Early riser

My child’s always been an early riser. He was doing 6am wake ups for a while but the last two months it’s been 530am consistently, today 520am. He wakes up happy babbling ready to play and hungry for milk. Do I just accept this is how it’ll be now? Or has anyone managed to move this out?

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Would also like to know what people are doing… starting the day with a 5 is not for me

My little ones been doing between 5-6 for months. Was 5:10 this morning 🤣
My 3 year old wakes at a similar time so the days are long.

maybe put in him to bed an hour later

My 14m old wakes up 5:10~ he’s not crying, so i push it as much as i can that’s closer to 6am. We start the day at 5:50~.

I’ve found putting to bed later helps as they only sleep a certain amount over night. My littles ones sleep needs has dramatically dropped mind wow! She woke 620, had a 30 min nap today 1040-1110 and then went sleep for 640pm

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