# Early waking-potential ASD

**URL:** https://community.sleepfoundation.org/t/early-waking-potential-asd/2553
**Category:** General Questions
**Created:** [September 28, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://community.sleepfoundation.org/t/early-waking-potential-asd/2553 "2025-09-28T05:34:28Z")
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### Author: ![Malvern373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Malvern373](https://community.sleepfoundation.org/u/Malvern373)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2025, 5:34am UTC](https://community.sleepfoundation.org/t/early-waking-potential-asd/2553/1 "2025-09-28T05:34:28Z")

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My son (6) is being assessed for ND. He has always been an early waker but it’s currently now at 4.30 am…he gets up , shouts, wakes everyone up and I spend the next 2.5 hours up n down trying to damage limitation so he doesn’t wake my other son up. Any suggestions welcome on how to get him to sleep later , it’s making school and home life awful…I can’t cope, I’m one step from a breakdown and everyone spends there whole time shouting from pure exhaustion . I’ve tried bribes, rewards, being nice, being firm..I am lost