I agreee with the others. I too used to work nights and didn't get home til 2 or 3 in the morning. The kids were very early risers. Some nights I didn't even get to bed, cause it used to take at least an hour for me to wind down before I could even think about going to bed. I used to make sure that the lounge room was secure, give them a snack that wouldn't cause any troubles and turned the tv on. As they got older, they knew that they could get themselves up etc, but couldn't wake me up before the clock read 7:00 am. They were happy with this. Then during the day I would have a little catch up sleep on the lounge or the floor on a mattress. 8 times out of 10 they would join me. I still like my nanna naps now of an afternoon/early evening.

You cant do anything about it.  Mine is doing the same thing.  I have decided that 5 is way to early for me so if he wakes up at that time I give him his dummy, tell him its too early and leave him to whinge for a little while.  I go back to bed and doze until 6.30 when he is absolutely demanding to be let out.  I lock all the cupboards and close doors, put his favourite cartoon on and crash on the lounge.  He climbs on me, sticks things up my nose but its alot better than starting the day.

Ours are all up as soon as it starts getting light.  However, we have child safety gates up every where, including their bedroom doors, and they are happy to play for a while before demanding breakfast.  I'm not sure there is anything you can do really to stop the early start, as kids haven't lost the caveman instinct of being up with the sun and to bed at sundown.

I completey agree with Jackandebonysmum about having the little man jump into your bed when your partner gets up. Our 2 y/o son does the same thing and we have found that he will go back to sleep for a few hours if he is in bed with me.

good luck xoxo

My youngest went through this aswell. Sometimes she does it now, and she's 5. On occassions, she will go back to sleep for an hour or so, but like Izzy said, there's  no solution to this as far as i'm / we are aware. Hopefully it's just a phase he's going through.

We just told our DD that it's not time to wake up yet. We've been teaching her numbers and even set up a clock in her room and told her she can get out at a certain time. We were persistent about her getting back in bed until a certain time and after a while, she gave up trying to fight us.

If he can get out of his bed on his own, perhaps you could set up some toys in his room once he's gone to sleep so that once he wakes up in the morning he has something to keep him amused for a while.

Perhaps you could put out a toy which has been buried at the bottom of the toy box for a while so that it's more appealing as it seems like something 'new'.

Other than hat, perhaps he would settle for a little longer or perhaps even go back to sleep for a whie if he came and had a quiet cuddle with you in bed?

My son was the same way at about 2. He wakes up at about 5ish and when he sees his dad get ready for work (hubby gets up at 5:30), then he can't sleep anymore. On weekends when we can all stay in bed a while longer, my son usually slept until at least 6am.

We never did find a solution to this ourselves. We just did the best we can so that the hubby could get up and shower without making too much noise. Thankfully, he got out of it.