Ok, I know this is mainly for babies toddlers, but I need some advice

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DS1 is 9. He has, since he was able to walk, woken any time from 5am onwards. He still does. The past 3 weeks it has been mostly 4.45/5.00am. Today it was 6am. He gets up, puts all the feckin lights on, and watches tv, plays on the play station or makes as much noise as he can to waken DS2.
The school nurse has said that she thinks this is part of why he gets so cross and angry, because he is so tired. he often has black circles under is eyes,and is often yawning from 9am onwards!.
The nurse suggested taking him the doctor and getting it sorted. I'm not sure what this would involve though. Is there any ideas.
I've had enough, he is old enough top understand staying in bed, and not putting the lights on, and I'm sick of getting up and down like a yo-yo telling him to be quiet. Sometimes I tell him just to go downstairs, but DH thinks this is why he wakens early, so he can get downstairs. Surely though his body must just be programmed to waken at this time

I would take the fuses out I think. If he is yawning from 9am he is not getting enough sleep.

I think you need to sort it out by being really really firm with him. He knows you want to be in bed so he is upping the ante until you crack and send him downstairs.

DD1 used to wake early but a few mornings of yelling and screaming and being put back in bed she now sleeps about 90 mins more .

We also got an iron supplement from the docs and this seems to be making a difference too.

He may be a "lark" which is an inherited thing, although if yawning he does sound tired.

What time does he go to bed at?

I would suggest to him, that he stays in his room, rather than going downstairs. And to be as quiet as possible, doing something quiet like reading. I agree with your dh, I think he wants to go downstairs

Would a star chart thing work. Say for every 15 minutes he stays in bed quietly past 5am he gets 15 minutes on the playstation/TV(he doesn't get any time if he does not stay in bed quietly). Perhaps that will give him the incentive to stay in bed longer.

Also as he's older you could explain that he needs "?" hours sleep a night and if he wakes up at early he go to bed early.