What time is "normal" for an 18 month to wakw up?

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In a nutshell, our dd has been waking between 5.30-6 for months and it's depressing me. Is this normal and something I just need to accept? Feel like everyone else has a baby that sleeps later but maybe I'm just talking to the wrong people...

Very normal unfortunately. My son used to get up between 4.20 to 5.30 everyday for years as did some friends.

Its very tough and makes for a long day so I feel your pain and nothing I did made any difference. Even know at 12 hes up by 7 most days.

Potentially. When she’s a bit older, you could try a GroClock to see if it helps, but at 8yo and 6yo respectively, neither of mine have ever slept past 6am, ever, no matter how late we make their bedtime. We can usually hear them sneaking into each other’s beds any time from 5 or 5:30am. They’re just larks.

One hardens to it...

Normal. Both mine were up at 5am everyday at that age. 4yo now sleeps til 7am (woohoo!) but 2yo is still often 5am-5.30am, although sometimes 6am. I think once he totally drops naps it will help, as this seemed to be the turning point for the 4yo.

Unfortunately yes very normal, you could try and shift their bedtime a bit later and they may sleep abit longer but our body clocks are generally naturally wired to be consistent 🤨 xx

I consider before 7 to be nighttime. DD is 2 and has had the occasional pre-7 wake up in her whole life. As a morning hater I’ve never put her to bed that early so she’s asleep around 8 and up around or after 7. I know a lot of people think that’s a late bedtime but it works for us. I’d be on my knees at 5:30. Sympathies.

I'd say I'm one of the lucky ones, my daughter wakes anything between 7-8.30am. That's after going to bed between 7-7.45pm and having one nap in the day normally between 1-2hrs.

For me I'd say it's normal as DS who is 20 months has woke up around 5:30-6 for months. I'm a morning person anyway and it works for us and we can get up and out nice an early before his afternoon nap.

My 18 month old wakes around the same time, so does my 3 year old too!

Totally normal unfortunately. Anytime between 5-6am here. The joy.

My eldest did grow out of it and by 2.5 was sleeping closer to 7am.

For the time being we take it in turns to get up. Literally swap every day at the moment.

My 18 month old is normally 6:15 like clockwork but he went until 7am this morning - I never thought I would consider 7am to be a lay in before kids!! I felt like a new woman!

Ds was always up and ready to go between 4.30 and 5.30. Now age 15 getting up at 7.30 is a lie in for him. Luckily he can go downstairs on his own now.

What time is "normal" for an 18 month to wakw up?

A baby toddler who is still having daytime naps is expected to sleep an average of 11h per night.

But the range of 10h-12h would also be considered normal and nothing yo be concerned about.

If DC is getting less than 10h at this age I would be worrying and trying to tackle the issue.

If DC is getting 10h or more, the issue soley comes down to consistently too early bedtime. If a 7pm bedtime is giving you a 5am wake up, then you need a 9pm bedtime if you want a 7am wake.

But a caveat to the above paragraph, habits are hard to break and new habits hard yo establish. You need At least 3 weeks of consistent later bedtimes to expect to see a change. It might take longer. And in that time before the early waking habit is broken you will have a toddler who is going to bed late and waking early. So be an over tired mess. You need to be ready to cope with and tackle that, because consistency is key.