Hi there!
My poor 3yo DS.
He's always been a pretty good night sleeper, and early on, even a good napper.
But at 18 months, we moved him out of our bed (none of us were sleeping well anymore, he was too big and starfish-y) with no fuss into his own room. About 3 months later, all naps pretty much disappeared, barring when he's sick.
But this week, he was sick, and even the trick of putting him in our bed and watching a video with some milk didn't lull him into rest.
The poor kid is exhausted. Even when he's not sick, he's so whiney, regularly rubbing his eyes, and not processing information as well as he does when rested. He's defiant about food and eating which only adds to the cycle.
I will admit that we haven't been the best at encouraging him to nap better
. Once we realized that no nap meant a super easy 6:30-7pm bedtime and sleeping through the night, we gave up on it pretty easily. He does get an hour or two of mid-day "quiet time"(video, book reading, quiet self play) pretty much every day to at least be chill.
But now he's getting up really early in the morning(5-6am), which is reasonable considering his early bedtime and amount of sleep he needs. Which just makes him more tired earlier in the day...it is such a bad cycle and I honestly do not know where to start in breaking it.
It seems like a super weird time to reintroduce a nap when most kids are dropping theirs. I am going to try to be better about morning and afternoon exercise for him, which I think will help, but am open to any other suggestions. He's such a sweet, awesome and smart boy when rested. When not...ick...its just been tough for all of us around here lately!
TIA!
My poor 3yo DS.
He's always been a pretty good night sleeper, and early on, even a good napper.
But at 18 months, we moved him out of our bed (none of us were sleeping well anymore, he was too big and starfish-y) with no fuss into his own room. About 3 months later, all naps pretty much disappeared, barring when he's sick.
But this week, he was sick, and even the trick of putting him in our bed and watching a video with some milk didn't lull him into rest.
The poor kid is exhausted. Even when he's not sick, he's so whiney, regularly rubbing his eyes, and not processing information as well as he does when rested. He's defiant about food and eating which only adds to the cycle.
I will admit that we haven't been the best at encouraging him to nap better
. Once we realized that no nap meant a super easy 6:30-7pm bedtime and sleeping through the night, we gave up on it pretty easily. He does get an hour or two of mid-day "quiet time"(video, book reading, quiet self play) pretty much every day to at least be chill.But now he's getting up really early in the morning(5-6am), which is reasonable considering his early bedtime and amount of sleep he needs. Which just makes him more tired earlier in the day...it is such a bad cycle and I honestly do not know where to start in breaking it.
It seems like a super weird time to reintroduce a nap when most kids are dropping theirs. I am going to try to be better about morning and afternoon exercise for him, which I think will help, but am open to any other suggestions. He's such a sweet, awesome and smart boy when rested. When not...ick...its just been tough for all of us around here lately!
TIA!
to all this!
