![]() He would struggle to go to sleep and then wake really early regardless of when he went to bed. I feel your pain, my boy was similar and to some extent its a little better now at the ripe old age of 8 1/2. I know it may not be easy, or work, as friends of ours have had an awful 3 years with their two kids … but it’s maybe worth a try. There must be someone on here, or an interwebs site, offering advice on the practicalities. It may be painful for a while, but I think you need to break the cycle by being firmer with him and make him know that all the messing around at night is not acceptable. I may be wrong, but from your description it sounds like he’s leading you both a merry dance because he knows he’ll get the attention etc. Your son is now 5, so is perfectly old enough to understand that bedtime means bedtime. My penny’s worth, although I don’t have direct experience of this… ![]() He doesn’t watch any hyper tv before bed, gets a story etc, has a night light, bottle of water by the bed. Anyone got any tips short of chaining him to the bed or moving his bed into the garage…. We even saw a specialist who concluded that he’s just one of those kids who doesn’t need much sleep. It’s wearing us out! Wife’s expecting no.2 and is tired out anyway so this is isn’t helping. He finds any excuse he can to get up – saying he needs a poo etc. He takes ages to go to sleep and then is usually awake about 5 – 5.30 am. It gradually got better but it’s still not great. He was awful when he was a baby for the first 3-4 yrs. Our son is 5 and has never been a good sleeper.
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