gemini95
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My little 18 month old has such a bad routine 😭😭😭 he goes to bed at 11pm and wakes up next day around 10/11pm. It wasn’t like this before. But it seems like he wants a nap from 4-6pm and it’s messed everything up! I literally cannot force him to stay awake. He will just shut his eyes. Can anyone give me tips to help with his routine? I’m actually going crazy!! Xx
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I'd wake him earlier in the morning. Do it over the course of a couple of weeks, aim for around a 7am wake up. We don't let Theo sleep past 9am (unless it's a rare occasion). 9am is late for a lot of kids but we know he'll still go to bed at 7:30pm even if he wakes late because he just won't nap and if he does it's no later than 1pm :)
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I'd wake him earlier in the morning. Do it over the course of a couple of weeks, aim for around a 7am wake up. We don't let Theo sleep past 9am (unless it's a rare occasion). 9am is late for a lot of kids but we know he'll still go to bed at 7:30pm even if he wakes late because he just won't nap and if he does it's no later than 1pm :)
Definitely try waking earlier in the mornings, do it earlier by 30 mins each day, both morning, nap and bedtime. If you do it gradually it's alot more likely to stick.
We also have a rule that after bedtime (7pm for our girls) they do not come out of their rooms, unless they are poorly or need a wee etc obv. Keep the room dark and quiet too. :)
I have always woken hamish at six or when he woke at six we just got up. Now he’s an early riser. Try waking him in the mornings. With their sleep after the first year I tried to tell myself if we can arrange sleep routines around getting ready for school or nursery then it will make it easier at that time
Yeh I'd try waking him in the morning. Don't let him sleep in till 10/11 as that's very late. Then he'll be tired and perhaps nap earlier in the day after lunch for example. Then be more ready for an earlier bedtime. You can gradually do it by 30mins or an hour. My kids routine goes out the window in the holidays. But once their back at school/ Nursery and I'm waking them at 6am they soon get tired by bedtime! Lol
Can you not set an alarm in the morning to get him up early for a few days and then try him with an earlier nap and hopefully earlier bed time xx
Yh I’m going to try hun x thank you x
My nearly 2yo is doing the same thing only that he wakes up usually at half 8 n come 1oclock he needs his nap fights it so badly then come tea time hes fast asleep n wakes up at 6 ive tried waking him doesnt happen n if i do get him up its tantrum after tantrum haha cant win atal. It was around 18months when it started, now 2 days out the week he goes without sleep n even then thats tantrum 😂 xx
So funny you've posted this! Noah is exactly the same atm! His routine is all over the place! And if he goes to bed before 11 or later he's awake for a couple of hours in the night!!!! X
Sounds like my child! How are you coping with it?
@gemini95 I don't mind the sleeping in part but then it's a vicious circle as he naps later then sleeps later! I would like him to get into his old routine of sleeping and waking up earlier tbh! I don't really know how to go about it! I dunno whether it's just gonna be a phase or if we have to try and get him back to his old routine, it's only been since just before Christmas though so could be all the excitement? X
@nicolemariehooperxo, I’m in the same boat 🚤 hope it doesn’t last too long! I don’t mind the sleeping in but the late bedtimes mean I don’t get any me time in the evenings x.