Dd1(nearly 5) has always been an early riser. In the last few months it’s crept from 5:30 to 5 and now getting earlier. She simply can’t grt back to sleep. If somebody lies with her she might doze back off after half an hour but only for a very short time and this isn’t always possible as we also have two other children, one of whom is a newborn, and regularly one parent is away overnight.
She wakes the other children (and us) when she gets up. She has complete understanding of the gro clock but can not read quietly or attempt to go back to sleep it seems. Changing her bedtime later does not make a difference (we’ve tried this for weeks on end and it just means she is more tired but wakes at the same time). Her room is dark/blackout blinds (but she has to have a nightlight). What may work to help us all get to 6am without everybody being awake?