22mo DS has been waking for a few weeks at 5.00-5.30 am. He’s wide awake but pretty miserable and doesn’t last past about 8.30 before he has a monster nap; so I think it’s too early for him. But how do I keep him in bed? He can climb out of his cot so the side is off, he stays in bed at bedtime and overnight but at 5.30 when he wakes he stands at the stair gate on his bedroom door shouting and whinging at us to get him.
Anyone had any success in this department?
(Additional info: We have blackout blinds everywhere so I don’t think light is waking him, the heating used to click on at 5.30 but it doesn’t anymore, the birds outside are epically loud about that time. Bed time has been the same at about 6.30-7pm. He naps well. His nappy is full but not to an extreme level. He seems hungry when he wakes but dinner hasn’t moved.)