2 year old early wakes… can I do anything?

[Keepingbusyeating]

My (very nearly) 2 year old has recently started waking up at 5:15-5:30 every day.

She used to wake up at 6/6:30 which was fine but seeing a 5 every morning is quite brutal!

She naps for 1hr 30min and although I feel bad cutting her nap, am thinking it might be worth cutting it by 15 mins to see if it makes any difference?

She goes to bed at 8pm (she’s not really tired enough until 8pm and any later she gets overtired).

Are there any other tips? I think she’s too young for those clocks that show when it’s time to get up etc., I don’t think she’d understand it right now!

Depends what else is going on I’m your life………husband, other children and job.
Cutting back the nap may help, it’s bright, noisy and light, here’s it’s his lordship’s 🐱 breakfast time from 4.30 to 5.30 am.
Then I don’t work, my health doesn’t allow it, and I return to bed, till at least 7,, and let my meds kick in

My two year old doesn't nap in the day and goes to bed around 5pm/6pm. Mostly still gets up early but will occasionally give us a 6am or even a very rare 7am. I actually find the more sleep they have the more likely they are to wake up at a better time.
All my children are early risers though so I've had to just accept they will never be ones to lay in much.

If the nap goes I'd try to bring the bedtime in a lot earlier. I think you'll just have trial and see. Depends on your family routine too.

In my experience the only thing that helps is pushing bedtime later or shorter / no nap (I would do something more drastic than 15 mins if you are going to do it, I'd probably cap at 45mins).

It won't change overnight but if you stick to it and she is tired she will start to sleep longer.

Good luck, at least it's light outside at 5am in the summer! 😅

My 2.5yo has always woken up at 5 until very recently where he's started getting up at 6. It seemed like no matter what I did regarding naps he'd still get up at 5. Tbh I think sometimes you just have to accept defeat and hope that it changes eventually. Mine only started sleeping through at 15 months and that wasn't due to anything I did, he just started all on his own. I've figured out that with sleep there's nothing I can do to change it, it's a fingers crossed job that it changes

Thank you all, might have to accept she’s an early riser / having a 5am club phase but I’ll try calling her nap and see how it goes!