How does your 3 y.o. sleep?

Sunflower777

DS used to sleep wonderfully from about the age of 6 months to 2.5. We had 2 solid years of GREAT sleep, so I guess I can't complain too much... however, now that he's 3, it's harder to get him down at night, he often wakes up once in the night and asks to get in bed with us (sometimes calmly - just because he's woken up; and sometimes he's had a nightmare).?

Just wondering how other 3 y.o.'s sleep habits are at night. And is your 3 y.o. still taking a nap? Mine NEEDS one otherwise he is a mess by 6 or 7, but many days, he fights it. ?

Zenya

he's often in our bed by morning but it's not a big deal (just comes in by himself).  no nap.  bedtime between 6 &7.  bedtime is a mess if he naps (and is at 10pm).

eclaires

Jackson will be 3 on 10/1, and his sleep habits are totalshit.

He was an amazing sleeper until about May of this year, and I guess, by most standards he's still pretty good.  But since I'm used to him being about 1000 times easier to deal with, it's difficult.

He wakes up a lot at night and comes in our room, which is fine, but he's kind of a PITA to sleep with.  Naps are hit or miss.  I think he needs them, b/c he'll pass out in the car at like 5pm without one.  So we still try.  Getting him down for nap or bed has become a battle where we used to just read a story or two and leave.  He asks for 8000 things to try and get us to stay.

I truly wouldn't mind him in bed with us if I (and my husband) didn't end up hanging off our sides of the bed while Jackson sleeps horizontally in between us.  We have a king size bed that is somehow not big enough for the three of us.

hikerbeth

She rarely naps, but has been inconsistent with naps since she was 2 anyway.  She will have an hour or so of "quiet time" on her bed every day with no fuss.

She's in bed between 8 and 8:30 pm and wakes between 6:45 and 8 am (though she knows that she is not allowed to come out of her room until 7 am--instituted that when she was about 2.5 and could read a digital clock).

She does have nightmares and they seem to come in waves (ie: she'll wake up with nightmares for a week straight and then sleep fine for a while).

She has always been a good sleeper.

monchichi

DD and DS are basically on the same schedule...

nap from 2-3:30 or 4

bedtime at 9 (they don't usually fall asleep until 9:30, though)?

wake-up between 7:30 and 8?

cnybride2be

matt stopped napping at three and so bedtime became easier.  he crashed out much faster than he did with naps and slept soundly until 8:30 -9:30 AM (with a bedtime at 8:30 to 9:00).  at four, he sleeps so soundly i get him up to use the bathroom once a night. 

sean is three in december and he still loves his nap and takes a little longer to wind down and fall asleep at night. but he stays in his room and clears his book shelf, flipping through a ton of books until he falls asleep. (of course, he's not alone, he shares a room with matt)  he falls asleep around 9:30-10 and is up at 8:30-9

WBs_Bride

DD is 3.5 and in the same phase where she needs the nap or else she's Exorcist girl at dinnertime. She fights naps, too. But on the days where she DOES nap, she's not asleep until like 9:00/9:30 and asking for a million and one things to stay up. It's very hard. When she does finally go to sleep, though, she's pretty consistent through the night. She'll occasionally wake up to go to the bathroom or from a nightmare, but she usually goes right back. She wakes up around 7:00, regardless of when she goes to sleep. Her normal bedtime is 8:00, and she gives us no problem going to sleep on the days she doesn't nap. We had another naptime battle yesterday and a 9:30 bedtime, so I'm thinking it's time to just forego the naps altogether, unless she asks, which she sometimes does--more rarely these days!

butterbeansmama

Preston will be 3 in October. He sleeps from 8:30pm till 7:30am. He doesn't usually wake up in the middle of the night, but when he does, he calls for me and I go up, rub his back and he goes right back to sleep. In the morning he yells for me to come get him (he is in a daybed and is able to get out, but we have a rule that he doesn't until I go to get him).

He takes a 2 1/2 hour nap every day.

winomom22

DD will be 3 next month.  If she naps, she doesn't fall asleep until 10pm or later and wakes around 7:30ish and lays in bed with me for a while watching cartoons.  She naps about 50% of the time, but lately has been seeming to do well without them other then she may be more whiney and prone to tantrums.  The nice thing about skipping the nap too is we have her in bed by 8pm and she will sleep until 8:30am.  Lately it seems better just to skip the nap and just allow her some "quiet" time in her room for a little while.  I'd rather have the early bedtime and later wake up time I think.