Hi,
I don’t think I’m here for advice, just reassurance…?
My 2.5 year old has always been an early riser, my partner gets up early for work and is loud…! He coughs and sneezes (it’s like a one man band!) and we only live in a small house! So it’s inevitable that the the children hear him, even with doors closed, and he won’t just get up and go, he works outdoors all day and needs coffee etc! So it’s now habit for my 2 year old to get up even when it’s quiet!
I’ve tried everything, white noise, later bedtimes, you name it, I’ve done it! I’ve sleep trained him now so he goes to bed at 7pm, wakes 5/5:30! Naps at 10am for 1/1.5 hours. He’s now in preschool, so he’s even more tired but still no more sleep.
I wouldn’t mind but he is keeps pinching and pulling my older girls hair, I don’t know of this is his age or whether it all boils down to tiredness!
The sleep training has caused massive anxiety for me! Im not enjoying being a toddler mum again and im due another baby in December..! I’m scared coz of the whole sleep issues! It’s also caused my partner and I to split up a couple of times, and cause massive arguments.
I just don’t know whether to surrender and accept he’s now an early riser for my own sanity, seeing as no one else cares about my sanity.