When did early rising end for you?

[bez91]

Daughter has woken at 5-5:30am since birth, she's now 2 (and 4 months)

I am resigned to the fact this won't change by anything we do now before anyone wades in whose got a 12 hour sleeper!

Been involved with a sleep consultant which won't take the case on, says we're doing everything right and she'll grow out of it 🤷‍♀️

If this was your child, when did they grow out of it? 3? 4? 18? Never?

*just hoping a lie in until 6am some day in the next decade 🤞🏼

My 8,6 and 5 year old wake at 6am, no matter what time they go to bed. So they have an early bedtime to ensure they get enough sleep. There was a horrific two year period when they would wake between 4.30am to 5am so 6am seems a treat. We are training them to leave us alone for a bit on the weekend. Today we got to sleep in till 7.15.

I’ve come to the conclusion with our 14 month old that it’s just her personality. She barely naps either, but will sleep 6.30 - 5/5.30 with barely a peep so I’ll take that as a win until she’s old enough for a Gro Clock. We’re out of the house at 7 during the week anyway to drop her an in laws’ before work so 6 is awake time for us all.

The poor girl watches a LOT of CBeebies on weekend mornings until Mummy and Daddy are awake enough to interact....

We used a gro clock to slowly push back at 2ish - so if she naturally slept until 5.30 - we’d put it at 5.40 for a few days and get her to wait in her bed until the clock was yellow.
Then she’d start waking say 5.35 and we’d push it back again. Very long slow progress but might be worth a try. We got to 6.50 🎉 then our son started waking her at 5 🤦‍♀️ They both wake around 6 now - that’ll have to do for now

DS wakes at 6.30 age 6

DD wakes at 7.30-8 age 9 if left to her own devices

There comes a point where they dont need you to get up with them. Although set an earliest time they xan do this, or you will hear breakfast geing made at 4am before you introduced a opposite of curfew!
They just take themselves downstairs, switch on the TV and get some breakfast, and have done for years.
That's what your waiting for!

After 5.30 was about 5... Definately well into school. Now nearly 6 as starts secondary school but wide awake and full of beans as soon as up. I'm hoping teenage years are different!

My ds was an early riser up until he was 5 he now wakes up about 7ish I'm very lucky if he manages to wake up later.

I'm 39 and I still wake up before 6 most days...

DS (now 6) got the hang of staying in bed until 6am about when he started school.

My dd has always woken early. Advice is get a gro clock set it at a less absence time and encourage her to stay in bed playing quietly.
Not to depress you but my dd is 6 now- she doesnt get up as early- unusual to a 5:30am wake but 6:30 shes up everyday but knows the rules- clock set for 7am for school days. That's the time she can wake us. At 1 star (so 1 hour) before this she can play quietly in room- she loves this. I did just have to be careful about what's in room when she was younger. If 2 or more stars she must try to sleep or lie quietly in bed.
I feel your pain, sometimes you cant change them, just adapt around them!

Thanks all

There may be some light at the end of the tunnel then.

For those that have suggested the Gro Clock - we've been trying since November with one. Had success for about 3 weeks and we were making it to 05:50 🥳 but no longer seems to work even with a reward chart ☹️

She's young for the gro clock, to be honest. My nearly three year old couldn't care less if it's blue or yellow! It works for my four year old though.

The only thing that worked for us is teaching him to be ok with being awake in bed. He's still in a proper cot with sides but he's never tried to climb out so he's staying there! He's got loads of cuddly toys in with him and now if he wakes up he's happy to play with them for an hour and I just ignore him. He doesn't sleep much later but is content to be in bed by himself.