What time does your 3yo dc wake up ? - Page 2

[artgoddess]

Mine goes to bed around 11:00 and wakes between 8:00 and 9:00. Gave up napping a year ago.

[veganf]

My 3yo has not napped in almost a year. He goes to bed at 7:45pm and is up by 6:45am, sometimes earlier though because his older brother is an early bird.

[daniedb]

This is a frustrating time for us (and has been for almost a year!) : He gets tired, but will. not. nap. The days he's having serious congestion and I give him Benadryl in the day, he naps for 1.5-2 hours and then is up until 11 pm. I've learned that his body is just in a state of transition, where he has these baggy eyes and yawns, but refuses to nap anymore.

I enforce quiet time, which helps him to not get too out of control by dinner time, but the only other thing that helps is to stay on a really routine schedule in the evenings. Dinner is 5:30, bath at 6 - and bath is a hugely important wind-down time for him. I run it really, really warm, and he plays quietly in there with his toys and it really helps to bring him down after a long day. When he's ready to get about, usually between 6:30-7, I make sure the house lights are mostly off, so it's quiet and dim, and we brush teeth and go to play "bed", where we burn off the last of his energy by doing steamroller and other slightly energetic, but mostly quiet-ish games. We do hide-and-seek under the covers, etc. Then it's reading time. Reading makes that kid just relax all over his whole body. The best books for relaxing are the ones that don't require any interaction, like letters or finding things, or answering questions. We have two compilations of beautiful bedtime stories about mama and daddy loving and tucking the kiddos into bed, and they're so relaxing that I want to sleep. I turn on the sound machine, we read by the light of the waning sun, no artificial lights, and then I tell him a story as long as he's lying still and quiet.

Doesn't always work, but if I do it consistently, then he's asleep by 8. He wakes up anywhere between 6-8, 8 if I'm totally lucky, but mostly between 6:30-7.

I'm reading Sleepless in America, hoping I can get some more pointers for how to help him get enough rest.

[Ceili]

He goes to bed between 9 - 10 and wakes up around 7 - 8. He usually takes a 2 hour nap around noon, if he doesn't he falls asleep around 6 or 7 and wakes up like normal in the morning.

[Lesley77]

Originally Posted by Catherine12

dd goes to bed at 8:30 PM and usually wakes up around 8:30 - 9:30 AM. She doesn't always fall asleep at 8:30, sometimes she plays in her room for a bit first. She has a "quiet time" in the afternoon when she plays alone in her room for awhile; sometimes she falls asleep during this time but she has been napping less and less as she gets older.

Same bed/waking times at our house too. If you ask him though, he'll tell you he doesn't sleep...ever.

[ShabbyChic]

Both DD who is 6 and DS who is 3.5 go to sleep between 6:30-7 pm and wake up between 7-8am.

[Mommyfiver]

6, 4 and 3 yo go to bed at 8:20 and wake up around 6AM

oldest son goes to bed at 9:15 and wakes up at 6AM as well...

[Luca'smum]

My ds goes to bed 7:30/8 and wakes up at 7:30/8. No naps for him for at least a year. If he does fall asleep in the car or something he won't go to sleep until 10 or 11 and still wakes up at the same time. I am glad he is usually getting a good 12 hours. We'll see how the next one is.

[riversong]

Dd goes to bed around 9:30pm and wakes up around 7:30am. She takes about a two hour nap during the day. I'm going to be so sad when she gives up her nap.

[teachma]

My three and a half year old does not nap, and she is sleeping from 8 pm until around 6 am these days. Ten hours of sleep is a HUGE amount for her; she was averaging more like 8.5 hrs a night (and no daytime nap) for a few moths around her third birthday.

[gamecaco4]

My ds goes to bed at 8 most nights, but no later than 8:30-9 if he had a late/long nap. He wakes up at 6-6:30 every morning. There have been a handful of times (4th of July, a day trip to Lake Michigan 3 hours away) that he hasnt gotten to bed until 10 or later and didnt take a nap, but still wakes up around 6:30. I think its just his nature.

[Fyrestorm]

DD 3.5 yo goes to bed 8:30 to 9:00. 2 hour nap and wakes around 9:00am

[lizabird]

My 3.5 yr old mostly doesn't nap anymore.

He seems to naturally wake up around 6 am (give or take an hour or so), but pretty consistently at 6 am, regardless of what time he goes to bed at night. This means that, like tonight when I'll be up until midnight, I'll still get the 6 am wake up call. Oh, well.

He does tend to follow the sun pretty well, so if it's a dark cloudy morning, he's more likely to sleep in, and I can't wait until winter when it's still dark at 6 am and I can convince him it's still night time!

[guestmama9972]

DD takes an occasional afternoon nap, but mostly not. She goes to bed at 7 and wakes up at 6. This seems to be enough sleep for her right now. I, too, am looking forward to winter when it will still be dark at 6 and hopefully she will sleep longer.