Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
đ¨ The #1 mistake I see parents making with early morning wake-ups?
They accidentally reinforce them.
If your baby or toddler is waking at 4:00 or 5:00 AM, there are 3 things I want you to stop doing:
â 1. Accepting 4â5 AM as âmorning.â
Turning on the lights, getting out of the crib, starting breakfast, or beginning the day tells your child: Yep! This is wake-up time!
â 2. Offering a full feeding.
If your child consistently gets a full feed at 5 AM, their body can start expecting calories at that time.
â 3. Offering a nap at 7 AM.
This is a BIG one. A very early nap can make that early wake-up more firmly established because youâre essentially accommodating the schedule your child is waking into.
And hereâs the frustrating part:
Your child isnât necessarily waking early because theyâre ready to start the day.
Sometimes, the routine youâve created around that wake-up is what keeps it happening.
You donât want to accidentally communicate, âYou woke up at 5 AM, so letâs make this work!â đ
Instead, we want to shift the expectation back toward a developmentally appropriate morning wake-up and help their body clock adjust.
And Iâll be honest:
Fixing an early morning wake-up can be HARD WORK.
There may be some protesting. There may be some consistency required. And you may have a few mornings where you wonder if itâs actually working.
But when you go from starting your day at 5 AM to getting those extra hours of sleep?
SO. WORTH. IT. đ
Ready for help getting your mornings back?
Comment HELP and Iâll send information about a one-on-one consultation straight to your inbox.
And follow slumberandbloom_ for more realistic, evidence-based baby and toddler sleep tips. đ¤
đ¨ The #1 mistake I see parents making with early morning wake-ups?
They accidentally reinforce them.
If your baby or toddler is waking at 4:00 or 5:00 AM, there are 3 things I want you to stop doing:
â 1. Accepting 4â5 AM as âmorning.â
Turning on the lights, getting out of the crib, starting breakfast, or beginning the day tells your child: Yep! This is wake-up time!
â 2. Offering a full feeding.
If your child consistently gets a full feed at 5 AM, their body can start expecting calories at that time.
â 3. Offering a nap at 7 AM.
This is a BIG one. A very early nap can make that early wake-up more firmly established because youâre essentially accommodating the schedule your child is waking into.
And hereâs the frustrating part:
Your child isnât necessarily waking early because theyâre ready to start the day.
Sometimes, the routine youâve created around that wake-up is what keeps it happening.
You donât want to accidentally communicate, âYou woke up at 5 AM, so letâs make this work!â đ
Instead, we want to shift the expectation back toward a developmentally appropriate morning wake-up and help their body clock adjust.
And Iâll be honest:
Fixing an early morning wake-up can be HARD WORK.
There may be some protesting. There may be some consistency required. And you may have a few mornings where you wonder if itâs actually working.
But when you go from starting your day at 5 AM to getting those extra hours of sleep?
SO. WORTH. IT. đ
Ready for help getting your mornings back?
Comment HELP and Iâll send information about a one-on-one consultation straight to your inbox.
And follow slumberandbloom_ for more realistic, evidence-based baby and toddler sleep tips. đ¤
