20 wk waking at 4.30am for play!

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Anyone have any advice on what can I do.

DD has always woken at 4.30am Ive always fed her and she goes back to sleep but for the past week when she wakes she doesnt cry but instead plays in her cot. I also think this waking is more habit than hunger as sometimes she may have woken and I fed her at 2am instead but she still wakes at 4.30am.
Ive tried leaving her in the cot to play but she doesnt settle herself back to sleep and after about 30mins, cries until we go and get her. She is then so awake the only way I can get her back to sleep is to bf her.
It means that we are generally awake from 4-5.30am each morning. I dont know how I can get her to stop waking. I dont play with her or even talk to her when she wakes.

What time does she go to bed? perhaps pushing her bedtime abit later then she might sleep abit longer in the morning

my dd has a 5am habit of waking for the bf... have been trying to stop it but she is stubborn.

How old is she? Well depending in her age she may benefit from some extra long meal before going to sleep, if you are sure she is not really hungry try not to talk to much to her but give her some comfort by rubbing her back, etc. but don't turn the lights on or offer to feed her, after a while she would be so bored that she is likely togo back to sleep. If you reduce the amount of "night interaction" a little every day she may finally will be able to settle herself and go back to sleep. DS wakes up earlier than we wish but we normally leave some toys and books for him to entertain himself for half an hour. We normally hear him chattering or playing for quite a while until he demands to be feed.

Oops just realised about the age from the title but I think the previous advice still applies good luck.

Papillon, she goes to bed at 8pm. She doesnt nap for very long during the day and by 7pm she is normally knackered. By the time ive fed her and settled her its about 8.

Chandra,
I generally bf her at 6 and then give solids and bf again. I then wake her at 10.30 for another feed. When she wakes I dont turn on the light but just go in and give her the dummy. She will then play for a bit and then start crying. Patting her back etc doesnt stop her from crying and she will carry on until lifted out of the cot. I dont like to leave her cry too long as she just gets hysterical and I cant stand to see her cry.

Please anyone have any suggestions.
Last night I kept putting the dummy in and offered water and after 2hrs she still wasnt settled and so I ended up feeding her just to get some sleep.
She then went from 6am to 11am without wanting a feed.