Ok wise mumsnetter parents
DS is 2yrs 9 months. He’s always been an early riser. He’s woken up pretty consistently at 5.30 since a small baby. We’ve hated it but all attempts to change it haven’t worked and we’ve just worked on accepting it and it’s been ok although we’ve been knackered.
Hes now getting up at half 4 and there’s just no way we can deal with this. He goes to bed at 8, has an hour and a half/2hours in the day from about 12. On the odd occasion he does sleep in till half 6 he refuses the nap. He has full blackout blinds and white noise in his room. He’s still in a cot with a sleeping bag.
Sp shall we just push him to drop the nap and hope it all works itself out? This will be hard as at nursery he is now just taking himself off to a corner and going to sleep as he’s shattered by 1130. Or push bedtime later and then hope he’ll naturally drop the nap himself if he starts waking up later? (And then hope to push bedtime earlier again once he’s not napping).
I keep reading conflicting stuff online, and DP and I have differing opinions. Any advice gratefully received!