if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

what does your child's sleep schedule look like?

DS is 33 months (turns 3 in November). he was doing really well with sleep and everything... but lately he's been more whiny, etc so i'm thinking maybe we need to adjust his sleeping times. Just curious what everybody elses kid does
Right now, heres his schedule:

8:30 PM start bedtime routine, in bed by 9.: I know this is probably a little late, but with the summer weather, We LOVE playing outside after dinner, or going for ice cream with friends, etc. Plus, we don't have family right by to babysit on the weekends, so having a later bedtime actually lets us take him places with us on the weekends and not have to rush home- so we get to have some kind of social life!

8:15/8:30 AM- he usually wakes up. As a SAHM I don't mind it because we don't need to rush out the door in the mornings, and I can get some stuff done before he wakes up.

2-4 PM- nap time. This may be a little long of a nap for his age?? He always sleeps though... and if we're out at his nap time and he misses it, he always falls asleep in the car on the way home. so I know he still needs some kind of nap. BUT the late nap time might also keep him from falling asleep at a decent time at night?? Like maybe I only THINK he's falling asleep at 9, but hes really up until 10/10:30?? I don't know...

Anyway- I'm guessing we just have to work on moving everything a little earlier... but i'm just curious what other people do?

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

DS will be 3 in September and he is in bed between 8-830. He wakes up between 7-730.

He may or may not nap in the day. If he does he will nap anywhere between and hour and half to two hours.

If he naps - it takes him later to go down at night. Which results in not wanting to wake up in the morning.

If he doesn't nap he is in bed by 730. He is a total crank pot by 7:00 pm on these days.

I'm a FTWM so the mornings can be rough when he doesn't want to wake up.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

DS naps VERY occasionally at this point

bed- we start bath at 8, in bed at 8:30 and he's usually out by 9pm.

He sleeps usually until at least 8-9am

if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My 3 year old does not nap anymore. She goes down between 7:30-8 in the summer. She use to wake up aroun 8 but since having another baby she wakes up around 6:30-7.

if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

dd does not nap and we start bed after dd2 which is about 7:30/7;45 in bed by 8 an sleeping pretty quickly after that

if she does nap its b/c we are in the car

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

my son is 39 months

in bed at 8pm, sometimes he is asleep within 10 mins, other nights it takes him 1.5 hours

nap time is 1-330/4

he wakes at 6-7am

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My dd turned 3 on Saturday. She sleeps 8-7. She very rarely naps anymore. She gives me a hard time going to bed. She says she is scared, says she isn't ready to go to sleep, she wants to play. Once we get over excuses she falls asleep within in a few minutes and stays sleepig though the night.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My DS will be 3 in December.

Bedtime routine starts at 730-8pm.
He's usually asleep by 8:15-8:45 and up for the day at 630-7am.
He still naps daily from 1-4ish.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

my dd naps everyday at daycare and it usually lasts anyhwere from and 1 -2 hours. she does not really nap at all on the weekends

She is in bed by 7:30-8pm DH has been letting her go to bed later but he had to stop because she has been cranky getting up and somtimes during the day from lack of sleep i am assuming since we have to wake her at 6:45 during the week.



ETA: nap time during daycare is from anywher from 12-3 depending when she falls asleep

Message edited 8/19/2013 11:03:21 AM.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My dd is 26 months and stopped napping completely at exactly 2! She is in bed by 9 at the latest (bc it's summer-otherwise it's 8 at the latest) but she sleeps most mornings until around 9-9:30. I'm also a SAHM, so I dont mind. I'm hoping to get her back to a 7:30ish bedtime in the fall and hoping she'll keep sleeping for at least 12 hours at night.

I wished she still napped, but she won't...not even in the car.

ETA: we go through our bedtime routine each night (books , a song, and prayers in our bed, then we carry her to her crib) and she goes right to sleep no issues and sleeps straight through.

Message edited 8/19/2013 12:04:21 PM.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My guy is 2.5

He is up like 8/830
Naps from 4-6 (he'd sleep longer if i let him)
Bed at 9 but doesnt fall asleep til 930ish

Some days we skip his nap if we are out and he is fine without it time to time.

HTH

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

At that age my DD was in bed asleep at 8pm and would sleep to 8am with a 3 hr nap. (12:30 to,3:30). She dropped naps at 3.5 yrs old.

ETA - She will be 5 next month, still has same bedtime schedule. In bed asleep at 8 and sleeps until between 7:30 and 9am.

Message edited 8/19/2013 2:28:31 PM.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My DS is also 33 months, and like you, follows almost the exact same schedule.

Between 8am-830am is wake up.

Naps from 130/2pm - 4/430pm.

Bedtime around 830/9PM and some days he will fall right asleep. Others he can be tossing and turning til 10PM.

I figure once the fall comes and it's darker earlier things will change. It's summer, we love being outdoors and enjoying the sunlight.

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

My DS is the exact same age--turning 3 in late October.

He generally sleeps from 8pm to 7:30am. Since we've potty trained him, he sometimes wakes up earlier to use the bathroom. I'm afraid he's dropping his naps, but that could be because his two older sisters are home for the summer and he thinks all day is party time now. If he does nap, it's around 2-3:30ish.

One of his older sisters napped until 3.5 for almost three hours and it never affected her night sleep. The oldest sister stopped officially napping around 2.5, Seems each kid is different...

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

Wake at 7:00-7:30AM
Nap at 2:00-4:00PM
Sleep at 10:00PM

Re: if you have a 2.5-3 year old...

Twins are 2.5
Wake 630-7
Nap 12-3 usually 2-2.5 hours
Bedtime start baths around 630 in bed by 7-730

If they don't take a nap they are in bed by 6-630

Within the last 6 months they can tolerate being up late if we are out.

Message edited 8/19/2013 4:03:00 PM.