He's wrapped up so can't play in his cot so to speak, all he can do is turn his head from side to side in the dark, can't even suck on a finger, so I feel a little mean leaving him there for a longish time.
I really don't have much advice since I'm in the same boat, but I just had myself a really good laugh reading your post and the visual that popped into my head! :lol: :lol: :lol: I'd want to get up as well if I were him! :wink:
Anyway, I started out trying to get my LO to sleep till 8 am. Had the hardest time. So I moved it up to 7 am (with 7 pm bedtime) and it worked for a little while, then he wanted up at 6 am. I didn't give in, and fought with him every morning, up and down, until 7 am. Then he started waking even earlier at 5 am. I KNOW if I give in and get him up earlier, it's just gonna get earlier and earlier!
So here are the things we've done, in case one works for you...
The room is PITCH black (foil on windows and everything).
Adjusted the bedtime forward or back.
Change the diaper (or better nighttime diaper) because he doesn't like sleeping in a wet diaper.
Leave to play (sometimes falls back asleep), resettle when he cries (but don't get up).
Wake-to-sleep method 1 hour before.
And if it's any consolation, I recently dropped the night feedings and DS has slept through the night 2 out of the last 4! One night until 6:20 am (and easily resettled and went back to sleep till 7 am) and the other until 7 am! Woot woot!
One thing I didn't really try, but should have, is making DH get up with him in the morning. Even though he's not hungry, he may still associate you with the milk and get too excited to go back to sleep. They're out of luck with DH and less likely to keep trying.