OK so the early waking thing...well he's 4 years old now and I'm getting mighty sick of it

[katierocket]

DS has always always been an earlier waker but having just had his 4th birthday I am getting very fed up with regular 5.30 starts. Sometimes it is 6 or 6.15 but this morning was 5am.

He's got a bunny clock, we've tried sticker charts. It makes no difference what time he goes to bed i.e. if he goes to bed at 7 he wakes up early and if he goes to bed later he still wakes up early but is just more grumpy.

If anyone has a magic cure or at least some suggestions of what could help I will gladly sell you my soul. Or even if someone can say "heh, give it one more year and when he starts reception he'll you'll be dragging him out of bed in the morning...."

I haven't been catching up with this thread so apologies if this has already been suggested.
I put the breakfast stuff out at night and the kids get their own in the morning.
I confess it's a little messy and wasteful but what the hell? It buys me a good half hour in the morning which is well worth having.

last tioem ill ask kr was lst night good too?

it helps enormously to know i am not alone - put a post up earlier today on insanity and sleep but then found this one which answers a lot of my traumas - i have ds2 who is 3 in feb - up 5.30 every morning. I am insane with it. i will try all the approaches and see - though I have tried a lot, obviously, over the past few years. Please reassure me again that whatever happens, he will grow out of it eventually...

he wil but you and dh need to be really frirma nd consitent
he is pissing oyu about
my ds3 is apita re sleep - wakes u once c night 4 out of 7 - but htis is a HUGE improvement

{whispers} Cod - 6.30 this morning.

yay!