Non-DC Question...Desperately Need Some Advice..

[JJPlaycare]

My daughter turned 5 in December and I put her to bed at 7:30. It has gotten harder due to it being light out until late, so to solve this problem we put a blanket over her window to make it dark in there just as it was all winter long and we are back to the norm!! She is the type of child that NEEDS her sleep or watch out, so I don't think the bedtime thing is too early either, however I do think all kids are differnt and you need to adjust accordingly. I think a 3 year old should get about 12 hours of sleep, again all kids are different though! My youngest daughter has always been the last one to bed and the first one up, she is 3 - she just doesn't seem to need alot of sleep! I guess I would try to make it dark in there and see if she goes back to the routine after 3-5 days, if not she just might not be needing that much sleep and I would try and rearrange! Is there anyway you could put your daughters to bed at different times? So you don't mess with your other daughters routine! Hope this helps : )

[TGT09]

Wow, I guess I've always been a nightowl then.

[booroo]

Personally, I think 7:30 is too early a bedtime for a 3 year old. I would cut naps shorter AND push bedtime to 8:30.

wow I'm terrible, my girls go to be that early, they are 6 and gasp 8... Trust me any later and they are the crankiest kids on the earth! They don't nap and no days that my 2 yr old doesn't nap he's asleep at 6pm. He then will take a 4 hour nap!! I put him to bed at 9 he gets daddy time, up at 8 nap at 1230!! Preschool is next year so I'm going to adjust his nap and bed time.

[MsKara]

You said you started a new daycare, or maybe I was mistaken. If you did, then you are dealing with what I dealt with. Only I have a two year old. She wasn't used to not getting my one on one attention, and when I started daycare she got really cranky. Then at bedtime she clung on to me and didn't want me to go because she was getting those special mommy hugs and kisses and individualized attention. I had to learn to still give her those extra hugs throughout the day and spend a little time with her one on one each evening so she didn't feel like she lost me.