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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The focus of the OP seems to be on her inconvenience. Aren't you at all concerned that your kid is unable to sleep?  What is happening in your home? [/quote]

OP here - my husband and I are definitely sleep deprived and not functioning great due to this, but of course the main concern is ensuring our son being healthy and getting enough sleep. Given all our efforts to reduce the possibility of overtiredness, or help him stay in bed and get extra sleep, we are wondering if he is just on the low end of sleep needs getting about 10 hours overnight. He's refused to nap for a few months now, though he knows he can if he wants and has the opportunity to do so every day at school.

We don't feel comfortable locking him in his room, barring a legitimate safety issue comes up. And I have no desire to punish him for waking up and not knowing what time it is, and he obviously can't help screaming due to nightmares or night terrors. I mentioned the screaming in case it pointed to overtiredness, which again, we've tried to prevent.

What I believe IS reasonable is having boundaries and rules around nighttime just as we would any other time of day. So the focus of my question is trying to teach these boundaries to a very strongwilled little kid who isn't responding to the frequently recommended approaches, while simultaneously setting him up for success to get the good night's sleep he needs.

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