Arcadia - thanks hun. I think perhaps your idea about pushing back bedtime is a good one. He might just not be ready to go to bed when I'm trying to do it. I have been trying to get him to bed 5 or so hours after a nap, but might give closer to 6 a go and see if he's more ready for it.

Thanks Snacks! Things are going better today. DS was so exhausted last night that bedtime was easy, plus we didn't get him to bed until 8.45. Today's nap was good too. I told him we would have one story, then he needed to be a big boy and go to sleep after that. It took 20mins from the end of the story until he fell asleep, and he didn't cry at all! I am really happy. Naptime was a bit later than usual, maybe 45 mins later, so perhaps that helped too.

Thanks so much for all your help everyone, it's great to have people to go to who don't just tell me to shut him in his room and let him cry.

HB
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