5am wake ups
My 2 year old keeps waking up at 5am and is cranky and tired enough that she wants to go back to sleep but needs lots of cuddles. But because by this point sleep pressure is low she’s takes over an hour to resettle and fall back to sleep. By this point my alarm is going off 6:15am for work 😖😩
She used to wake up nicely around 7am and we’d all be a lot calmer and have breakfast together but now I’m either letting her sleep in a bit so she’s not over tired and there’s always a big rush to get out the door.
Any tips?
She goes to bed at 8-8:30pm naps around 1pm for 1h-1h:30m
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You mentioned sleeping in to give chance to catch up but if she's taking an hour to fall back to sleep she's an hour shy on sleep so I'd be adjusting the rest of the days timings to match with a wake at 6/6.30
So nap at 11.30-12.30/1 then bed at 7/7.30.
From my experience 5am wake ups are cos they were too tired when they went to bed.
I'd cut the nap down and try that
She sounds over tired.
8/8:30 bedtime is too late x
Try an earlier bedtime as an over tired child wakes earlier
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