The Positive Side of 5:30 AM

So, The Bear sleeps through the night now...it's been about 3 weeks now where he sleeps anywhere from 9 to 11 hours. He goes to bed anywhere between 6:45 PM AND 8 PM. His average bedtime is 7 PM. No matter what time he goes to sleep he wakes up between 5:30 AM and 6 AM. More often than not it's around 5:42ish AM. That's sooooo early for me. I could do six but would prefer 7. I tried pushing his wake up to 6 AM by not nursing him until it turned 6 AM but that is painful (I'm exhausted and he is mobile and AWAKE.) So I nurse him because I can sort of sleep while doing that. Usually he takes his first nap a couple of hours later - which makes me think he should really be sleeping a couple of more hours. He get's really cuddly and sleepy between 6:30 AM and 7. I embrace the cuddles because I have a feeling he won't want to cuddle when he's 8 years old (or before that.) So bring on the adorable early morning cuddles where it seems like he is hungover and just throws himself on me all squirmy and floppy.