Well I'm so sleep deprived now I don't even know how the rest of April 9 went!!! I am pretty sure he woke up at 5:30 so only 9 hrs of sleep. He did nap at daycare Thurs and Fri, but I found out one of the teachers rubs his back to get him to go to sleep (can't blame them, I wouldn't want to deal with him for 2 hrs while everyone else napped either!!)
When the bw site was down I went googling '3 year old won't sleep' and got to read so many horror stories... but the one theme that was common was to not give in to the stall tactics, just keep putting him back in his bed and leaving as long as he wasn't crying. And eventually they'll stop trying and start going to sleep earlier. What do you all think of this?
Thing is, I don't think it's really a matter of being too tired or not tired enough. When we are reading stories he's calm and wound down, but as soon as the lights go out he's up to his tricks, wiggling, singing, talking, playing with the bed rail. I truly believe it is intentional to keep himself from falling asleep.
So yesterday I decided to just let him be as long as he was not crying. We started bedtime at 7:35 (bc he did have a 2 hr nap yesterday, which I actually woke him from so he'd still get a decent bedtime) and I left his room at 8:10. I was in and out until about 8:40 and then he fell asleep on his own at 9:00. Which I guess would have been ok except he was awake at 5:30...so only 8 1/2 hours.... I was in his room for over an hour trying to get him to go back to sleep this morning but no luck.
I just don't know what to do and my emotions are clouded by how tired I am. If I nap in the day to try to catch up, I get no time to talk to my husband. And it's not like we get any time at night with this monkey staying up until 9.....
All out of ideas and oomph...if anyone has any other ideas please please please share them.
Deb
