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Early Rising 2-year-old

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Geegee1985 · 16/05/2022 06:47

If you've had any success getting your 2yo to sleep or stay quiet until a decent time in the morning, I'd love your advice. DD is in a bed, not a cot and her bedroom door has never closed properly. At the moment she's waking between 5 and 6, occasionally after 6. I've tried bribing her to stay in her room until the gro-clock goes yellow but she doesn't seem able to do it. I'm not a morning person and I'm pregnant so would love a bit more sleep in the morning. Thanks :)

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Dontax · 16/05/2022 07:07

How old exactly? And how late in the day is her nap if she has one?

My DS is 2.5 and 3 months ago was waking at this time but thought it was the clock change. However I shifted his routine. If he napped I got him up again before 2 and bedtime was 8pm. If he didn't bedtime was 7/7.30 this got him past 6 and more often past 6.30. it took a while but he now wakes no earlier than 6.45 and is able to wait 15 mins for his clock.

We discuss getting up when the sun is up etc a lot through the day and mention it at bed and when I go get him. It has definitely helped but took some tweaking so that I could time the sun to come up as close to when he was waking up anyway to avoid a long wait and break in the association.

All this to say it could be developmental or you may manage to tweak it. I'm not actually sure all my efforts made a difference or if it was just something he grew out of!

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Username1234321 · 16/05/2022 12:51

Im looking for the answer too, mine has always been an early riser but recently it has been anywhere between 4 and 5:30. I have tried changing naps, no naps, later bedtime earlier bedtime. We have a gro clock. I am coming to the sad realisation that it is just the time we will be waking from now

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pjani · 16/05/2022 12:56

The only thing that worked for me is a 9pm bedtime (in bed around 8-8.30, asleep by 9 usually). Also no napping after 4pm. They both sleep till after 7. I don’t get much of an evening but for me, it’s worth it.

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Geegee1985 · 28/05/2022 18:52

Thanks everyone. I pushed her bedtime back half an hour and used the gro clock together with rewards. She's getting up much closer to 6am now or slightly after which feels like a small win. But like some of you have said, not sure if that's down to my efforts or just a natural shift. I'll probably never know!