This morning, my 19mo son wouldn't stop crying at 5am as he was thirsty. I could tell from the dry-throat sounds he made. Once he drank though, he was completely awake. He tried to lie down in my arms but you could see he realised himself he could sleep anymore. So he signaled me that he want to go outside the room. Started crying when I still tried to get him back to sleep. Usually I am good at it but today he was just completely up. Maybe it was the water. But I did the right thing right? Well he's all up and energetic while I am super tired. Any tips? Should I have played with him in his room in the dark to avoid him waking up more?

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I think it is just one of the bad days you have. Sometimes toddler will wake up from bad dreams and thus want your attention. Since he wakes up at 5am I believe he will replenish his sleep in the afternoon nap or go to bed earlier at night. If you still want to continue to sleep, you can place your kid at a safe place, e.g. playpen/playard and tell him to play himself. The last resort will be switch on TV for him to entertain himself for a while. A tired parent will be an angry/cranky parent!

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Home Toddler this morning my 19mo son wouldnt stop crying at 5am as he was thirsty i could tell from the dry throat sounds he made once he drank though he was completely awake he tried to lie down in my arms but you could see he realised himself he could sleep anymore so he signaled me that he want to go outside the room started crying when i still tried to get him back to sleep usually i am good at it but today he was just completely up maybe it was the water but i did the right thing right well