Just wondering what other mums experiences have been . My DD is just over 2.5 and has become increasingly difficult to get down at night. Plus, since being in her big bed, has been getting up at night and coming in for a visit (on the plus side, she goes back to her bed to sleep no problem) and is waking around 5:30am-6:00am. This from a child who has always been a great sleeper. My DH thinks we should drop the day time sleep .. we tried it this weekend and she coped well, plus went down no problem, no night waking and woke at 7am. The only thing is we are expecting #2 in August and I'm nervous of having no down time durign the day. Any advice / thoughts.

Even if she doesn't go down for a sleep you should still have a period of time called quiet time where she can play with something quietly or she can draw by herself or something so that way you still get a little bit of time to sit down and have a cup of tea or somehting. Have it for about half an hour when she would normally be going down for her sleep.

Even 4 year olds need a queit time during the day just for themselves to re fuel as well as you!

Maybe even when she turns 3 you could enroll her in pre school for a day so you get to have the day with the new bub and a bit of down time then. Just a suggestion!

unfortunately some kids don't need as much sleep as others. my daugher is 3 1/2 and she still has a day sleep most days, but she goes to bed really easily at night and sleeps for 11 hours straight so we're not worried.

i definitely agree with the 'quiet time' rule tho, she should spend some time in her room playing quietly so you can have a break. i'm due in July and if my daughter doesn't sleep she will play with her barbies or watch a movie so i can have a lie down on the days im home. it makes the difference to both of us!


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My DS is 2 yrs 4 months and is starting to show signs of wanting to drop his afternoon sleep on weekends when he is home. At daycare he goes down for a sleep every day from about 12.30 - 2.30pm, but at home on weekends it is usually about 2.30pm before I can convince him to go into his room, and usually I end of leaving him to play in there quietly on his own.

Most times he eventually falls asleep of his own accord. Last Monday I put him to bed about 2pm, read books for about 15 minutes and then he told me to "go mumma". So I left him on his own. He quietly played, talked and sang to himself for over 2 hours before he eventually put his head down and went to sleep.

I don't really mind if he doesn't sleep, but he is going to have 2 hours of quiet time on his own every afternoon just to slow down and rest. But with Baby #2 on the way, I really need to keep to sleeps happening in the arvo so I can have some rest too!

Me (32)
DH (34)
DS 18-11-02
M/C 23rd June 03 - Molar Pregnancy
Squiggle #2 due 26-09-05

Hi
I remember this period with DD1.
What I found is that every second or third day she would have a day time nap to 'catch up'.
Even now at almost five DD has a day sleep approx once a week (usually friday or sat or sun) to help her catch up on her zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's
Cheers
Annie