gro clock advice please?!!

[LimesMum]

looking for some advice on the gro clock and wary rising issues...
DD is 19 months and has always been an early riser but recently it had improved to say 6am which was like luxury!! This didn't last long however. She now wakes between 5-520am and screams the house down until we go and get her.
I have tried leaving her to cry until 6, going in and sitting with her in the dark til 6 explaining its still night, doing a controlled crying type approach all to no avail so have this week bought a gro clock....

It is complicated by the fact at some point between waking and 6 she also seems to poo and ends up everywhere as she is so distressed so I can't really leave her in that mess.... I've tried changing her and putting her back too but no good.

So we will be night 5 of the gro clock tonight and so far it's not helped at all in fact I think the light is possibly waking her earlier.

Some may say she is too young but she is a pretty clever little thing and I think she does sort of get it. When the sun comes on at 6am she is by then very upset but points at it says Mr. sun, claps her hands jumps up and down and says up up up!!!

I'm just wondering what is the best approach from here?? Do I go in at certain intervals until 6? Do I leave her? Do I leave books and toys in her cot?? What do I do about the pooing bit??? Or do I put it away for a few months??

She is also teething clingy and generally not herded and very difficult to manage at the moment!!

Any advice would be amazing

Thanks

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No advice ladies?? Hope someone had some words of wisdom for me out there??

Tbh OP, some kids are just early risers. My dd is the same and the Gro Clock hasn't made any difference to that. She may well sleep later when she starts nursery, but until then you may have to just suck it up.

Sorry! I don't suppose that was very helpful! Btw my dd is up between 5 & 5.30 and she's 3 (used to get up between 3.30 & 5!)

We had an early riser who used to be ready for the day between 4 and 5am. It was horrendous but we just went with it for a while. Tried using a gro click when she was about 2yo but with no success because there was too much variation in when she woke up naturally. We tried the gro clock again this year when my DD was 4.5yo and had been waking at 5.50 am for a few months. This time I set the gro clock for 5.50am for the first week and made a big fuss of her when she called us to look at the sun and reinforced that the sun meant morning. Then we set it 5 minutes later each week or fortnight until it is now set for 7am. She does sometimes still wake before 7am but knows to stay in her room until the sun comes up. She has even been known to occasionally sleep beyond 7am which I thought would never happen!

Good luck OP, those early mornings are so hard.

We started using a gro clock when DS was probably a bit younger than your DD. It took a while - weeks not days but we got there eventually.

Have you tried putting toys or books into her bed to amuse her from when she area until the Gro clock changing?

No advice on the pooing, sorry

Thanks for all replies so far! Yes I did try with toys and books in the bed but she didn't seem interested for more than a few seconds, I wondered if it was too dark to see them?

I think maybe I had better start setting it for her wake up time and work back like rholo suggests, maybe that is a better approach

I think I will go with this for a few weeks and then as you say gingingin I may well have to suck it up!!

I'm just wondering if I should be using it for naps as well or just bed to start off with?

Thanks again

Have you tried putting her to bed later - in theory, if you put her to bed an hour later she may wake an hour later (prob do it more gradually than that)

Thanks itsallgoingtobefine but sadly yes I've tried half hour, an hour and even hour and a half later and still absolutely no difference!! Also tried shorter day time naps but no joy ?? thanks anyway