Hi there, my LO is now 9 months and for the past week or so he has been waking like clockwork between 4.30 and 5am, regardless of the time he goes to bed! I'm sure we need a routine tweak but I'm just not sure where. I like to aim for a 7pm BT at the latest, and a 6am WU would be the ideal for us. He really doesn't eat a lot of solids (if any) so is still having 4 bottles per day. I thought maybe it was hunger waking him but I'm not so sure anymore. Here is our average routine:
4.45-5am wake
6am bottle
7.30 bowl or porridge (only meal he eats!)
S 9am - he only sleeps for maximum of 40 minutes, sometimes wakes after 30 mins and I know he is still tired but he won't resettle
E 10 bottle
11.30 try him with solids
E 1.45 bottle
S 2-3.30 (I wake him)
E 4.30 dinner (if he has any)
Bottle at 6.30, asleep within 10 minutes
Yesterday I let him sleep until 4pm and we went out, he then had a bedtime of 8pm - still awake at 4.45 this morning! I know he's still tired when he wakes as he's super miserable all morning until his nap, and we've tried giving him a bottle and putting back to bed - no, not having it!
Is there anything glaringly obvious I should be changing? He's my second DS and so much harder than my first so I feel like I know nothing! Any help would be appreciated