I have a 16 month old, and on average he gets up anywhere from 4.30am-5.30am. He is such a huge outdoors & nature obsessed boy, so naturally by around 7am he’s banging on our patio door and asking me, or rather demanding me “side!!! (outside) bird!!!! flower!!!! side! (outside)” and I do keep him inside until around 8.30-9am , as I believe it’s an okay time but please correct me if I’m wrong.
He’s by no means loud in our garden but an occasional happy screech will come out, but just him talking away to himself in his own language whilst playing with toys is the standard.
I of course take him out elsewhere in the mornings where we won’t be possibly disrupting peoples sleep, but it’s not everyday I want to leave the house around 7am with very little sleep 🤣 just for some context as I assume somebody might think the obvious to just take him out elsewhere. I do!
I just want to know peoples personal opinions, parents or non parents. thank you !! ☺️
Edit : I do truly appreciate every single opinion and discussion in this thread! Thank you!
Apart from the parenting & apparent sleep experts trying to shame me about his wakeup times and also telling me I need to change his routine / make him have a later bedtime, ect. I have to stop myself replying to every comment, it does bother me 🤣 because …. if you think I get up every day at those times and thinking oh yes! This is how I want to live and definitely not change anything! ……. We’ve adjusted so many things. Gradually. His bedtime is 7.30 – he is on one 2 hour nap now unless we’re suuuuuper active non stop all day and his body needs extra rest towards the end of the day. I feel like 7.30 is super reasonable for a 16 month old. Sometimes it’s a bit before that if we can’t keep him awake. Pleeeeeeease can we stop commenting on his wakeup times like I don’t know these things already. Many things are in place to try and ensure a desired wakeup time of anytime after 6am but these things require time and patience and not big changes in routine instantly
Thank you 🙏🏻