething or in pain with something else? My 14 month old has been waking earlier in the morning, we've pushed tea to almost 6om which has meant a morning wake up of 6am, he used to do 7-7 but lately has been waking at 5am. The problem is that he's so tired by 6pm that he cries though his bath, bottle and bed routine which is awful. A friend suggests leaving tea at 5pm then giving him a little cereal or toast before his bedtime bottle. We haven't tried it yet but it's my plan to, I'm scared of making things worse on a night when I'm working the next day so I plan to wait until the weekend as I'm a wimp when it comes to anything less than my 8 hours.

Your heating doesn't go on then and it's disturbing him? Random thought but maybe he's getting hot.

Hi all... thanks for your replies :)

LittleBearPad It isn't the heating as the timer on our boiler is broken and the heating actually stays on all night... and DS's room is maintained at a constant 18 degrees :)

PansOnFire I guess he was just hungry... I've started giving him a little snack along with his bed time milk and he's been better. We still get the odd 5 am start but it's rare now... (ahhh... famous last words )

I was going to suggest something sturdy like porridge at 6:30 and then milk at bed time...