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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't have a chance to read through all of the responses but your children sound overtired. I've noticed it in myself too, that I take much longer to fall asleep when I am more exhausted. They're overtired, they don't fall asleep easily, they don't stay asleep, they become overtired.
My kids are the same spacing, but 4 & 6 now. Last year, when they were in full-day school & preschool, they used to go to bed at 6:30pm. That was the only way they got enough sleep to be rested enough for the long day. Now, with WFH/ DL, we don't have the mad morning rush, so bedtime is 7pm.
The solution for you may be to have a drastically early bedtime for a week or two, to break the cycle. I would aim for 6pm. Give them dinner at 4:30, and blaze through bath/ books/ brush teeth/ PJ etc. Give them incentives to do a quicker job. We add minutes that they "earn" for being quick to their weekend cartoon watching time. Once they go to bed, do not engage at all unless it's a real emergency. You can also offer incentives to stay in the room till the morning, etc. The key is to be consistent![/quote]

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