8.5mnth Wakes early

[cnelson19]

Hello,

My little boy atm is having trouble with early wakes. He's recently started crawling, and it tired a lot in the day. His bedroom was quite light so we had a blackout blind installed to help with this, and for the first day that worked and he slept til 6:45am rather than 5:45am. Then some days he will wake at 5-6 or 6-7, there's no correlation in anything we do different. Any suggestions??

If he wakes early I don't go in and I leave him until 6:30 and he sometimes car naps for another 10 mins but that's about it. He has 2 naps in the day and goes to bed at 7pm. Tried a later bedtime but he still wakes up early and is just grumpy the next day from not enough sleep.

There's a sleep regression at 8 or 9 months. I was up at 4.30 with my nearly 9 month old this morning 🤦🏻‍♀️. I've got no advice but can tell you that you're not alone. I remember the same thing this time last year with my 21 month old as well. It will pass! Good luck!