Anyone Else's Nearly 2yo With A Naturally Late Go To Bed Time?

[Janie71]

My DD was always a late to bed child. Until she totally dropped her day sleep at about 2 years 9 months. Now she is in bed at 7 and asleep within 10 mins!

Janie xxx

[Loveinamist]

My DS goes to sleep at around 9 as well. However I consider that early as he used to only go to sleep at around 11 until about a month or so ago!!!

I started a routine of sorts when my husband left a couple of months ago and now DS has dinner before 7, a bath afterwards and then storytime and boob to sleep somewhere around 8-9. It is taking me ages to get him to sleep now so I am thinking of moving the bath to a bit later so I am not spending two hours getting him to sleep every night!!

[Sagres]

My DD was always a late to bed child. Until she totally dropped her day sleep at about 2 years 9 months. Now she is in bed at 7 and asleep within 10 mins!

Ditto, recently something just clicked with DD1 and now she eats earlier and hoes to bed at about 7pm. This was a few months after she dropped the day sleep. Gee those few months between the 2 events were fun!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Yup - DS was about 8.30; he'd be up until 11pm with no ill effects the next day if he could though! And do that every day if possible - even without day sleeps. (I didn't continue that experiment beyond 3 days, but he was a "good" child those three days too.)

Now he's at school, he's asleep before 8pm most nights, earlier if he can be. However, he does get up at 6.30-7am now. If we give him a late night on a weekend he stays in bed until about 8.30-9am, which is bliss. (Only DH won't make every Friday night Late To Bed night like I would!)

[CeCe]

Yes, DS is a night owl just like his dad. Bedtime is anywhere from 8:30 to 9:30 these days. There are times I worry about it, especially if I've had to wake him in the morning, but the majority of time I feel I'm fighting nature to get him to bed earlier. In our case also, DS had bad wind for the first 12months or so, so it wasn't unusual to be finally settling around 1am after we'd been up together trying to get him comfortable. I'm glad I'm not to only one with a late to bed child.

I love my sleep ins too. so some weekends I get to sleep in until 9! Ahhh, I love my DS.

[willow5]

Yep DD1 was the same but much later than 9pm probably closer to 12, and that was with no day sleep he dropped that by the time he was 12months. He also was not an early riser. When he was about 2.5 though bedtime seemed to creep forward and soon turned to about 8.30pm, with a bit of an earlier wake time in the morning.

DS3 is another (until this week actually ) Natural bed time between 10.30pm and 12 depending on what time he had his day sleep. Also not an early riser. Just this week we've finally managed to drop the day sleep and he goes down by 8.30pm and up a bit earlier. I just rode it out. The frustration of not settling when you try to get them down earlier was worse for me than just going with it. A oh how I'm appreciating it now!! Free time at night and not being so tired I fall into bed as soon as he's asleep(must be something about 2.5)

Hope you get some relief soon