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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 11, 2018, 09:16:50 am »
She was 3 on the 31st August so not long ago. I know it’s a phase but god it’s a killer, especially when my anxiety is related to sleep  :'(

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #16 on: October 11, 2018, 14:44:33 pm »
Just know you’re not alone! Hope it passes soon x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #17 on: October 11, 2018, 18:03:40 pm »
I know Hun, so hard watching them run on empty tho cos you know a crash will happen any time. Do you think we should switch her bedtime routine a bit and do bath before stories? She seems really settled at quiet time then she has her bath and it’s almost like it wakes her up again!! Never been an issue until now though, so stuck as to whether to just ride the possible phase and then decide x

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #18 on: October 11, 2018, 18:10:40 pm »
Tiny improvement tonight in that I didn’t have to go up and tell her off for messing around  ::)
Still taking a little while to settle, despite the ewu.
Lucky me, we’re in the caravan this weekend  :o ;D happy days lol
I know what you mean about them in your bed. So many times recently I’ve been tempted as I know she will usually resettle, but I’ve stuck to my guns and just been a zombie!!

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #19 on: October 11, 2018, 19:01:15 pm »
I’d do bath first then cuddles with stories, naturally an hour after a bath your body calms ready for sleep.
Oh well you might as well enjoy the caravan and not worry whilst her sleeps a bit off x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2018, 06:06:35 am »
Defo gonna try that tonight. Up at 5:30 again today  ::)

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #21 on: October 12, 2018, 13:16:14 pm »
😩 poor you, hope the days ok x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #22 on: October 12, 2018, 13:24:26 pm »
She’s at pre school today, I’m at work.
As someone who has always done bath then straight to bed how should I play it? Her normal bedtime is 7, asleep within 10-15 mins. So we do quiet time from 6, bath 6:30, into bed 6:50-6:55. Quiet time tends to be reading or jigsaws.

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #23 on: October 12, 2018, 15:38:02 pm »
I’d do bath then into bedroom, pj’s on. Read some stories have a cuddle then into bed.
For us we have bath, go downstairs have a cup of milk maybe a snack then some stories and bed.
Depends on what you’d prefer x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #24 on: October 12, 2018, 15:51:14 pm »
I’m just thinking of which way to play it if you say it takes an hour after bath for sleep etc. Would mean bath around 6 then it’s quite a long time until bedtime to be in her bedroom. However we’ve always stayed upstairs after bath, except for mega early bath when poorly etc. So hard to know how to play it I guess. I think I’ll try your way and do bath and pjs at 6 then downstairs for quiet time and see how that goes x

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #25 on: October 12, 2018, 18:20:16 pm »
She seemed to like stories before bed and she was more chilled, almost asleep on my knee. Saying that she’s probably knackered with all the early mornings. I let her choose which way we did it, so we did supper when we got in from nursery about 5:45, then bath just after 6, pj’s on by 6:25 then downstairs all snuggly for stories.

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #26 on: October 12, 2018, 19:59:28 pm »
Awhh sounds lovely, that’s exactly the times we do things. Gives time to wind down for my pair of lively boys x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2018, 06:23:08 am »
Worked for bedtime, still wide awake at 5:30!! Defo a development phase I think. She stays in her room til the sun comes on which is a bonus I guess. I’m awake cos I’ve heard her and I never go back to sleep sadly. So my days start then too  ::)
When she does come bouncing in she’s full on singing and talking etc. Very busy child at the minute. I can’t take bt any earlier than it is, especially as we have the clocks going back in a few weeks time!!
Just got to ride this one out again I guess x

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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #28 on: October 13, 2018, 10:43:03 am »
Yep is just ride it out, try an earlier BT at the weekend if you can just to fend off OT x
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Re: 3 year old sleep!!!
« Reply #29 on: October 13, 2018, 11:06:33 am »
We’ve been fortunate the last few weeks, she’s done ewu’s but then caught up with at least one good sleep in.  Not this week  :o
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