Has anyone had success adjusting their LO's bedtime to an earlier time? My 3 year old hasn't been falling asleep until after 9. She wakes up in the 8am hour and does not take naps. I feel like that's a pretty late bedtime for her age considering she goes to school and doesn't nap.
Any advice? Or does this sound like it's in the normal range for her age?
squash / 13764 posts
Sounds like 11 hours of sleep total, which is pretty good and about what my LO gets, just on a different schedule.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
@hilsy85: she wakes up crabby half of the time haha! Yeah I guess the hours are good I just don't like the timing of it, leaves me with about an hour at night to myself and that's not much!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
My 3.5 year old has been going to bed around 8:30/900 for a very long time. She wakes for the day no later than 6:30. These days (DST!!) it's more like 5:30. She naps at daycare but never on the weekends or when she's at home. But she has always been low sleep needs.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
DS1 goes to bed at 8/8:30 and usually sleeps until 7/7:30. He's 3.5 and doesn't nap, ever. DST messed with us for a little while, but we seem to be back on track.
squash / 13764 posts
@Bao: yeah I hear you. If LO naps even 45 min we have a 9pm bedtime and a 6:30 wakeup, so no time in the evening or in the morning!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
We have the same deal here too - rough 11 hours and no nap. She sleeps 630-530 or so. Lately 4 am ...
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
DS is 2 and has been going to sleep earlier even though I've been trying to hold out for the same "bed time". He'll stay up if I play with him, etc, but if I put him to bed earlier, he'll fall asleep easily without a milk request, which NEVER happens.
BUT earlier bedtime = earlier wake up times which means earlier nap times. Oof! Watch, by the time he fully adjusts to DST, it's time to spring forward. (>_<)
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Bao: the night before last she was still up at 9:30pm! On the weekends when she doesn't nap we send her to bed earlier, like 8:15. It's a crapshoot on whether she falls asleep or not.
pomegranate / 3565 posts
Sounds good to me! DS1 takes a 2 hour nap at school and sleeps from 10-7. So the same - 11 hours total, but that school nap pushes his bedtime way late. He's just not tired any earlier and doesn't require a lot of sleep.
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