5:30 wake ups

For the past three mornings my LO has woke up at 5:30 and I can’t get him back down. There’s so way he can get through the day with 3 naps getting up at this time so has gone back to four keeping bedtime around the same time. His bedtime usually falls between 7-7:30. Any advice? He sleeps for around 3hrs -3hrs 15mons during the day and sometimes still needs tired but don’t really think he should have too much more day time sleep?

Unsure if it’s the heat, a developmental thing that will pass or if he’s got into a bit of a habit. We kept him in the dark until 6:30 today to try and help with this.

Has anyone had anything similar?😴

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My little girl was exactly the same for about a week, I just went with it and now she’s back to 6.30/7.30 wake ups, I’m figuring it was the heat! Or hoping anyway because those early starts are a killer 😴 xx

did you just adjust naps to follow wake windows so napped earlier etc

We had the same, for a few weeks, every day we leave him in bed until 6:45/7 regardless of what time he wakes up so as not to reinforce the early wake. We are starting to see some 6/6:30 timings now. Anything after 6am is considered perfectly normal so as long as it has a 6 in it I’m happy! If we had a 5:30 wakeup now we’d probably try to do 3 naps instead of 2 and shorten the second so as to be able to squeeze the third in but it’s pretty hard work now and will only work in car and maybe pram! I spent ages trying to figure out what was causing the wakeup but I think it was developmental as a lot of other 6 month olds seem to go through the same

Yeah exactly that and tried to fit in an extra nap even if it was a 15/20 min Power Nap! Xx

We have had early wakes (ie starting with a 5) for weeks and weeks now. It’s soul destroying!

What is he like when he wakes up? We went through it for a few weeks but he wasn't crying so i just left him in his cot until 6:15/6:30 and he has went back to 6:15/6:30 wakeups instead. Not sure if that had anything to do with it but i read leaving them aslong as possible and not actually starting the day is supppsed to help 🤷‍♀️x

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