how to get a 3 1/2 yr old to sleep?
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My sisters kids; 2 & 5, have no routine and are out most nights till way too late for kids of that age, either clubs or over at friends, subsequently they are in bed late and are up early for school or nursery.
Many nights they don't get back till 7/7:30 and then they need bathing, winding down, story etc when in reality they need to be wound down and actually in bed by 7:00 at the latest.
My niece; 5, is always knackered, to the point of the school talking to my sister about it, my sister thinks there is something medically wrong with her, she has had loads of blood tests but nothing comes up but she still pushes for more tests; in my non professional opinion she is just tired, does way too much, goes to bed too late and there is no routine, however my sister thinks differently.
Many nights they don't get back till 7/7:30 and then they need bathing, winding down, story etc when in reality they need to be wound down and actually in bed by 7:00 at the latest.
My niece; 5, is always knackered, to the point of the school talking to my sister about it, my sister thinks there is something medically wrong with her, she has had loads of blood tests but nothing comes up but she still pushes for more tests; in my non professional opinion she is just tired, does way too much, goes to bed too late and there is no routine, however my sister thinks differently.
HTP99 said:
My sisters kids; 2 & 5, have no routine and are out most nights till way too late for kids of that age, either clubs or over at friends, subsequently they are in bed late and are up early for school or nursery.
Many nights they don't get back till 7/7:30 and then they need bathing, winding down, story etc when in reality they need to be wound down and actually in bed by 7:00 at the latest.
My niece; 5, is always knackered, to the point of the school talking to my sister about it, my sister thinks there is something medically wrong with her, she has had loads of blood tests but nothing comes up but she still pushes for more tests; in my non professional opinion she is just tired, does way too much, goes to bed too late and there is no routine, however my sister thinks differently.
We have relatives who work in the City (so not stupid people) and keep their kids up as they want to have dinner as a family at 7.30 in the evening. Same comments as you - school is complaining the lad (6) can't concentrate and his parents think he has ADHD as he acts up when in reality he's just knackered.Many nights they don't get back till 7/7:30 and then they need bathing, winding down, story etc when in reality they need to be wound down and actually in bed by 7:00 at the latest.
My niece; 5, is always knackered, to the point of the school talking to my sister about it, my sister thinks there is something medically wrong with her, she has had loads of blood tests but nothing comes up but she still pushes for more tests; in my non professional opinion she is just tired, does way too much, goes to bed too late and there is no routine, however my sister thinks differently.
prand said:
Damn this topic for putting the knockers on my life!
After my smug posts earlier about my lovely kids being compliant and good sleepers, out of the blue my 3yr old boy has now started to wake up several times a night any time from 9.00pm-5.00am for no apparent reason. It's not too bad, but the usual routine of quick comforting, back into bed, rinse and repeat is back to settle him back to his usual sleeping pattern through from 7-7.
We're not quite sure where this is coming from, possibly some new teeth coming through, sickness of some sort or disturbance around the home or at his nursery (he's moving up a class soon, and that certainly affected his big sister when she did it so could be that).
I actually suspect he is reading PH and doing this to wind up his dad!
Our boy did this about the same age, no obvious trigger, luckily it was relatively short lived (didn't seem it at the time!) and stopped almost a quickly as it started.After my smug posts earlier about my lovely kids being compliant and good sleepers, out of the blue my 3yr old boy has now started to wake up several times a night any time from 9.00pm-5.00am for no apparent reason. It's not too bad, but the usual routine of quick comforting, back into bed, rinse and repeat is back to settle him back to his usual sleeping pattern through from 7-7.
We're not quite sure where this is coming from, possibly some new teeth coming through, sickness of some sort or disturbance around the home or at his nursery (he's moving up a class soon, and that certainly affected his big sister when she did it so could be that).
I actually suspect he is reading PH and doing this to wind up his dad!
eltax91 said:
If it persists, I can wholly recommend a video monitor. You can actually see what they are doing and then you don't wonder "what if"
That's been brilliant for our toddler granddaughter during her daytime "sleeps" - she's hyper-active when she's up and about but put her in bed and she's quiet as a mouse but not asleep. Our daughter was dead against having a camera but after watching on ours she got one too - she'd been unable to figure out why gd would apparently sleep in the afternoon but still be tired.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff