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HELP!!! My 3 year old just wont stay in bed & go to sleep!!
Please please please!!! Is there anyone out there who can help me???
Im a single mum of one otherwise amazing little boy aged 3 years.
He is very intelegent for his age (started nursery a year early) and is otherwise an absolute delight.
He used to sleep from 7pm right through to 8am with no problems, has done from the age of three months but for some unknown reason, about a month ago all that changed!!
Now, using the same routine as I always have done, I put him to bed at 7pm and within minutes he is back down stairs. He comes up with the most interesting reasons for not being in bed and Ive now tried everything I can think of to no avail!!!
Im starting university in September and I know Ill need every spare minute I have to myself to do course work so I really need this sorting by then if it is possible!!
PLEASE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP GET INTOUCH!!
IM DESPERATE, TEARFUL AND OUT OF IDEAS!!
THANKS GUYS AND GIRLS!!
E xx:\(
Im a single mum of one otherwise amazing little boy aged 3 years.
He is very intelegent for his age (started nursery a year early) and is otherwise an absolute delight.
He used to sleep from 7pm right through to 8am with no problems, has done from the age of three months but for some unknown reason, about a month ago all that changed!!
Now, using the same routine as I always have done, I put him to bed at 7pm and within minutes he is back down stairs. He comes up with the most interesting reasons for not being in bed and Ive now tried everything I can think of to no avail!!!
Im starting university in September and I know Ill need every spare minute I have to myself to do course work so I really need this sorting by then if it is possible!!
PLEASE ANYONE WHO CAN HELP GET INTOUCH!!
IM DESPERATE, TEARFUL AND OUT OF IDEAS!!
THANKS GUYS AND GIRLS!!
E xx:\(
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I guess I ll just have to stock up on vallium until he decides he's bored with this game huh?!
[Modified by: Enigma79 on July 15, 2008 07:59 PM]
Another thing you could try is to extend his bedtime slightly. Sometimes, an extra 20mins up can be just enough to get them tired enough to want to go to bed. Our eldest boy is now 3yrs 8months and although he doesn't do it as often now, when curiosity gets the better of him, we let him stay up as a treat - within 15-20mins, he's asking to go to bed!!
Hope you can sort something out by September!
xx