thread: How much sleep does your 3 yr old get??

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  1. #1
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    Jul 2007
    Glenroy
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    What time is she sleeping til in the afternoon?
    DS has lunch around 11:00, he goes down at midday and will usually sleep 2-3 hours but I make sure he's up by 3:30 and he's back down at 7:00 til around 6:30am.
    Is that any help?

  2. #2
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    Sep 2009
    Bunbury WA
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    my DD has about 2-3 hours in the middle of the day then goes to bed about 7.30 and is up at about 6 -6.30
    As for letting her stay up with DH... do what works fro your family, there is no right or wrong answer there!

  3. #3
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    Oct 2003
    Forestville NSW
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    My DD has just turned 4, but has had maybe 10 day sleeps in the past year? She goes to bed around 7pm and wakes up around 7am. If she has a day sleep, she is up until at least 9pm, but if she falls asleep at 9pm she is generally up earlier Annoying!

  4. #4
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    Nov 2007
    Off with the fairies.
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    My almost 2.5yr old sleeps on average about 11hrs over night generally. When he has a day sleep it's usually 2 to 3hrs. He doesn't have a day sleep everyday, even though I wish he would. It would be so much better attitude, whinging, etc wise if he did have a day sleep every day.

  5. #5
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    Jun 2010
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    Wow! Thanks everyone for the responses

    It looks like this an age where it is pretty varied, so i guess we will stick to what is working for us at the moment. I think i just felt a bit bad that poor DD walked around with big black circles under her eyes today and wondered if she was getting enough sleep. I think i might reel back the 9pm bedtimes, these are usually the nights DF puts her to bed, eg. when i go to the gym or want to watch a show on tv and insist that he get her in there a lot earlier as we know it will take her longer than usual to go to sleep.

  6. #6
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    Jan 2009
    Mooroopna
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    DD hasnt had a day sleep since she was probably 2.5 and even then it was a struggle. She goes to bed at 730 and sleeps till 630, doesnt matter what time she goes to bed. If she happens to fall asleep during the day she refuses to go to sleep until about 10pm.

  7. #7
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    Jan 2007
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    I know I shouldn't complain at all - especially as they both sleep at the same time and James sleeps for 3 hours They do all vary though, just going to mothers group all of ours are different and I am very aware they can change at any time so I make the most of it! To get Iz to sleep some days she insists on me lying down with her too so I get a forced rest!

  8. #8
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    Jan 2006
    Qingdao, China
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    Claudia is not far off turning 4 and since we moved to China and she started full time school, she is sleeping anywhere up to 2 hours at school & then overnight she is sleeping from 8pm til just before 7am. I find that some night I find it extremely hard getting her to go to bed at night & that's usually when she has had one of the big sleeps at school. Sometimes it's 2 hours, sometimes only 30 minutes.

    In Australia, before she started school, she wasn't having a day sleep at all (or they were very rare) & she would go to bed about 6:45pm & sleep through til 7:30 the following morning - sometimes later.

    IMO, if your little one is having the sleep, she must need it? KWIM? I always figure that kids don't sleep for fun, they sleep because their bodies need it.

    You can always give it a try & go back to the day sleep if you find that she's very irritable?

    HTH!

    Love Jayne x