When did your toddler stop rising at 5am?

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Hi all. I know it's an issue for many so was just wondering, if you had a toddler that was up for the day WAY too early how old were they when they started waking a bit later.. like 7am?
My boy is nearly 18m he's never been a good sleeper he'd wake constantly until 15/16m but now sleeps through from 7 til 5 or 5:30 if we're lucky. I struggle to sleep myself I go to bed around 9:30 but often still trying to sleep by 11 and often wake again in the night so feeling pretty tired most of the time!

No useful advice but watching with interest. Similar problem here with DD who is 2.5 and likes to get up at 5am as well as a 9 week old baby.

My 6 yr old often wakes between 5 & 6am !

I've just started to wake up ds for school. He's 11. You might be lucky or might have an early bird, but they all become teenagers and sleep for ever eventually.

Mine improved a lot when we got daytime sleep exactly right and bedtime exactly right. I remember looking at the clock lots of times when DD was 18 months old and seeing 5.03am and literally starting to cry

Some won't agree with this but when they get up at that time have you tried just leaving them to see what they do? DD2 is 19 months and has phases of rising early. We always just leave her and she tends to chat to herself for anything between 5-20 mins then goes back to sleep until 7:30/8am. Obviously if she was screaming the place down we'd go and see what was up but any general moaning stops after a minute and she goes on to chat to herself or go back to sleep.

You're not going to get helpful answers. Like adults, children are all different - some are early birds, some night owls, some can nap anywhere, some can't, etc.

Most DC IME start off as early risers. Many of them will start to sleep later, but often it's not until they're 4+ and some stay early risers until they hit their teens. However, before your slit your wrists, remember that once they get a bit older they can a) tell the time and b) follow instructions to either play quietly in their room or go downstairs and put the telly on CBeebies or something.

My nearly-6-year-old is an early riser, always has been, but for some time now he's been able to go down and put the telly on himself until we come down at 7-ish.

6.5
It gradually got later and later until it was at a quite acceptable level for a few days. Then it got later and later and later for the next 6.5yrs, until they turned 13 and now I cannot get them out of bed at all.

Thanks all I guess I'll just try to come to terms with it and wait patiently until he can learn to tell the time! We have tried leaving him and he goes completely bonkers otherwise I'd happily leave him to play. X

Sounds like ds1, always a frequent waking early rising non napping baby. He's 21months now, has been sleeping through for a few months, but woke between 4.30-5 every bloody day. Gradually it has moved later, and he was managing 6 most days a couple for a couple of months. This last month though has seen wake up times of 7-7.30! BUT he isn't falling to sleep until 8.30-9.

My dd 10 wakes at 6. Longing for teenage years when I have to get her up. But dh says he was similar throughout teenage years

Thanks Nottalotta your boy sounds very similar! So there's a slight glimmer of hope! :-)

Trouble is Maybe that I think I'd prefer the 7.30 bedtime and 6 am wake up. I get no time at all to myself in the evening now! I have ds2 who is 11 wks so am up in the night, so need to get to bed early.

DD1 has just turned 2 and now wakes between 6 and 7 after being a 5am riser.

To be fair sleeping through for 10 hours is a good stint so it's not surprising he's ready to start the day at 5am! I used to go into the room, leave the lights off and say "it's still sleepy time" and then lie down next to the cot and offer to hold her hand. Sometimes she would go back to sleep, if not we would get up and start the day. Gradually she started to sleep for longer - she would often stir at 5am but then go back to sleep. I think for many their internal body clock just wakes them at that time as DD1 is up early regardless of when she goes to sleep.

Mine tried this. I went in whispering that it is night time and not time to get up and all I was offering was a kiss and cuddle and a tuck in. (This only works if you have black out blinds) DD was not happy and I cuddled her while she cried but eventually accepted it.

My daughter is almost two and has been a 5am riser for as long as I can remember. I only recently started making her stay in her room (with me) til nearly 6 and telling her it was only morning time when Daddy put his lamp on. We she saw the light from our room she'd jump up and knew it was morning. She got the idea after a few days so I bought the gro clock and she loves it. Doesn't always stay asleep/in her bed til the sun comes on but it's helped her understand why we can't get up. It's only been the last few weeks she's understood this though. We always had to get up with her before this whatever time it was as she'd go bananas if we didn't!

This isn't going to make you feel any better but my 5am toddler is now a 5am 9 year old. I don't have to get up with her any more though so it doesn't really matter!

It's tough op. I used to go to bed at 9pm myself...any later and I was useless the next day.

What does he do nap-wise? That's only 10 hours at night so is he sleeping too much during the day? I had to limit mine to 90mins and awake by two at that age.

Sorry op but mine have never slept till 7am regularly and now they are 11 and 8!! The best you can hope for is that they learn to amuse themselves quietly in their room rather than waking the household up.

Just read this and laughed. I still have a 6am getter-upper. She's 11.