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Subject: Early morning wake ups!!
Content: Hi I have a beautiful 4 and half year old son, who loves waking up at around 4.30am-5.30am and jumping into my bed. I went through separation when he was one and so I made it a habit to put him into my bed, it just made things easier, but now as he gets older it is getting harder to get him to stay in his own room. I struggle a little bit with getting him to sleep in his own room, and sometimes go and lie on his bed with him just to get him to sleep, but then he wakes up early hours of the morning and jumps into my bed, which at the moment is fine, well sometimes, but we are planning to move in with my new partner and I think early jump ins every morning may start becoming less than cute  Any tips or ideas on how to get my son to go to bed on his own in his room, and how to get him to stay there when he wakes up early in the morning, would be much appreciated. I feel really terrible, because it is habits that I have taught him, and now I want him to stop what I have taught him for so long.