its driving us insane

[mrsrobbo]

Our DS has gone mad!
Our perfect sleeper wont sleep for us anymore...however he will go down for our babysitter!!!! figure that one out!
He has been in his own bed since before he was 1, we havent had a single problem now, at 7.15 when we go to bed he keeps getting out, he will continue to do this till around 10 then eventually give up. He is on 1 nap a day which was lasting 2-2.5 hrs, so i cut it down, a week later he is stil the same. the later he goes to bed the earlier he wakes up! The babysitter can come round and have him and by 7.30 he is fast asleep in bed....why??
Also when I was in hospital he stayed overnight at my friends house and slept 14 hours there...in a travel cot. He has always hated them! I dont really want to go backwards and put his cot back up...what do you suggest? anything!

Here is a typical day...

6-7am wake up
7.15am Breakfast with Milk
8.00 Leave for work/school
12.00 lunch
12.30 finish work (he eats his lunch while we finish at work, i work in his daycare place)
1-3 nap time (although i have been waking him at 2.30)
play time, in the garden, walk the dog, go to the park etc
5pm tea time
after that we have a few toys out and he has daddy time
6.15 bath time
7pm milk and story time (he loves this bit he will be falling asleep but as soon as he goes into bed the madness starts)
7.15 bedtime...thats the plan anyway!

We have been tempted to get the babysitter over to put him to bed!! lol

[mari]

Bumping for you as I am unable to look until I finish putting mine to bed. 
 

[mari]

I wonder if he could do an earlier nap a it is quite late. I would suggest 12pm so that he could have his sleep out that he needs and then bedtime 7-7.30pm.  Give it a go and see how he is.

TBH, other than the late nap, his routine doesn't look too bad.  It could be a little developmental thing that he is going through.  Does he cry when you put him to bed?  If not, leave him.  I leave Alex to play until she falls asleep, which can be anything up to an hour, but she is still in her cot.  (I'm keeping her there for as long as possible)

[mrsrobbo]

the thing is because im at work he wont sleep, even in his pushchair, its too exciting! today he didnt nap at all and 8pm he was asleep, so do we get rid of the nap??? im so not ready for that.
I wish could have kept him in his cot longer but after his freaking out at the hospital just before he turned 1 he has hated it. he would scream because he was scared of the bars. (he had a big bunch of tests an we found out he has epilepsy). he has always lsept fine in a bed....until now. I guess we will see what time he wakes up in the morning!

[mrsrobbo]

well its was 6.30 when he came wondering out of his room this morning, i will try the 2 hour nap today and see how it goes. why cant we just programme them to sleep when we say??? lol