2 yr and 5month Old Keeps getting up at 5am every day - what should i do

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Used to be such a good sleeper but now gets up early have tried not giving a nap aving a nap putting to bed earlier and later but no use nothing work we ar at our wits end and have no stamina to keep going anyone cracked how to solve tis and please tell us how thanks

what time do she/he nap at after that early rise? and how long for and is it only one day nap? what time is bedtime?

he doesnt nap but have tried sometimes if we go out in the car he will nap but otherwise he goes to bed about 7.30 but his behaovoir does get worse as the day goes.

Hmm. Little kids can just go through phases of getting up very early. This isn't very helpful.

I used to try and settle them, tell them it was still night time. And hope I could doze until 6.

If nothing works for you, take comfort in the fact he will sleep in longer, and he'll probably do it soon!

Hi Camera - I'm in the same boat, mine are 3.4 and 15months - they have started waking at 5 every day. Hoping someone on here can help.

Controlled crying is no use as they just seem to want to be up for the day - plus leaving one to cry just wakes up the other one.
DS1 is ratty and irritable in the day because he's dropped his daytime nap too.

Changing their bedtime (7.00) or adjusting DS2's naps makes no difference.

Part of me feels I should be lucky that they sleep through the night and I know others have it far worse, but it's exhausting - especially when their days are miserable because they are tired

Any tips would be welcome

I'm glad I'm not the only one!! For nearly 6 weeks now, DS (2.3) has been getting up between 5-5.30 with one or two nights where its been 3 or 4!!! We've tried putting him to bed earlier and later to no effect. We've also tried to cut his nap but he's that tired he just falls asleep on the floor or sofa and once he's gone you can't wake him up. When he hasn't had a nap he's ended up in bed early but still been up early. We've tried to get him in with us, he plays. We've tried to put music on quietly and leave him, he just starts screaming and worse still thumping on his door. This means we can't just leave him to cry it out as he makes so much noice he's actually woken the kids upstairs!! We're both exhausted and Ijust don't know what to do for the best or which way is up half the time!!!

Anyone been through this and is it something you just have to live with or have you had success in stopping it?

Get a clock. There was oen on here once wiht time zones in colours on it. I'll try and find it.

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We used a digital clock for our slightly older kids.

A biscuit and drink by the side of the bed worked for a friend of mine... her son woke, had a snack and went back to sleep! Worth a try?

Our dd did this for a while. In the end we just said 'it's still night go to sleep'. She eventually got the message and is great now. Good luck!

Just thought I'd let you know how we got on with a couple of changes we've made that have paid off as you might be able to use them. We pushed back ds's bedtime to 7.15pm and also installed a timer on the lamp he has on his wall. It was set for 6am and the agreement was that when the light went on, he could get up. Day 1 saw him get up at 5am as normal so we put him back to bed and reminded him about the light. He called out several times and cried but we just explained that he couldn't come out until the light went on. He then came to the door to tell us the light went on. In all that time, no banging or tantrums which was a first!!! Day 2, he didn't wake up or come into our room until the light went on and this has continued!! We've now extended the timer by 10 mins and again he didn't get up. Its also changed his day sleep as he's now back to only having an hour as he's not so tired. So if its something you can do then give it a go as it has definitely worked for us - thank god!!!!