Early Morning Waking Guide

Struggling with early mornings? This guide is for you!
(Designed for babies and toddlers aged 4 months to 4 years)
 
Early waking can feel relentless. Those 5am (or earlier…) starts can leave you exhausted before the day has even begun. And when you’ve tried everything… it can feel incredibly frustrating not knowing what’s actually causing it, or how to fix it.
 
This evidence-based guide is designed to help you understand what’s really behind early rising, and give you clear, realistic steps to shift your child’s mornings later, without guesswork or overwhelm.
 
“It took one simple tweak from this guide to go from 5am starts to sleeping until 6:30/7am every day!” – Frieda
 
Inside, you’ll find:
✔️ A clear breakdown of the science behind early morning waking
✔️ The most common reasons your child may be waking early (and how to identify which one applies to you)
✔️ Practical, step-by-step strategies to shift wake-ups later
✔️ Guidance on how to respond in the moment without reinforcing early starts
✔️ Support with optimising naps, bedtime, and sleep pressure for better mornings
✔️ Reassurance that early waking is common, and absolutely fixable
 
Whether you’ve been stuck in a cycle of early mornings for weeks or you’re starting to see a pattern emerge, this guide will help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
 
Because mornings shouldn’t start before you’re ready 🤍
 
"We've had a stint of our son waking at 5am, sometimes even 4:45am for almost 2 months and it drove us mad! My husband and I used to take turns to get up, so we were not both completely exhausted. It took a simple tweak mentioned in the Early morning wake guide to rectify the situation. Now we get to sleep in till 6:30/7am every day!" - Frieda and son Josua