Was sleeping thru now waking at 4:00 am

[Siobhanu]

Hi

My little lad was doing great, 7 till 7 ish, but since the Christmas holidays things have gone funny,
We were away with my husbands family for the first half and my parents the second half of the holidays
he woke every night, probably as we were sharing with him and at home he has his own room, he also woke each morning at five and I put him into the bed with us and he fell back asleep, I think also the houses are older and a lot colder than he was used to.
Anyway we arrived home and I got him back into his routine, but he still woke several times, not looking for anything in particular, I just gave him a cuddle or tucked him in and he went asleep again, he also had a little cold and his nose was runny, this waking has now stopped except at 4/4:30 am some nights he settles himself, but others I have to go to him, and same thing again just cuddle and put back down, its like he is just checking that we are there? how do I fix this?

[Bensmama]

My little guy does the same thing.  He settles into a routine of normal waking time (6 or 7) then for a while he wakes really early i.e. 5/5:30.  Last night he woke at 4 and had pooped through his diaper onto his sleeper.  By the time I changed him he was wide awake until 6.  This has happened before, and he settles back into a normal wake time.  For now, he may need a bit of extra reassurance.  It is good that he goes back to sleep.