Ok, it’s not often I give in and ask for help… but we’re at the end of our tether!
Louis (nearly 3) has decided bed time is for wimps and won’t go to sleep. At least, not until past 9 pm.
With both parents being engineers by training, we’ve obviously tried various experiments – changing what he eats, different bed time routines, trying to spot how we’re contributing. We think we’ve tried the lot.
But we know we haven’t.
We’d love him to go down for the night at his previous 7:30 bed time. With the exclusion of controlled crying or shutting him in his room, has anyone else been through this? We’re getting desperate! It might not sound bad that a not-long-past-toddler won’t go to sleep till 9 or 10, but it means he’s exhausted and ratty the next day and I (Clare) am getting very tired, as I’m also looking after Theo, the 4-month-old, as well as running Veg Box Recipes!!!
Can you help?
Are you the secret solution to our problem with your wonderful magic wand?!?
Seriously, most suggestions (humane and ethical!) would now be considered.
Hugs,
Clare x
P.S. It’s ironic, but on Thursdays (one of his 2 child minder days) Louis goes to a play group called Little Angels. Pity it only lasts for the afternoon.
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This will be no practical help, but my 3 year old used to go to bed at 7.30 pm and sleep the clock round. Suddenly he started waking at 6am (or earlier) and playing (loudly!!). This is not so bad during the week, but is a killer at weekends. We tried everything to make him sleep in – later nights, cutting out the midday nap, long walks, tons of fresh air etc. etc. Nothing worked, for about 2 months (felt soooo much longer..). Just this week, tho’, he has reverted to the 12 hour sleep – I’ve even had to wake him up for nursery twice!! Anyway, what I wanted to say was that kids seem to do this sometimes. Maybe a break in routine, excitement (Christmas build up), new baby etc. So sometimes they just fall back into their usual pattern – just try to remember this isn’t going to go on forever!