Is there a 3-year sleep regression??? 😫
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Sounds very overtired. My 3.2 yr old takes 1hr nap and 10.5 hrs at night. We are at the point where she is starting to go to sleep later, but She couldn't manage without the nap
@Renata Yes it seems he is overtired indeed. How many hours does you little one need after her nap to fall asleep at nights? Mine needed a good amount of 7-8 hours awake time to be able to sleep at night when he was taking a midday nap 😳
@Alexyss I feel you! My son refused naps since he was 2.5 years old so we always ended up driving around the block so he could sleep a bit in the car on days he seemed exhausted... but that was not sustainable for too long so now he just does not nap at all 🤷🏻♀️ I would have hoped that that way he would be exhausted and sleep immediately at nights... but little did I know...! The only good thing with this new sleep schedule is that he sleeps without waking up all night long!
My son usually only sleeps 10 hours. One thing I’ve noticed that does help him sleep a bit longer is making sure he’s eaten before bed. He will have butter on toast, a toasted sandwich - something easy / and he ALWAYS sleeps a little bit longer the next morning. It never takes him long to fall asleep because I think he’s so exhausted. It’s a hard stage when they drop the nap.
Yes they’re definitely is my three-year-old went through the same thing so we started putting her to bed at 8 pM. Once we cut her naps out and now she sleeps between eight and 8:30 PM to 8 AM. So not sure what time your toddler goes to sleep, but between 8-830p.
Our wake windows before and after nap are around 6-6.5hrs. Maybe you should put him to sleep very early about 11hrs after waking up for a week or so to catch up on sleep?
@Julie what time did you put her to bed before (before she stopped napping)? Our toddler typically goes to sleep around 10 pm and wakes up at 9-9:30 am.
@Renata Yes, we have tried that too but then he is undertired and it is still taking him forever to fall asleep 🤦🏻♀️
@Ellen thanks for the tip! 10 hours is marginally okay for our toddler... he usually needs 11 hours to keep him all day long. What time does you little one go to bed and how long is the wake period before sleeping again?
He goes to bed between 7:30-8:30 usually, depending on what time he got up that morning. He gets up between 6-7:30am. He needs at least 12-13 hours before he’s ready to go to bed. Some afternoons he’s miserable by 5pm but interestingly I find once he’s had a bath he’s much calmer and less psycho
She used to go to bed around the same about 10-1030. She would nap around 1 PM. But ever since I cut her naps and changed her bedtime to 8-830 she sleeps until about 8a every day sometimes 730a but she falls asleep, so quickly no problem and she sleeps right through. we used to eat dinner around seven or 730 but we moved everything up so now we we eat dinner around 545-6. There’s like a sweet spot between 8-830 before they get their second wind full of energy again. I hope this helps!
@Julie Thanks Julie! Yes we might need to change his bedtime as well!
There is definitely something like that, my son doesn’t have trouble at night so much as he just REFUSES all naps now. This just happened this past month for me. I def understand the frustration. hopefully things get better soon! I miss naps 😭