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all i can say is i am in the same boat! i got ds to bed tonight at 10:30 and that was after he had no nap and i was trying to get him to bed since 7:30!
i kept giving up and letting him run around, waited for him to lose steam.... but it never happned. finally i picked him up and started talking to him about how much i love to cuddle him and carry him, and started singing to him like when he was a baby , while i walked around the house. ( without mentioning the dreaded BEDTIME word) he got really relaxed and i was FINALLY able to convince him to go lay down with me
that said, my only insight into this new phase of going on 3, is that while theres a whole bunch of "grown up" stuff going on for them , hence transition power struggles over jammies and such, there is a certain amount of insecurity in every growth phase. i have noticed DS is really into pretending he is a baby, for instance, so i have been taking advantage of it, and get him to do stuff by pretending hes a baby, with extra cuddles and goo-goo kind of talk which i think he needs right now anyway so its win-win.
i dont know how much sleep they are supposed to have, but i do think i also need to just make a certain bed time and stick to it no matter what--
BTW when we play baby i also tell him how i think its so wonderful he is growing up and i will always cuddle him, that i love to cuddle my big boy too, etc FWIW
i kept giving up and letting him run around, waited for him to lose steam.... but it never happned. finally i picked him up and started talking to him about how much i love to cuddle him and carry him, and started singing to him like when he was a baby , while i walked around the house. ( without mentioning the dreaded BEDTIME word) he got really relaxed and i was FINALLY able to convince him to go lay down with me
that said, my only insight into this new phase of going on 3, is that while theres a whole bunch of "grown up" stuff going on for them , hence transition power struggles over jammies and such, there is a certain amount of insecurity in every growth phase. i have noticed DS is really into pretending he is a baby, for instance, so i have been taking advantage of it, and get him to do stuff by pretending hes a baby, with extra cuddles and goo-goo kind of talk which i think he needs right now anyway so its win-win.
i dont know how much sleep they are supposed to have, but i do think i also need to just make a certain bed time and stick to it no matter what--
BTW when we play baby i also tell him how i think its so wonderful he is growing up and i will always cuddle him, that i love to cuddle my big boy too, etc FWIW
