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3 year old up until 10pm (long)

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I'm looking for a little perspective from Moms of kids a similar age or older :-)

Megan is up until 10pm most nights the last couple weeks.  She wakes up at relatively the same time, 7am-ish.  Although she seems to sleep til 7:30 a couple times a week which didn't use to happen.  She's still taking a ~2hr nap most days (1:30/2 to 3:30/4pm usually).  So she's getting roughly 11hrs of sleep total per day (2hr nap + 9hr night).  She's doesn't seem too tired, in fact she seems to do some really interesting independent play at 8pm at night (when Ryan is in bed).

A year ago she was going to sleep around 8:30ish just fine and then around Sept/Oct that started to push back until 9pm but she would usually just be playing quietly in her room for the extra time which I was fine with. But for the last couple weeks I'm not out of her room until 9:30 and she's not asleep until like 10.  We're going through a lot of changes and I'm guessing thats what has brougth this on.  I'm at work full-time (I was 30hr prev), she (and Ryan) started a summer preschool program in the mornings (M-F).  I think she likes the quiet time to do some play/work while Ryan is in bed (and won't destroy it) and she also likes to keep me in her room for snuggles and backscratches and to tell her stories because we're not getting as much time together these days.

I'm ok with all that but I don't want it to be a permanent routine (I could use a little more down time in the evenings...).  I want to give her time to adjust and figure out ways to carve out some better 1 on 1 time.  So I think I'm just looking for perspective, do you think that this is mostly related to the big changes in our routines?  Do you think its something of a phase?  The other thought I had was she's dropping her nap, but Friday she didn't take a nap at all with DH and then she wasn't asleep until 9:30pm, and she was cranky at 6pm.  Which makes me think she still needs her nap.  Thoughts?

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Re: 3 year old up until 10pm (long)

  • fjarilfjaril

    My gut says she'll adjust and that it's from the changes.

    H still takes ~2 hour naps, he's down btwn 7:30-8:30 and up around 6-6:30. We're trying to move him back closer to 7 when he comes out of his room. We brought out the bunny clock again :)

    Whenever we've had a change of routine, his sleep has changed. He will sometimes skip a nap, but he goes to bed super early that night, so I know he's not ready to give up the nap.

    I hope things settle down a bit more. Maybe you can squeeze in a trip the the park or something for some 1 on 1 time with her? 

     

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  • 2H2L2H2L member
    No idea, but I'm watching for answers, too! Ocho has been doing this for the past couple of weeks off and on. :(
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  • m_and_mm_and_m
    DD dropped her nap pretty young (about 2.5), but if she did nap during that transition (and still, on occasion) she would be up really late. When she didn't nap she went to sleep earlier, but if she doesn't get quiet time (laying down readig books together or watching a show/movie, sometimes just quiet play will suffice) she is a complete bear from about 5:30 on. Could you try that? Maybe during Ryan's naptime she can have her uninterrupted independent play.

    She might also be reacting to he changes and wanting to stay up later with you since you have FT hours.
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    image2H2L:
    No idea, but I'm watching for answers, too! Ocho has been doing this for the past couple of weeks off and on. :(


    Same here, though it's been longer than a couple weeks for us.
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  • Angie&DocAngie&Doc
    My son has always went to bed late. He goes to sleep as late as 11pm some nights. He will sleep in until 9am though.
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  • KateAggieKateAggie

    That was the age Marisa dropped her nap.  For about a week, she was a bear for a couple of hours until bedtime, but once she adjusted to the no nap, that stopped.

    Could you try a shorter nap, like an hour, or would she be a nightmare if you woke her up?  Sometimes I think M could still use a nap, but she doesn't know how to take a short one. =)

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  • A&JmomA&Jmom
    imageKateAggie:

    That was the age Marisa dropped her nap.  For about a week, she was a bear for a couple of hours until bedtime, but once she adjusted to the no nap, that stopped.

    Could you try a shorter nap, like an hour, or would she be a nightmare if you woke her up?  Sometimes I think M could still use a nap, but she doesn't know how to take a short one. =)

     

    ditto.  This was Abby right before she dropped her nap (around 4-4.5 yo)  If she napped she would be up until 10-11pm.  If she didn't nap (she still had quiet time alone in her room) then she would be out by 8:30pm.  Either way her bedtime was "8:30pm" and on the nights she did not go to sleep until late she would just read or do something else quiet in her room.  But, then it started effecting our mornings, she would be super grumpy when it was time to get up.  So, I had to put an end to naps. :(

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  • nanannnanann

    We are struggling with this as well. 

    If Julia naps, she's up 'til 10 pm easily.  And she doesn't just stay in her room quietly -- she comes out multiple times bothering us about how her eyes just won't close, or her legs don't want to sleep, or or or.  Ugh.

    The thing is, she doesn't/won't nap in her room properly anymore.  But she has a tendency to lie down wherever around 4:30-5:30 pm and fall asleep.  And then be SUPER grumpy whenever we try to wake her.  It is really hard to keep an eye on her and keep her awake at that time since I'm making dinner.  But dinner & bedtime go SO much better if she doesn't nap, silly girl.

    SO, no real solutions, but I can commiserate.

    I really miss good nap days...

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