Hi again, we're doing pretty well all things considered. We had less than a week without nap before going on holiday, a late first night plus OT gave us sleep, but with early mornings. When he wakes at home usually it's a quick visit, say it's still sleepy time and he has a quick hug, rolls over and goes back to sleep. On holiday he started kicking, screaming, shouting etc and would not go back to sleep, so we had some very early breakfasts! He had a few very short naps on car journeys (early in the day) and we're not sure if that actually kept us going or contributed to the problem.
Back home the first night was short but then we've had 3 or 4 in a row of almost 12hrs. This morning he woke a bit early and when I went in to say it was still sleepy time he had a tantrum, kicking, yelling, crying. I said if he couldn't sleep any more he could play or read quietly in his room until his sun came up, but he started crying again and saying he would be lonely if I left him. He got a bit quieter after a hug, needed one more visit, but then I did stay in my room until his sun came up.
Currently he is asleep soon after 7.30pm and he is gone within minutes, no fuss. Depending on which nursery he is at our usual wake up is 7.30 (two days a week it's a bit earlier). He still looks a little tired on that and his behaviour, well lets just hope it is a passing OT phase
although we have had a school visit and there is a lot of talk about school going around so I think he's a little stressed as well.
I was going to sit down with him today and say that if it is past 7 he can stay awake, play quietly and read, but not wake mummy and daddy. So the longest he would have to play/read would be 30 minutes. I don't expect him to sleep for longer than he needs, but I want to give space for his nights to be a good length. We've always tended to need to wake him in the morning rather than this way round so we haven't really dealt with EW before. I'm also very aware that he will take miles and miles if given an inch so I don't want it to keep creeping earlier if he wakes and decides to not go back to sleep when he actually needs it. Does this sound a reasonable way forward?
