DS (2.10) has always been as early riser and I am about to have DC 2. He was getting towards the 5.30 rather than 6am mark again so we bought a sleep trainer clock. We let him pick the one he liked and he understands the idea.
It is set for 6.15, he keeps waking up just before, coming out and wanting to come downstairs but telling us that his clock is still asleep so he knows that he shouldn't be out yet. Then he will ask for his light on so he can play. This isn't the idea and we have told him that he isn't to come out of his room until the clock wakes up, he does understand this as DH goes and puts him back in his room, then when the clock wakes up, he comes out excitedly to tell us, then he is allowed to get up.
Sometimes he will come out and tell us that he is up and will wait in his room (not that often, he usually just wants to come downstairs)! Arrgghhhh, we have told him that he isn't to wake us up for this (unless something is wrong etc).
When do they actually take notice and NOT come out of their room until the clock wakes up?
It is doing my head in, nearly 3 years of these stupidly early mornings and even if I go to bed, I still can't sleep before about 11pm. My friends sometimes complain that their DCs were up early, at 7!!!! I wish!!!!