Toddler clock and tantrums

[GingerLiberalFeminist]

My lovely DD has a terrible tantrum when she wakes up at 5am and we say it's still sleep time and show her the sleeping owl.

I'd hoped the owl clock would solve the early mornings but she absolutely explodes in tantrum. Throwing things, kicking, screaming, hyperventilating.

We live in a semi and I'm always apologising to the neighbours!

What can I do? We have black out curtains and a consistent bed routine but when she kicks off she really kicks off!

Only child, 27 months btw

If you want her to maybe sleep later in the morning, you need to make her last meal and bedtime later. Maybe cut back her nap.
And none of it might change her natural waking time!

The clock obviously isn't working so I'd stop using that for a while. Revisit in a few months.

Do you think she could be hungry? Is she wearing a nappy at night? Does she have a night light?

What time does she go to bed?

Or if she came into your bed would she settle for another hour or so?

Thanks all.
She goes to bed about 7.30 and wakes hungry at 6ish. We started giving her a banana with her milk before bed to try and help with hunger but maybe we need to do more. She eats loads anyway.
She wears a pull up at night, potty during day.
I wonder if we should cut the nap 😅

Is she waking at 5am or 6am? You’ve said both times in the thread. If it’s 6am you sometimes just have to roll with it. Kids often rise early. 5am, I wouldn’t want to deal with either though. She might be ready to drop her nap.

As for the clock, she’s probably too young to get the concept yet but it comes with time. If my 3 ½ year old is awake before us he knows he can play in his room for a while if we’re not getting up yet. He has books, his Yoto player which has the sun on it for morning, and a few toys that keep him entertained for an extra half hour. We’ve been able to do that since 3 years old.

I tried everything suggested here but my DS still wakes at 5-5:30. He's always been that way. Sometimes you just have to admit defeat and roll with it😭

Remember the clocks change this weekend. Try 8.30 bed and see if she'll sleep to 6-7am.

Was just going to say this, 5 am is the new 6 am. Personally if it was 6 am I’d just get up and give her breakfast.

Typical sleep needs at that age are 11-14 hours. If she is sleeping 7.30-6 that’s 10.5 hours there plus a nap which may be all she needs if she is at the lower end of that range. When she is waking at 5 she may have also had enough sleep.
For most children the magical 7-7 is unrealistic.
If you want her to sleep longer you will need to drop the nap or have a later bedtime.

Even at 5 am she isn’t going to have enough melatonion to go back to sleep.