My 1.5 year old has been getting up at 5am and I don't know how to change it!
His routine is this:
5am: WU, grumpy but unwilling to go back to sleep or snuggle in my bed.
Noon: Nap 1.5h
6:30p: Bedtime, asleep by 7.
In the past his bedtime was earlier (6pm). However, he has had to move in with his two older siblings (almost 3y and 4.5y) and so his bedtime has been bumped by about 1/2hr.
His siblings shenanigans at bedtime last about 30 min which he finds quite amusing. But, his early wake-up is NOT so happily welcomed by me OR his siblings. At least I get coffee, but the other two are miserable (they do not go back to bed)
He has two last teeth (K9s) to break ground, so my hope is that that is the cause.
Any other suggestions?
The room is totally dark. It has white noise and is fairly cool. He loves a bath before bed and eats a good amount at dinner time. I don't respond quickly to his fussing in the morning; hoping he'll lay back down. But, instead he wakes the others up and since they are both newly out of night time diapers, they seem to pee their mattresses in protest of the noise! argh
What am I missing. Maybe just an automatic coffee machine....
Any suggestions?
