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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t lock him in. It means your authority is out the window and you’re resorting (already!) to external measures.

Keep getting him in bed early. Take away all screens - maybe one half hour show a day? And so the thing a PP said- silent walk backs. It’s going to be rough. It will work if you’re consistent. Oh! And Megan Leahy - the parent coach in the WAPO always says to talk to your kid during the day about the new plan/calmly before you implement it. Good luck, OP. [/quote]

OP again! Yeah, we're not going to lock him in. I'm a bit wary of his safety since he'd totally wander downstairs, but otherwise doesn't feel like a good approach for us. He's also been going to the bathroom by himself early morning and we want to encourage that and other autonomy within reason.

We also don't do much screen time so unlikely that's a factor here. But we've gone back to a later bedtime and are seeing some improvement at least in the early morning wakeups. Seems like he maxes out at 10 hours of sleep a day.

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