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@pastemoo: What seems to work for us is a slightly earlier bedtime (7pm-ish) and also, black-out blinds. Now that it's summer and the sun comes out bright and early, the blinds are a lifesaver and worth every penny.

Also, we don't co-sleep because my LO never took to it, but a lot of bees seem to do that after their LO wakes up for the day and some say it gives them another couple of hours. Might be worth a try.

@pastemoo: They're up all the time and we use them for naps, too. We didn't want to invest the money in them initially so we used the type you can get on Amazon that you essentially tape up over the window, but they were a pain and always falling down. So we got the expensive ones and they keep LO asleep until about 7-7:30am.

My son was never a textbook sleeper, but i did find that blackout lined curtains helped lengthen afternoon naps. Ours were just plain curtains, with a black out liner...they function just like regular panels.

Now we have blackout roman shades and they are just not as good.