babe my two did that for a while. it completely kills you i coped by going to bed when they did at 8am. is it light in his room? maybe the light mornings are confusing him. i got some thicker curtains and now they get up between 7-8am which is heaven lol

joseph did that for a while i would keep his window blind open at night so he would be up with the sun, but now we keep em shut, it gets pitch black with em shut practically so he sleeps alot longer now then before. i think now here the sun rises around 5ish its insane and it doesnt go down until after 9.

will he play quietly in his room for a while so you can get a bit more sleep?

some days finn wakes up between 6-7, that's not terribly early but i'm so not a morning person. on those days i'll just put some toys in his crib with him and he'll play by himself for about an hour.

i think i'd go crazy if he started trying to get up at 5. sorry jules!

joseph sometimes plays in his room quietly or he used to in the mornings, now we have to lock his door at night since he can open it and i dont want him wandering the house while we are asleep. he used to wake up at 5am when i was pregnant between 5-6am but then i used to go to bed at 8pm right after him lol. otherwise id get no sleep. but with the room darkened he sleeps until around 7-8am now. some nights we stay up late and i beat myself up the next day. hopefully maybe he will play quietly, jordynnes like that in the mornings she will occupy herself for alil while while josephs still asleep so i can get some more sleep

Thanks for your help ladies!

I already do darken his room by putting up extra curtains and no, he won't play quietly by himself. He's in his own bed now so he just opens his door and comes into my bedroom.

I think I'm just gonna have to accept I've got an early bird on my hands!

My daughter is too, and i put one of those child proof doorknob covers on the inside of the door, cause i was worried she would get out of her rom, and fall down the stairs half asleep, but since she figured she CANT get out o her room she plays quietly in her room for at least an hour!

We all need a night nanny that works from 8 to 8. That'd be wonderful! lol

I like that plan...

Trey is the same way Jules and I want to cry. Now matter what time he goes to bed (It's usually 7:30) he's up at 5-5.30. Sometimes even 4.30 (like today) We've tried keeping him up longer till 8.30-9 and it's even worse, he'll get up bright and early. And he only naps for about 1 hour a day around 12-1. I'm yawning as I write this. lol

I think in our case it may have to do with REALLY noisy neighbours and cats that run around all night over our heads so I'm hoping once we move, he'll break this habit.

Yesterday I was so tired, I fell back asleep and woke up and there was oatmeal allllll over my bed cause I had made him some and then passed out after getting ready for work. Needless to say, I had to take a cab to daycare and work.

Oh boy, it sounds like you are having as bad a time as me! It's really hard, isn't it? I can be really evil in the mornings when I am woken too early and I hate it when I hear myself being really short with Max. I usually pick up a bit later on but by evening I'm absolutely shattered. I end up going to bed early myself just to try and get a good night's sleep but I don't feel I can do that too often cos then I don't get to have any time with my DH.

Ah bum.

dalton is 2 1/2.sometimes he wont go to sleep.he can go to be at 9 or 3 in the morning (which he does *a lot*) and wakes up at 9,no matter what!I cant help!