Ok to wake clock

[Ronnie1234]

My almost 3 year old has an ok to wake clock but if I try to tell her to lie back down in bed she just shouts get me up! So not really working!

We got rid of dummy few weeks ago she woke early few days after then settled back to usual (ish) routine
She still naps .... most days though it can vary from 10 minutes to an hour & me waking her!

Do I persevere with clock?

I think lockdown may be having an impact as we not out & about so much / at nursery

Toddlers don't have any idea about the passage of time.

When she sees on her clock that it is not time to wake up, she has no idea if she needs to wait 1 minute, 30 minutes of 7 hours! To replicate her confusion, imagine sleeping in a sealed room with no window (no daylight) and no clock. When you woke up, what would you do? You would have no idea whatsoever if you'd slept for 2h or 8h. That is her confusion every single night.

So id ditch the clock. Pointless until at the very least they can reliably understand number values and have some context of time.

DD (just turned 3) now has a clock in her room and knows that before 7 she has to be quiet and after 7 I will engage properly with her and read stories etc.

In many respects I agree about them having little/no understanding of passage of time but only need to teach them the concept of before clock reaches this number it's not time to get up.

Our clock is a simple clock it has a digital time but then it has a green light when it takes time to wake & a red light to stay in bed
Some days it works some days it doesn't but it is getting more consistent with the days it does work
I guess some days she naps & some days she doesn't which has an effect

She is used to the clock & it works now though if she wakes a bit before the clock she starts shouting come on green light 🤦🏼‍♀️

The ok to wake clock was working a treat ... until now when she can get up open door & see it’s light outside!!
Any tips please?!

What time is she going to bed and what time is she waking?

Average 7.30 - 6.30 so can't grumble it was she would stay in bed till clock at 7
Maybe get up have wee but go back into bed

How old is she? I think you're probably expecting too much tbh. A small child isn't going to want to sit in a dark room by themselves. Could you tell her she can play with a toy quietly until it changes colour?

What time is it get up time?

I always edit the gro clock to 6am in summer and just get on with it.

I think this is just what happens when it gets lighter outside. My three year old has been coming through to us between 6-7am ready for the day because it is lighter! We let her lie with us or sometimes she just goes back to her room to play in her bed. We've got a 6 month old baby too though so if she's awake too I just get up with them x

I think your right it's just lighter mornings, can see it's light heat the birds etc

Also she's figured how to turn the light off herself now 😂