Early waking

[daydreamingnightowl]

Posting in the hope that there is something obvious I can change/add to encourage later waking..

18month old, wakes at 5:20 every morning. We leave to chat until the cries start usually 5:30. Cup of milk at 6 and then breakfast around 8 at nursery.

nap after lunch at 12:30ish and that can be anything from 1.5 hours to 3 hours.

Dinner at around 5:15 and then cup of milk at 6:30 bath at 6:40 and goes down for sleep at 7 and falls straight to sleep.

Do we just have an early riser or am I missing something?

My belief is that they adjust eventually. My kids are 4 and 5 and go in phases. I've been up with 5 year old (nearly 6) since 5am today but he often sleeps until 7

I’d check the room temperature or layers, as that time of the morning is usually the coldest so they wake up.

The only thing I can think of is that dinner may be a bit early and they're waking up hungry?

Other than that, you may just have an early riser... my LB now 4 was the same.

That routine sounds very similar to my two year old, and we went through a period of early wakes around that age (which is actually when we shifted bedtime back to 7 from 6.30 so that doesn't help you). But I was going to suggest the same as @Beachloveramy - could they be hungry? Do you offer a snack after nursery? Ours has some cereal/banana or something when she gets home as nursery tea is around 4pm. You could try a day or two of a slightly earlier bedtime, funnily enough that sometimes helps us improve early wakes if she's overtired.

Mine has been broken since the clock change. 5am every fucking morning.

We may have a winner! I was prepared to try each suggestion but turning the heating up was the easiest so I tried that first and we woke at 6:10! Could be a fluke....and I'm sweating, but yay!

Same @Ragingoverlife and it was 430 today. I know kids wake early but seriously

If he sleeps through 7-5.20 I’d consider that a good nights sleep!

Mine is also an early riser (20 months), I have just over the last few weeks started putting him to bed an hour later at 8pm and he now sleeps through until 6.30ish. So could be worth pushing bed time back? I think that is the only option really as sleeping 10-11 hrs straight at that age is pretty good going!!