I've not been on here for a while but got some great advice in the past so thought I would try again now that my 28 month old seems to have started waking ridiculously early again! He's always been an early riser, and I've accepted that fact.. but recently it's edged earlier and earlier and is now 5am :-(. 6 I can cope with.. but 5 is still nighttime in my book! He's totally happy when he wakes up though and will chat away (loudly!) easily for an hour, but in the meantime it's woken the rest of the house up.. including my partner who gets up at 5.40 for work anyway, and sometimes my older son who has to go to school. Is it time to try and drop the last daytime nap?? He normally has about 1hr - 1.30hr around the middle of the day, though when he's waking this early if we drive anywhere in the morning after about 9am it's a struggle to keep him awake in the car. It seems early to drop to no naps.. but I know some kids do, and I can't see how he's overtired as he's waking up so happy?
If so.. how do we do it? Do I try and keep him awake all day after a 5am start? Not sure that will be possible!! His normal bedtime is about 7pm, and he's relatively easy to go to sleep.. if he naps late or for more than 1.5 hours then he'll take much longer to fall asleep then.. any advice please??!! (Btw, his room is pitch black and the house is completely quiet so I know it's not noise or light waking him!)
