When to get up in the morning? 🌞🕖

Question

I've always struggled with morning time most so I'm wondering what the other stay at home/maternity leave moms do. 
My son has always woken up a few times in the morning hours (5 - 7am) and I never know when I should be getting him up vs. trying to get him back to sleep. If he wakes up crying I typically try and soothe him back to sleep until he finally wakes up in a better mood. Sometimes it's one more snooze, sometimes it's 3. Sometimes he'll seem rested and content at 6:00 and other times it won't be until 8:00. (Bedtime is consistent within a 30 minute window). 
Yesterday he woke up at 6:30 and was just rolling around talking to himself so we got up for the day. Today he woke up at 6:30 crying and rubbing his eyes so I fed him, and he then went back to sleep and is still sleeping (its now 8am). 
Should I be going off his cues like that even though wakeup time is inconsistent? Or is it better to pick a wakeup time and say the first time he wakes up after ___ I'll get him up for the day, even if he seems cranky, to promote more of a schedule? Or maybe I should be waking him up at the exact same time every day? 
I'm confused! And the time change didn't help lol Any advice appreciated 😩❤️

Answer

We get up when he is ready to get up haha which is usually around 8:30. We have a basic routine but it's very flexible and I base his meal and nap times on his cues. He typically goes to bed around 8 or 9 but sometimes later if I'm working and he is home with dad. It's easier for us to be super flexible bc I work part time in the evening and we don't have to be anywhere in the morning.

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I try to base it off of about 11-12 hours after she's fallen asleep...unless she's had a rough night of multiple wakings. Then I try to get her to sleep a touch longer. As long as she sleeps past 6:30 that's generally fine. If she's super grumpy I just put her down for a nap a little earlier than I normally would.

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When is his bedtime? I would base it off 11-12 hours from that. Baby usually wakes up around 6-7am so if your baby wakes up at 6 happy then get up for the day. If he still seems tired and leave him in bed to see if he’ll put himself back to sleep. I do this and she either stops crying and wakes up herself or she falls asleep again. Our morning is pretty consistent tho at 7-7:30 she either wakes up crying or happy. If she’s crying I just assume she’s hungry. She stops right away when we get her but she’s fully awake at that point as she’s had 11+ hours of sleep already.

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Same as you. If he’s only slept 10 hours though I aim for minimum 11. So sometimes he plays in crib 630...645 then falls back asleep for an hour

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From around 6am is wake up time for us

When to get up in the morning? 🌞🕖

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