Have you ever napped kids on different schedules? Long story short...my 3 yo doesn't seem ready for sleep when I lay the others down at 12. However, he is exhausted all evening long. If I lay him down an hour or so later he seems to go to sleep w/o issue & has a much more pleasant evening.
I was considering letting him stay up when I lay the others down & have some 1-on-1 time with Mom & then laying him down an hour later. My concerns are basically just dealing with other kids who don't want to sleep if they know he is up & what if the others wake up before I lay him down. He's not going to be happy about laying down while the other kids are waking up. I can just put on my mean mommy face & make him do it, but I don't really want another battle to fight.
Or...I thought about intentionally waking him up earlier in the day so he'll be tired earlier. But he seems so tired when I get him up early & just lays around sucking his thumb the whole morning. He would get used to it & not be so groggy eventually, right?
I was considering letting him stay up when I lay the others down & have some 1-on-1 time with Mom & then laying him down an hour later. My concerns are basically just dealing with other kids who don't want to sleep if they know he is up & what if the others wake up before I lay him down. He's not going to be happy about laying down while the other kids are waking up. I can just put on my mean mommy face & make him do it, but I don't really want another battle to fight.
Or...I thought about intentionally waking him up earlier in the day so he'll be tired earlier. But he seems so tired when I get him up early & just lays around sucking his thumb the whole morning. He would get used to it & not be so groggy eventually, right?
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