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[quote=Anonymous]I would try having 3 yo nap earlier, around 1 or 2 for one hour max.  And I agree with the many posters who are saying you need to go for a schedule and stick with it.

If they frequently want water, can you put a no-spill water cup within reach of the bed so they can get it themselves.  Are you comfortable saying no snacks after bedtime? We don’t allow them and our kids don’t seem to be suffering.

Something we have done in the past is, if they come out of the room, we return them to the room with as little fanfare as possible (goal is to be silent, but I rarely manage fully silent).  We combine this with frequent check-ins, so the kids know that every time we leave the room one of us will be back in about five minutes.  Eventually we stretch the time between check-ins longer, but at 3 and 5, I’d start with every five minutes for at least a few weeks. If you alternate turns checking in, or take shifts (you do check-ins from 8-8:30, he takes 8:30-9, etc), you get small intervals of peace and they are more peaceful because hopefully it means you know someone isn’t going to pop out of the room looking for water. Also, you can tell them that whatever they need (unless it is an absolute potty emergency) can wait until you come in.

Also, telling our kids they had permission to leave their beds to go to the bathroom helped (assuming your 3yo is able to handle that - i know my newly minted 3yo isn’t yet).  Going to be the potty 20 times turns out to be less interesting if it doesn’t involve interacting with a parent. [/quote]

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