not settling after 5am feed

I have no answers, sorry. My daughter does the same thing (although admittedly it's 5.30ish here), and had times when she'd do it when she was younger too. Changing her bedtime doesn't seem to have helped, so I just tend to live it out. It doesn't last forever, thankfully!

When Fergus was about 2 months he woke at 5am, but I would feed him in his room in the dark. I didn't walk around with him, look at him, talk to him etc.

Then I would put him back in his bed and go. Usually he would nap right back off, other times cry for a min or two.

Then when it got morning- A respectable time = morning here! Usually around 6.30 I would talk to him GOOD MORNING etc...

You have probably tired that- but that's all I can offer sorry!

I'm sure it will work itself out soon!   

I agree with Teacher Lady, I would just feed our wee girl in very dim lighting, no conversation or smiles etc, and then back to bed straight away whispering "time for sleep" or something similar. Then when it's time to really start the day, make a big fuss of her, lots of smiles etc. She's been awesome ever since we've done that, back to sleep pretty much immediately. I found that taking her to our bed just made her more excited about being awake, rather than helping her (and me!) get back to sleep. Good luck!

My 3 1/2 month little boy has just started doing the same. He usually settles and falls back asleep when feeding him, but the past 3 nights he can be fast asleep after a feed and when i put him back in his cot he wakes back up and he has decided it is time to start the day at 5.30! So end up putting him in bed with us! I am hoping this is just a faze he is going through. I will try leaving him in his cot as Lyds has suggested and see if this helps :)