Early to Rise?

Hi T.,
my 2 1/2 year old rarely sleeps in past 7am. If she sleeps in past 7am then I'm always amazed! She was waking anywhere between 5am and 6am at one point. I have an 8 month old too.. he goes to bed at 6 or 7 and wakes sometimes for a bottle around 4am or may skip the bottle and wake at 5am and stay awake! It's frustrating I know! My mother-in-law told me that she would leave out a bowl of cheerios for them to get in the morning. Him and his sister were 4 and 6 at the time. they would just help themselves and get their cheerios and turn on the tv to watch cartoons. Early rising I think is very normal.. especially if you have your kids on some sort of bedtime.

You sound like me and my husband...lol! Our 3.5yr. old is asleep between 7:30 and 8:30 and is up between 5:00 - 6:00 a.m. My 14mo. old is asleep by 7:00 and is up between 6:00 - 7:00. I sympathize with your husband. I've said many of times "Why can't they sleep?!?"

Hi T.,
I have a two year old and she sleeps till 9-10AM. But I don't put her to bed until 9PM. What it all comes down to is what time you put them to bed. I believe toddlers usually sleep about 10-12 hours a night. So you put them to bed early, they get up early. You put them to bed later, they get up later. Also, they are not going to "sleep in" on the weekends. They don't know the difference and since their bedtime doesn't change, the time they wake up wont change either. I hope this helps. Good luck.

Wow, after reading the responses, I almost feel kind of lucky...my son is 4 1/2 and he has always gotten up about 6:30am. It doesn't matter how late or early he is put down, he's still up at that same time, every freakin' day. I guess that's why parents wake teenagers, because after all those years of them waking their parents...revenge! LOL!

Well I can't speak for my own son because he's way young. However, I can tell you that my niece and nephew were early birds. They were up between 5-6 am. Part of it I think has to do with how early they are put to bed. My 8 week old is put down between 9-10 pm and sleeps until about 10 the next day with usually one (maybe 2) wakings at night. But that's a different deal. If i had him in bed earlier he'd be done sleeping earlier.