Our son used to wake up at 6:30 on the dot. The past couple of weeks he started getting up at 5:30 then 5...I figured it could be because the sun is rising earlier but the past couple of nights he has woken up at 4!! If I cuddle him he goes back to sleep but it stinks that he wakes up SCREAMING!! I miss the days of waking up to him cooing & babbling.
He also hasn't gone down to bed at his usual 7:30. Could his sleep pattern be changing??
Re: early waker
I feel your pain. My LO for awhile was 6:30pm to 4:00 (to eat) then back down til 6:30/7:00, and I loved this! Now she's close to sleeping through without the feeding however then she wakes at 5:30am so she's not quite tired enough to go back to sleep. I would rather her wake earlier to eat then she sleeps later overall.
Anyway for my LO she makes up for it with a longer morning nap. So maybe just take a nap when LO does if it's extended due to an earlier wake up.
Lots of luck to my Golden Girls