I'm really getting down. 6m DD2 has never been a great sleeper, and she's in with nearly 2yo DD1 because we only have two bedrooms. She wakes at 5:10 every bloody morning and it's driving me insane. She inevitably wakes DD1, who ends up knackered for the rest of the day, I'm knackered too and I end up with no patience, my temper's really on edge and I inevitably lose it with DD1 and feel awful for it. It just feels like a cycle.
DD2 is formula fed. She wakes at about 12:30/1am and takes a 6oz bottle then, and then I've been giving her another 6oz bottle at 5:10 when she wakes up. This has gone on for a while now, and I wonder if she's waking for the bottle out of habit. She then has four more 6oz bottles through the day.
She has a morning nap of about an hour at around 9/9:30, and then a lunch time nap at about 12:30/1, which I wake her up from (she would sleep for hours In during the day and she goes into a really deep sleep and is hard to wake, but I get her up after two hours so she's tired at bedtime). By about 6pm she's shattered, and she's in bed by 6:30/7. She self settles for naps and bedtime-I put her in the cot and she goes off to sleep, which she always has done.
We use blackout blinds and white noise. I've tried following her schedule and letting her have the marathon naps she wants during the day, but it doesn't change her 5:10 start.
At 5:10 when she wakes up, she's completely awake, sometimes does a poo, but up and shouting, blowing raspberries etc. If I leave her to it, she eventually gets cross and cries, bringing her into our bed doesn't help.
She's had a cold lately, but I don't think that's made it any worse-it's been going on for months. I know some babies are just naturally early starters, but she's so knackered all day as a result, and DD1 isn't naturally an early riser.
Any tips gratefully received!