DS has been having early wakes for more than 1 month. He is 6.5 mo old. We've dropped the catnap, limited day sleep to 3 hrs, pulled bedtime earlier, but no luck. He wakes anywhere from 4:45~5:50. I don't think it's teething, as I don't see anything at all in his mouth. I don't think it's hunger, because he still eats 2X at night (10~11:30, and 2~4) Often his first wake in the morning is just 2.5~3 hrs after the last feed. However, the nights the second feed has come later...like 4 or after, he has slept through till 6:30. He usually talks/plays in his crib for a while. if he gets tired of that he'll start to fuss, then sometimes cry. PU/PD does not work, and we just fight until it's wake up time. We have no props. A time = 2:45 We just started solids this week. Can you help me resolve this problem?
Our current routine:
6:30 up & E (used to be 7)
9:15 nap (usually 1:20~1:30)
10:35 E
11:30 solids
1:20 nap (usually 1:30~1:40)
3 E
5:15 E & bedtime routine (massage, etc)
6 top off and bed
(bedtime used to be 7, but since dropping catnap, we've been at 6 pm for more than 3 weeks....tried moving out slowly but he added nw, so we are back at 6 pm.)
Thanks to anyone who has a suggestion. I'm tired from the early wakes, but more importantly, it's really throwing off his routine. he's so tired in the morning it's difficult to last until his nap, but I've read giving an earlier nap will encourage early wakes, so we suffer through rough mornings.