Let sleeping toddlers lie...right?

[AFWife]

My son's new sleep schedule is to sleep late in the morning (it's 9:30am and he's still out) and go to bed later at night. DH and I don't mind so much because we don't get tired until later (9pm...that's late right? :P ) and DS doesn't sleep alone very well.

It's okay to just let him sleep in, right? I don't need to wake him up for sleeping the morning away or anything?

[just_lily]

Does it work for you? If so, then I would leave it alone.

Personally I usually need my kid up before 8am so we can start our day, and prefer her to go to bed by 8pm so I can have some time to get things done around the house and reconnect with DF. But if this isn't the case for you and your kid seems well rested and happy, I'd leave it be.

But I don't think you are going to cause him any harm if you do decide to start waking him up earlier. Maybe do it 15 minutes at a time, and putting him to bed 15 minutes earlier. I find that if DD needs more sleep she does it at nap time - her wake up time usually stays the same.

[Magali]

I never wake up my 3 year old. OMG he would be in such a crappy mood!!! I always have let him decide when to sleep and when to wake up. If it works for you then no problem.

[lisavark]

Until my DD quit napping entirely, she went to bed at 11 and got up at 10 or 11 every day. Sometimes as early as 9. I couldn't get her to sleep before 11 no matter what I did, and waking her in the morning just meant she got less sleep. When she quit napping, she started going to bed earlier, and now she's in school 2 days a week so I need her to wake earlier. But it worked great for us for a while. For a little while I was working for an hour or so in the mornings a couple of days, so my babysitter would just be at my house while DD slept--a lot of times she'd still be sleeping when I got home from work. It was great!

[MeepyCat]

No way, mama! Let him sleep, and take your own sweet time getting started. IMO, if you don't have to be out of the house, all you're getting by waking your toddler is some quality time with an extremely cranky kid.

[Baby_Cakes]

I think this is one of the perks of staying home and not having to rush out the door in the am. Nora goes to bed by 10:30 pm most nights, sometimes 11, and though I would love the time alone w/DH, it's not that big of a deal. We go to bed after her regardless (unless we are super tired). That said, she does wake up around 8 am on her own.

I don't think there's anything wrong w/it. It works for you guys, go with it!

[Mom2M]

It worked great for us for a few years! She used to go to bed around 11 and get up at 10 or so. I had all that time in the morning to do everything and loved it. Now she'll be going to K this fall and have to be there at 8 am so we have gotten her on a little earlier schedule and hopefully will be good by Sept.

[Drummer's Wife]

Works for us - my youngest stays up until 10-midnight and sleeps in until around 10am. He doesn't have to be anywhere, and I'd much rather have him stay up late than get up early. I am so not a morning person!

[jkn]

I'm in the let them sleep camp. Generally my ds sleeps until 8 or 9, sometimes even 9:30 and I love it! We are definitely not into early mornings.

[lonegirl]

My son has always gone to bed late....like 11-12a late. He also then sleeps to 8-9a....and on days mommy goes to work (I am up at 5ish out before 7) he sleeps even later with daddy (like 10ish) lol
He is much cheerier if I let him wake on his own.