14mo - Which comes first the EW or the poo?

[Sarah72]

Our 14 mo ds usually wakes between 5.30 and 6.00 and he either chatters away in his cot or has a bit of a whine for about 15 minutes until I can haul myself out of bed! Sometimes I hear him having a bit of a grunt which I assume is him having a poo because when I get him up, 99% of the time he has a dirty nappy.

I just wanted to see if anyone has any thoughts on whether he is waking early because he has had /needs a poo, or whether he is waking early for some other reason and then decides to have a poo! Hope you know what I mean!   

A few other bits of info
He is having a nap between 12 and 2 most days – bed at 7.
I don’t give him any fruit in the afternoon as I had read this might cause night-time poos.
He fills his nappy at least 3 other times during the day.

The final point is this morning when I got him up he had a clean nappy...... And he didn’t wake until 7am.......

Any thoughts?

Thanks

[Colin Macs Mom]

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[becky1969]

Your guy sure does poop a lot, eh? LOL!

I think your 'final point' is the clue! If he happily slept until 7, then it is that stupid poo waking him!  And I know of no great solution (other than what you've tried with the fruit) to change their pooping schedule.  My son had a poo that would wake him from midday nap for about a month, and I never did fix it! His poo time just naturally changed!

Do you remember feeding him anything different on the 7 am/non poop day?  I wonder if you could give him something binding like cheese at last meal of the day too, to kind of offset the pooping phenomenon.  Does he drink much fruit juice?  That can DEFINITE"LY cause pooping issues.  So make sure that he only drinks water or milk for the 2nd half of the day too.

I think this is one that you're just going to have to wait out.  Sorry!