21 month old waking at 5.30am

[Acceptableinthe70s]

No matter what time I put her down to sleep - usually between 7pm-7.30pm, and no matter how long she naps for - usually 2 to 2.5 hours.

Shall I try limiting her naps more?

I have no prob with a 6am wake up, but 5.30am is just too early IMO, esp when it becomes winter. We're also expecting dc2 any day so worried about not sleeping at night, or in the day!

Any advice on getting toddler to sleep til 6am? Shall I just leave her in her cot for 30 mins? Too young for a gro clock I think, but worth a try?

I have a 20 month old, I have cut her nap back to 1 hr- 1 1/2hr for the same reason. I had to do the same for my son too. By the time he was 2 I had cut his sleep down to 4o mins

Same boat so watching thread with interest. We are limiting naps to an hour and trying to wear her out during day. Her room is blacked out but stairwell is light (Velux) so it maybe that waking her up. When I muster energy may try stir to sleep technique where you get them to stir at 5am and it hopefully then triggers another sleep cycle. Did it successfully once and she slept til 6 but another time just me going in woke her up so up from 5am

We have similar. Bought a gro-clock (glocock?) But he doesn't really understand it. If we let him in with us we can usually snooze for another hour or so.

When I limit naps which I've tried in the past, she still wakes at 5.30pm but cries hysterically and rubs her eyes until 7pm when I put her down to bed. I feel at a complete loss.

I also bring her in with her and she refuses to go back to sleep.

Do you still breastfeed in the morning/day?

No stopped bf at 8 months, she has a bottle of cows milk though.

She woke at 6am today though, randomly.

OP what time does she usually take her nap? IME early waking often linked to the daytime nap starting too early. So if she naps at say 11ish for 2-2.5hrs, this is likely to be the problem. In which case I'd slowly push the nap later by 15mins per week & an improvement in her wakeup time will follow. At her age a nap starting around 1pm is about right.

She naps around 12.30-2.30pm...she's still waking at 5.30am. Am 40+5 and shattered as it is.

Oh bless you I bet you are. I would def try a slightly later nap (approx. 1pm) & see if it helps. I do remember at this age having a rough time with early wakeups & late bedtimes too, it seemed to be partly needing that later nap & partly a developmental thing (settled around 22 months but we did have to accept that with a 1pm nap came an 8pm bedtime).
You'll soon have that babe in your arms & it'll all seem insignificant! Good luck!

@Acceptableinthe70s I know this is an old thread but do you remember how you solved this? Having the exact same problem with my 21 month old! Thank you