3 and 4am wake ups

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As my username suggests I'm used to being woken up early by my DD (16 months) but the last 9 mornings she has woken up between 3 and 4am and nothing can persuade her to go back to sleep . She gets hysterical trying to get out her cot and will not stop crying until she's brought through to the living room ready to play . She was ill for a few days when this started so I assumed it was because of that but she's been better for days now and it's actually getting worse!! Myself and DH are so tired and both work so it's killing us. Her naps are all over the place as well , she's not sleeping much in the day , still having 2 naps but I think she should just be on 1 however I cannot keep her awake much past 9 when she's getting up at 3!! It's now 0530 where we are and I have spent the last 2 hours trying to get her back to sleep , now given up and trying not to cry into my coffee! Due to her usual wake up time of 5am I've tried everything in the book to make her sleep later but nothing has worked and I'm actually dreading that we will never have a lie in to 5am ever again any advice very gratefully received!!

Just in case anyone reads this we had a break through last night after 10 days of 3-4am wake ups. Unfortunately it did involve leaving her to cry ( never done that before) . DH took the monitor into the spare room and I put ear plugs in ( I'm more likely to crack!) . She woke at 4am and after 30 mins of , as my DH put it, of angry crying she went back to sleep till 0640 which has never happened before! Might be a one off but we feel good for at least one day and DD was much happier when she woke up!

Long may it last!!

I've just come on here looking for similar advice! My 18mo Has been waking up earlier and earlier and this morning it was 4.50am 😩 as well as being up from 10.30-midnight in the night! Any tips to help him sleep a little longer would be greatly received! If it continues I may have to do the same as you and let him cry it out x

We are on day 3 of crying it out and she only moaned for about 10 mins this morning at 0530 then slept till 0630! I can't explain how much of a turning point this is for us. She has gotten up at 5am since the day she was born , I had resigned myself to it but 3-4am was a step too far! I ever expected to do crying it out but now that's she older I can tell that the crying she's doing is either angry crying ( cause she wants to be in the living room) or tired crying - she isn't upset being left for a while and has gone back to sleep for the last three mornings. It's better for her , she was so tired so I know I'm doing the right thing for all of us! I hope you manage to break through the 4am nightmare!!