when you figure it out let me know.Jade is 15mths, I tried no naps, and  when it came bed time she turned into a monster. I run her around outside before dinner, still wakes early. Fingers toes crossed as she gets older she will sleep. For now i have our first over night stay away from me for the first time so mummy is staying in bed til7am! even if im awake. lol.

My son used to be the same way although the now he is much better.  I saw this really cool product that is a night light for the child's room, where you can set the times.  The nighlight is a blue moon when they are supposed to be asleep and a yellow sun when they can get up.  The father who created it was having the same issues.  Unfortunately, I can't remember where I saw it, but I thought it was a great idea.

I don't know that there is a trick to it, some say darken the room more, give them a drink and put them back to bed, but from my experience with my three (they have all been early risers) it was just a phase....a very long phase...and as they got older they slept later.  I hope you find something that works.  Good luck.

I have a 2 year old who is exactly the same - goes down around 7:30 / 8pm and is up by 5 each morning. He also still wakes at least once or twice a night too. I tried to stop the day sleep but for him it made him worse as he become over tired and really emotional, he then would have terrible nights and the next morning although still woke at 5 he was still tired so had a miserable few days.

I have just started to put a book on the end of his bed and a puzzle, he wakes still at the same time but is happy to stay in bed for an extra half an hour to read and play - it is a start

Good luck

P.S Have you tried to put any toys, stuffed animals or colourful, musical objects above his bed/cot? Maybe he gets up so early to wake you because he's bored!

My cousin had the same problem with her little girl the best she came up with was getting up, feeding her, playing a little 10 minute game then letting her know it's time to go back to sleep. She still has to get up early for her little girl but at least she gets to go back to sleep for a few hours!

maybe try giveing him more activities to tire him out.   Also try and cut down the day sleep, just little by little and then little by little but him to bed later, and see if that helps. 

Every kid is different and my boy is only 17mths but I know that if he sleeps more than 2.5 hrs during the day he will be up during the night or up really early.  So we wake him after 2.5 hrs.  We take him outside and do lots of running etc.. to tire him out.  He still wakes anywhere between 6 -7 this morning it was 6.50am. 

Good luck.

put him in pre- school and tell them not to let him sleep during the day. He needs more to do during the day, to make him sleep more. I did it as i have a three year old. and he has not slept during the day for 12 months , and he gets up at  7.30 every morning, and goes to bed at 8.00 at night. i hope that helps, has it did me.

Ha! I wish I knew what to do! My 5 year old has been like that for  years too! It drives me insane, coz we are up at 6.30 usually and he has been awake for at least an hour before us! We ended up putting a little tv with dvd player in his room and he has FINALLY accepted that he is not allowed out of his room until we are up (unless he has to go to the toilet) and he watches a dvd until we get up... I didn't want a tv in his room, but after him constantly getting up at 5 am and going out into the  back yard I decided that a tv was the lesser of two evils, rather than him going outside while we are sleeping! It doesn't matter if he goes to bed at 10 pm or 7 pm, he is still up at 5am... some kids are just early risers I think!!!