Our kids have all been poor sleepers until they reach about years of age. They get enough sleep, they just don't always have the best timing. So far Charlie has been the worst, although Frankie appears to be following in his footsteps.
The biggest issue is getting them to sleep at a decent time in the evening. Once they hit about 2 years of age, their naps very easily interfere with bedtime at night. So earlier this week when Charlie fell asleep at 3:45 in the afternoon, I was not the happiest camper.
I tried waking him up right away to no avail. For the next 3 hours, we tried waking him every 30 minutes or so: we tried taking him outside, standing him up (he just walked back to the couch and fell back asleep), blaring loud music, tickling him, letting the cat climb all over him, letting Frankie climb all over him,....nothing worked.
At 6:30 I finally gave up and brought him up to bed thinking maybe he would just sleep through the night, although we were prepared to be up with him at 2:00am. I was shocked when we woke up at our regular time. He slept 15 hours! I'm thinking major growth spurt?
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