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We had this problem with LO around the 3 month mark, and she just recently came out of it at about 5 1/2 months. She had been putting herself to bed really early (like couldn't stay awake past 6 pm, sometimes earlier. When she started to be able to stay up a bit later, I pushed her bedtime back to 7:30 pm and gradually she started waking up later. Now she pretty consistently wakes up at 7-7:30 am.

How old is she and how long is she awake before her first nap? If you could post her overall schedule, that would help too!

I would definitely considering extending that first wake time before the morning nap. 2 hours is actually a pretty short wake time and napping her too early (as well as not enough total awake time in the day) is only going to perpetuate the early wake up. I also think the fact that she isn't napping long in the morning is a sign that you need to increase that wake time.

At 9 months, my LO was up for 3 hours before his first nap and he had about 9 hours of total awake time during the day. He liked a shorter amount of time before bed though. We also had a few rules we followed to get on a good schedule:

1. We didn't get him out of bed before 6am...ever. That moved to 6:30am around 9 months.

2. We didn't nap him before 9am and 1pm. When we moved the out of bed time to 6:30, first nap was never before 9:30.

3. Early bedtime was our friend!! At that age my LO frequently went to bed between 5:45 and 6:30. That was because he was never a big napper and preferred to sleep more overnight. Your LO sounds like she's the opposite.

@BKCaribBaby: @Sammyfab: just playing devils advocate but my DD still isn't awake for 3 hours after waking up in the morning until her first nap and she's 11.5 months old! But I will say that an earlier bedtime might help! DD has a similar routine as what you posted but wakes much later but her bedtime is the same. Some kids are early risers so that early bedtime will make her more rested. Good luck!!