Hello everyone! I'm desperately hoping someone can help before I lose my marbles
. I'm absolutely shattered and losing my mind.
DS has recently started waking anywhere between 4.00am/4.30am (5.00am on the odd occasion, which I now consider to be a lie-in), desperate for his milk and then is ready to start the day. He has always been a fairly early riser which is fine, but it's just been getting earlier and earlier. His bedtime routine is:
Dinner at around 5.00pm.
Bath at 5.30pm then some wind-down time.
Bottle between 6.00pm/6.15pm then bed.
I've tried everything I can think of with no success - more solids during the day incase he's waking due to hunger. Less food incase I am over feeding him. Later/earlier bedtime (still wakes early). More daytime sleep and less daytime sleep (still wakes early).
He doesnt appear to be teething or on any other pain. He fidgets and is restless all night, so even the sleep we are both getting is disturbed.
We live with our inlaws at the moment so leaving him screaming in the cot doesnt seem fair on anyone. My mum says that time is far too early to start the day, however my MIL thinks it may just be his wake up time and that I should just get up with him.
Sorry for the long post, but does anyone have any suggestions!? I'm running out of ideas!