My 6 year old is in first grade this year and has been waking up between 4:00-5:30 in the morning and not going back to sleep. I usually wake her up for school at 7am but Friday morning and then again today she’s woken up super early and says she’s “not tired anymore”. She goes to bed on school nights between 7:30-8:00. Is she getting too much sleep? We’ve had this routine since she started kindergarten last year and she’s never had any issues staying asleep until now.
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My 1st grader will do this. Bedtime is 8/830 but if she’s down by 930 at the latest I’m happy(bedtime is the struggle part of the day), she is up by 6am as her bus comes at 630. Some days she’s up at 4, but bedtime isn’t a struggle. We put her in soccer and spend extra time outdoors running around and full body movements to help level things out. Weekends she’s out by 9 or earlier and up by 6am without fuss.
How’s the sleep schedule on the weekend?
8pm - 4pm isn’t enough sleep.
Is she really excited to go to school? That may be waking her up. It could also be a phase.
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My daughter was always in bed at 9pm and woke up by 6am with no issues. Maybe you push her bedtime back 30 minutes and see if that helps her sleep longer if not maybe push it back an hour and see.
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Maybe 8 hours is enough for her. Try letting her stay up later and see how it goes.
Mine never needed much sleep but then would occasionally sleep 12 hours straight! We kept their bedtime quiet but it was never before 9pm… We never had to get up at 6am though! 
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I have a 3rd grader(8) kindergartener(5) and a pk (3). Whom all go to bed at 8, and get at 6:30am. Sometimes they wake up at 5:30-6. When they wake up on their own they are way happier then when I wake them up! Which gives us a little more time in the morning to have story time and play before heading off to school.
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My kids go bed since they started kindergarten at 9pm and get up at 6:45am til 3rd grade I moved the time at 9:30pm and they get up at 6:45am they did great everyday by getting up and go school without issues. If they tell me they are so tired they put themselves in bed at 9pm or earlier.
Every kid is a little different.
We’ve periodically had to adjust our kids’ bedtime for this reason.
They’re 7 and 11.
They get up at 6.
Bedtime is at 9.
The youngest typically falls asleep within a few minutes and the oldest by around 930/10.
You could try maybe a 830 - 9pm bedtime and see if that helps any.
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Yah do bed more so like 830 ish and be in bed for 9 it might help. But your kid might be one of theses kids that do this no matter what lol
All kids are different maybe that is enough sleep for her. Try letting her stay up a little later
My son always wakes up super early no matter the time I put him to bed. Some kids are just wired differently, you could try pushing bedtime back a bit but she might just be an early riser
My oldest is 14 n youngest is 7. Bed time has always been 7 pm. Unless weekend and summer. Oldest no matter what time wether it’s 7pm, 9, midnight always wakes up at between 5:40 n 6:20 like clock work. Won’t sleep in. No phone or tablet in the room either. All devices off and won’t turn on till a certain time. The 7 yr old likes sleep. Rarely wakes up before 6 no matter the time bedtime is. If you wake that one up . Good luck. Kids body need sleep and every kid is different. Some like to sleep more than others. Look at adults some can function on 4 hrs on some can’t without 8 to 10 .
It doesn’t matter what time my kids go to bed. They don’t wanna get up and go to school. Lol.
All kids are different but if she’s going to bed at 730 and waking up at 530, that’s 10 hours of sleep. That’s probably enough for her. My daughter is the same way in if she goes to bed super early she wakes up super early. We do a 930 bed time and I wake her up for school at 745ish. You just have to find what works for you guys.
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Move bedtime to 8:30-9:00 and see if it helps. If not you may want to look into children’s melatonin, my son has to take a 1 mg gummy every night before bed or he doesn’t sleep for more than a few hours at a time.
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Heck she is getting 10 hours of sleep if she goes to bed at 730 and gets up at 530 that’s probley enough sleep for her at her age. If u want her to sleep longer put her to bed later
Look up the sleep chart. They have by age when u take parenting classes how long all together doctors averaged how much sleep they need. It’s a good start point to figure out If she’s actually getting too much
As they grow - patterns change. She may be a morning person. No worries - better to much than not enough.
NY kids go to bed between 930 and 10pm and they sleep for the majority of the night. We are also not morning ppl. So we def don’t want everyone awake before like 8am on weekends. On week days they get up at 7am for school
My 7 yr old goes to sleep 9 9:30 and wakes at 710
I use to be like that no matter what time i went to sleep. You can talk with her doctor. I mean she is getting about 10hrs of sleep tho maybe try putting her to bed about 9. Maybe she will sleep a little longer in the mornings.
Some people function off less sleep and that’s perfectly ok!
Shes a little older. Make bedtime around 8.30.
For my kids since day 1 of school there bedtime was 8:30-9pm and I woke them up at 7am and they did fine. May want to move bedtime up a hour and see if it changes anything. But I def wouldn’t go passed 9pm they do need their sleep routine for sure. Goodluck!!
My 7 year old goes to bed between 8 and 9. During the school week we wake her at 630.
My.kids sleep angood 9ish hiurs. Never 12. Unless theyndont feel good.
Yes. Raise her bedtime to 8 or 8:30. See if that helps.
7:30 bedtime seems early to me…that’s almost 12 hours of sleep if she not up until 7am
My first grader goes to sleep anywhere between 9:30/10 and wakes up anywhere from 5-7 am. Depending on how hard it was for him to get to sleep of course. Sometimes he lays in bed for an hour trying to get to sleep due to adhd other times he falls asleep in the living room and gets taken to bed.