Hello.
My 16 month old has often been an early bird but lately he's up at 5am every day. He doesn't generally cry but he stands up in his cot and calls out 'daddy' (he can't say Mummy yet!) and he rattles the door handle trying to open the door, waking everyone up.
He has been transitioning to 1 nap in recent weeks but when he's up this early often needs 2. He either naps around 8ish for 20- 30 mins or so and then at lunch for 1.5 hours. Or he'll refuse morning nap and just nap at lunch for 1-2 hours. He goes to bed at 7 unless he's only napped for 1 hour that day, then I put him down at 6 - 6:30.
We've gone through patches where he wakes around 6:15 and it's so much better for everyone. He gets very tired and crabby when he starts the day at 5. I do think he's teething at the moment, he got a new molar last week. His teeth seem to take ages to come through and they come one at a time and not in the right order!
He's got a black out blind but thb it's still pitch black at 5. We've also tried white noise. He eats really well and does plenty of activity throughout the day. I generally go to bed at 8:30 so I can cope with the early starts. Which is getting pretty boring!
Is there anything we could try to get him to wake slightly later? Any suggestions welcome!
Thank you. A tired mum.