has anything helped your preschooler to sleep?

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such as a sticker chart or anything? i’m desperate. he’s always been the best sleeper but for the past 2 or so months he just doesn’t sleep. he continues to get out. he cries. he makes excuses. it’s very frustrating. he doesn’t fall asleep until 10-10:30 and i’m exhausted! i have a 2 year old and i’m pregnant with baby 3. so i really value my sleep. any suggestions???

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Do you expect him to stay in bed or just in his room? My daughter doesn’t have to stay in her bed, just in her room. She plays a little with toys or books then falls asleep (usually within 20 minutes). 
I will say she’s falling asleep faster now that she’s at her new school where they pretty much run around all day compared to her other school where they had lots of outdoor time, but also lots of class time. See if upping the physical activity time also helps.

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If he’s still napping I’d say drop the nap. Other than that, nothing helps in my opinion besides lots of physical activity during the day. And maybe a very regular bedtime/routine. My SIL had some success with my nephew with one of those clocks/night lights that changes from blue to yellow when it’s time to get up. He knew blue meant it’s still nighttime so he would go back to sleep.

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Our son responds really well to sticker charts. We started one around age 3 - a bedtime one that had pictures for each step of the routine including staying in bed. He got to put a sticker on for each step as he did it and then a special sticker in the morning if he stayed in bed and didn’t scream for us. At first, it was a small treat or prize for getting all the stickers for one day, then when he was doing well we extended it to two days and then a whole week for an extra big prize (we got a children’s museum membership purely for sticker chart earned trips). In the morning, he’s show it to his daycare teacher and she’d talk to him about why he missed some stickers and celebrate when he did well. 
Eventually, we just slowly phased it out without saying anything and he didn’t really notice it was gone. He’s 4 now and goes to bed really well most nights. 
He also had a behavior chart for a while when he was having a series of tough days at daycare.

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Following!! 
We have a 3 year old (going on four) who has done this for the past year 😩 
We start her routine at 7-7:30 but she consistently gets out of bed, cries, etc until 10:30pm 😭

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Look into bedtime fading. It helped us get our son to sleep sooner. Also make sure the nap doesn’t go too late or it will be hard for him to fall asleep. 
Also, my son always goes to sleep quicker if I lay by his bed, scratch his back, give him my full attention (not on phone) or if he is just in my bed next to me while I fall asleep.

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What’s his daily schedule, sleep schedule?

has anything helped your preschooler to sleep?

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