What time does your 2.5-3 year old go to sleep? Wants to be put back to bed over and over...

melaniedel

dS1 is 32 months. We still put him down 7:30, sometimes 8, but for the past month he has been coming to his gate yelling our names. We put him back to bed maybe 10-15 times sometimes. Sometimes five times, but it averages ten. So...that is not working. We have let him wear himself out a few times, but usually he will just keep calling us until we come. Has anyone else dealt with this? Are we putting him down too early? Thanks!

Aurora_Borealis

DD is 26 months and has had an 8:00 bedtime since about 18 months or so. She sleeps until 7 am. Before that she would go to bed at 7:00 and then 7:30. We moved bedtime later when it became clear she wasn't ready to go to sleep. I'm hoping the 8pm bedtime works for us for a long while, though!

Mrs.Greg

My babies will be 3 in August. They go to bed at 7:30 and sleep until 7-7:30. They stopped napping about a month ago so they are tired at bedtime. And they are still in cribs so I can't help with advice on the getting out of bed issue.

TiffanyBerry

When does he get up?  How does he nap?

Totally can't tell if 7:30pm is too late without that information.

melaniedel

He does not nap anymore at all. Maybe if we are in the car late afternoon, but that's it. I bring him up for "to rest" and have some down time, but he rarely sleeps. He wakes up around 6:30. Sometimes 7. He has been in a full bed since 20 months. He started climbing out of his crib at 16 months, and then we turned it around to buy some time. He eventually figured it out though. Thanks everyone! Let me know if I missed anything!

junebugrbig

Maybe time to cut out or shorten naptime.  We had struggles with my DS for a long time from probably age 3 to 4 with bedtime.  He was still tired during the day and really needed a nap but he would be up til 9-9:30.  We had struggles with keeping him in bed.  We eventually got to the point that we can't force him to sleep but he has to stay in his room unless he has to go potty.  Once we was totally off his nap, we have zero problems with bed time.  DD is still in a crib so we do not have any issues with her yet.  But I anticipate the same struggles...

SusieBW

DD is 2.5 and bedtime depends on the day - on what we have going on and on her mood.  USUALLY, we try to have her go to bed between 8-8:30.  If she has had an especially busy day, or didn't get a proper nap or something, she might be ready for bed at more like 7:15 or 7:30.  If we have plans at night or something, she might stay up til 9-9:30, but that's generally only on a weekend when she will be able to sleep late in the morning.  And usually, she wakes up around 7-7:30 am.

TiffanyBerry

If he's getting up at 6:30am, I would get him into bed no later than 6:30pm.  Unless he's always been the sort of kid to sleep less than the recommendations, he's needing 12 hours of sleep, and if he's not napping, it's going to be over night.  And what you describe does sound like being over tired.

@melaniedel, I know that an early bedtime can be a huge pain in the butt - dinner and straight to bed and all - but it'll only be for a short time, in the grand scheme of things.

jani7

Our bedtime is 8:00.  We close DS door but he knocks on it when he wants us or needs something.  Lately he started doing it more, usually about 5 times.  Sometimes he needs a new diaper so I always go see what he needs.  I'm hoping one day he will just go to sleep without so much fuss! 

michelle7482

DD goes to bed at 8:30 but sometimes takes an hour to fall asleep so she sleeps 9:30-7 but she still takes a 3.5 hr nap pretty much every day.

Spin313

DD turned three in March. She goes to bed around 7:15/7:30pm and stays down without issue. Naps are a different story...they are hit and miss and DD always comes out for potty breaks.