Early waking - HELP!!!

Oh no Kellz! That is FAR to early. Hope someone has some good suggestions!

im in the same boat, now that the birds are starting earlier Xavier is waking at 5.00 - 5.30. it used to be 6.30 which i can handle. He just yells MUM for a while or plays in bed quietly. i go in every now and then and tell him to go back to sleep. (luckily his door handles are too high for him to reach so he cant get out) I think consistency is the key though, if you dont let them away with it then they will eventually stop waking.
My friends let their boy get up when he wants and now they are all getting up at 4.30am to start the day! its ridiculous and they are exhausted but they dont have the heart to say no to him.
So if you dont want to be a walking zombie, just keep putting her in her bed, maybe put her in a sleep sack so she has trouble climbing out and keep it up. maybe a few weeks of that and she will be so over it, shel just stay in bed. Make sure you say its too early to be up, go back to sleep. then say nothing when you go back in to put her to bed each time.
It seems to be working for us as there are no more tantrums about it, he has just accepted that he has to stay in his room until 6.30.
Good luck!

I also find that the girls get up around the same time no matter what time they go to bed but I find they have a more rested sleep if the go to bed at their normal time 7-7.30.  If Anastasia wakes early she will normally have a drink of milk and either go back to sleep in her bed or in ours but if Karl is getting up for work then she is up like a shot so I prefer her to wake a little eariler and go back to sleep than waking at 6 and getting up.  Sorry not much help but maybe have a small snack, we used to have bananas for Ashlyn in the morning and she would sleep for a bit longer.  She may be having *another* growth spurt?

I am sorry, I have no advise just wanted to share a I do not do early mornings.....
Hope someone has some helpful advise!

Argh Kellz, sucky for you! I have nothing useful to suggest except that I am a mean mummy and don't let mine out of their room til 7am. It does help that there are two of them tho, if they wake early they just play.

Isla can get out of her room herself. It has a cavity sliding door. We dont get her up,..she comes in herself.

Maybe would should move her into the other room so that we can keep the door shut ans cant come out then? Lol Kelly yep we are sure Isla will just stand there and scream and bang on the door too.
She has never been one to wake and just lie there or play quietly.

Oh that sounds like a good idea- dunno if it would work with Isla yet tho?

What happens if she gets up at like 5am,..and I keep putting her back again and again and then it gets to 6am (when we have decided she can get up- cos she has never slept past then)? Do I just give in at 6am and let her stay up,..or will she think shes won then, and just learn that if she doesnt give in, eventually I will??

See I'm far too lazy (tired) in the middle of the night (that's what 5am is to me ) so I say to the child, it's still night time, go back to sleep, and I put them back and shut the door. If she does cry and carry on, block your ears because it will probably only take 2 days max to get the idea. We didn't actually have the crying and carrying on problem, even Kryssi if she wakes in the night accepts that it's still sleep time and will quiet down right away.

yay good on you Kellz! the more you do it the more she will understand.
If Xavier wakes up before 6.30am i tell him that i will come and get him when it is time to get up. so it is not giving in, just go in and say "yay, its get up time now, I told you i would come and get you".
The alarm is a great idea, i might try that. Although these kids are so technology savvy he will no doubt reprogram it! he can already put his own dvds on, find the right channel and push play.... we are now contemplating a life without a Tv!!!