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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are expecting the child to sleep for 13 hours straight?!? That is a very early bedtime. He is not tired… start bedtime at 8:30. Be firm and follow through. [/quote]

No - I expect him to go to bed at 730 and get up at 630.  630 is the easiest start to our day and when he gets up when he falls asleep at 7/730.  I tried earlier in case he was over tired. I can’t just do later than 730because I have other kids to get to bed and because 645 is the absolute latest he can get up for a not hectic morning (he’s a slow eater, slow to get dressed etc).  [/quote]

Honestly, the problem is you. That time is way too early. He is not going to sleep fast because he is not tired. You expect him to lay in bed for two hours until he finally falls asleep? Put him to bed later and change your routine. He can get dressed with a timer, get dressed the night before and sleep in the clothes, eat a quick and easy breakfast. You just sound lazy.[/quote]

3yos need 11-13 hour of sleep. He needs to go to bed by 7:30 to be in that range with the logistics of our lives [/quote]

Put him to bed in his clothes for the next day and let him eat breakfast in the car.  I think you have identified the issues--he is not tired when you are trying to put him to bed--so you need to start there and work the logistics around it.  You cannot just force a kid onto the schedule that works for the logistics of your family.[/quote]

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