4yr old getting up at 5am everyday! Please help!

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I have no idea how to stop this. I have tried everything. She goes to bed at 7pm-730pm. She asks to go to bed so keeping her up any late would be hard plus not being selfish or anything but an hour with dh is nice!
I have got her one of those night light torch things and one of those stupid disney princess clocks which is meant to tell her when is a good time to get up but it doesn't work very well.
She has alwyas had a music box which she has before she goes to sleep but she also puts it on when she wakes up in the night. From 5am this morning it was on constant and driving me slightly mad! Plus she woke up ds who is one and sleeps very well. So he has been in a horrible mood.
It would be ok if she got up and was quiet but she isn't. She bangs around waking everyone up.
Has anyone else been through this? what did you do to keep them in bed a little longer? x

Can you tell her she has to stay in bed and look at some books until the princess clock goes off? I think at 4 you can be quite strict about what is acceptable at that time in the morning.

Have tried that. The silly clock thing doesn't work very well it goes off when it wants!
She comes in and asks if she can play. I tell her calmly that it is too early and to go back to bed.
This is when the screaming starts. I don't know what to do. She has started full time school last week and I am worried lack of sleep will be affecting her school time.

My only other thought would be to send her to bed later. IME it takes about a week to make any difference, so perhaps at half term move her bedtime by half an hour.

You have to ignore the screaming, and put her back in her bed with her books, or whatever quiet thing she's allowed.

She is such an active little girl tho and really is shattered by 7pm but then getting up at 5am with her I am shattered at 7pm too!!!
I would ignore the screaming but when she wakes ds up then the whole house is up. walking zombie at mo!

Actually she might benefit from a reward chart. Well I hope so. Whats this bunny clock?

www.bunnyclock.com/ never had one here, but very popular afaik

I'm not surprised she's shattered at 7pm. My ds2 is nearly 4. He sleeps from about 8pm to 7pm. He would got to bed earlier except he wants to go the same time as his brother who is 5. I really think you need to change the bedtime. 7 to 5 is 10 hours, which is normal at her age.