Baby wants cuddles at 5am

[first.time.mumma]

Hi,

My baby is 16 weeks old, 10 weeks corrected. We have started a bed time routine of bath, bottle, story bed and put him down around 7.30/8 when he is still awake. He sometimes will cry a little but self settles quickly and is soon off to sleep. He will get up 2/3 times for a feed which is fine however around 5am every morning he starts crying and will only settle when held before falling back asleep. If you try and put him back down again he will wake up and start crying again. He will then sleep on me until around 7am. Any tips to try and overcome this? I've tried not picking him up, white noise, dummy but nothing seems to be working. TIA

Well I would cuddle them if that’s what they want!

sometimes I wake up and want a cuddle and I’m way older than 3 months

Just cuddle him! Sounds like a great sleep pattern for such a young baby, I would have thanked my lucky stars.

He's SO young, OP. Get a comfy chair in his room, keep it dark and quiet and just let him cuddle you. Don't try to fight it. You'll find in a month or so when it starts to stay darker for longer in the morning he will probably sleep later. Is his room properly dark?

Just thought he probably won't be in his own room yet. Make sure your room is nice and dark then. Like pitch black dark.

You don’t overcome it. That sounds like a relatively good sleep pattern for that age

I'd love it if my 19 month old would fall back to sleep in my arms at 5am until 7, unfortunately she likes to just get up and play! I'd be chuffed that with a little cuddle he sleeps an extra 2 hours and be happy with that.