Toddler waking early!

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Morning everyone, looking for some advice from you knowledgeable lot
My LO turned 2 in Feb and has always been an early Waker who hasn't needed much sleep. Because of this we had to be strict with naps when he was younger. He's pretty much been dropping his nap for a month because he hasn't been going down to sleep well at 7.30. He has now dropped his nap and goes to sleep well at 7.30, we don't want to make it any later or we won't have an evening at all.
But he still now wakes between 5-5.30 every morning and we are exhausted! When he was younger and this happened if we shortened his nap it normally made a difference and he'd wake 6-6.30. He's never slept till 7!!!
He has milk in a cup before bed and tonight I think I'll try a snack of cereal or something at 6.30 to see if he's waking as he's hungry.
Does anyone who's been throu this have any other suggestions please? He's waking up ready to go at 5-5.30 and we're exhausted! We've also got another baby on the way end of the year so want to get it sorted before then! He's in a big bed and has toys in his room but it's interested when he wakes. He just shouts!
Oh, I also forgot to mention we've tried the gro clock but he is scared of it and won't have it in the room. Is there anything else like this we can try?
Thank you all x

Probably not what you want to hear, but we had this with the oldest. She would wake from 5am, or 4.30 . We would just stick with repeatedly telling her it's night time, till it turned 6am when she could leave the room. It has eventually changed and she's not an early speaker anymore.

Not speaker, lol waker

I know you've probably tried this, but blackout material over the windows? I mean really dark, with no chunk of light. We cut up a cardboard box to fit inside the window frames and it made a difference.

We also have a rule that anything before 6:30 is night time and we don't go to her before then. She's happy as long as she has a dummy and a muslin to stroke. We have been very strict about this rule and the consistency has paid off.

Sorry if you've tried all this! I also think they're getting less tired in lockdown because of the lack of stimulation.

Thank you both, great suggestions.
His room is very dark, I think we just need to be stricter on not letting him out of his room until 6-6.30. I've just ordered another gro-clock equivalent to see if that helps.
I also agree that he's not as tired as normal even if we go out running to the woods every day!
Thank ladies! X

Just remembered something we tried, it didn't work for us...but you never know. Because she routinely would wake up at 5am , I read online a tip, to gently wake or disturb her about an hour or so earlier than her normal time. I think the idea behind this was that the sleep pattern was broken or disturbed and they would eventually start to sleep a bit later. We tried for about a week, didn't see any change, but it works for some.
Also, can he go to sleep with white noise or something in the background? Might help if the constant noise is on at the morning wake up time.