My son will be 2 in October. We have always struggled with sleep, I breast fed him until 18 months so he didn't start sleeping through the night until 19 months ish. We co-sleep as I found this the only way to cope with all the breast feeding and still haven't done the transition into his own bed. But he is just such an early riser! Lately it is 4.30 am, the latest he will ever wake is around 5.15 - which I now class as a lie in! I know some toddlers are just early risers and will hopefully grow out of it but I'm just wondering if there's anything I can do?
He is often still very tired when he wakes up but insists on getting up/having a snack/going downstairs, but will then need an early nap. So I'm finding he is still often having two naps a day. I want to try to get it to just one nap but he can't seem to get past 9 am without a nap. So any advice on transition from two to one naps would be good too? I have read that this can help with them waking up later, or is that a myth? The days he does only have one nap don't really seem to make a difference.
He tends to go to sleep about 7, or between 7 and half 7. Which I know is quite early, so should I try to make this later? I do just love having my evenings to cook/spend time with my partner but if it will help then I can make it later, but how do I do this? As he is always ready for bed by then.
Will putting him in his own room help? We are planning to put him in a toddler bed rather than a cot as he hates his cot. So I'm prepared for it to be harder at first but hoping it will help in general.
Just feeling very tired, I have to do most of the early get ups as my partner works longer hours than me and I'm getting a bit desperate!