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3 year old - 4am wake up

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xkellsbellsx · Today 06:01

My 3 year old is waking between 4-4.30am every day, he has been an awful sleeper since birth and only really needs 9-10 hours sleep in 24 hours, which is fine I just really need to the wake up to be a least 5am. We’ve tried, early bed time, later bed time, no nap, short nap, longer nap, early nap, late nap, you name it we’ve tried it, we even paid for a sleep professional when he was around 18 months, she gave us our money back because even she couldn’t get him to sleep 🤣 he isn’t hyper, just your constantly on the go little boy, no concerns with behaviours. He starts a school nursery in September so really need to get this sleeping sorted before then, because he is waking so early he is needing a nap to get through to at least a 6pm bedtime, which he won’t be able to do in the school nursery. He is fine with no nap, but like I say needs one while he has been waking at 4-4.30am, we considered the gro clock but don’t think he would fully understand, his room is a lovely temp, complete black out and has white noise playing.

Any Mumma’s out there who have any words of wisdom?

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Henriettina · Today 06:31

You might find that forcing no nap for a sustained period pushes the wake up later.

DD1 was an early bird (more like 5 though) and napped occasionally until reception. Almost overnight she started waking after 6. Warly, but manageable!

I know that’s an hour later than your son, but she’s always had a 7pm bedtime so the same timings just forwards a bit.

Peonies12 · Today 14:27

Have you forced the no nap for a few weeks? Any change has to be consistent for a few weeks to see if it makes a difference.

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