Sleep help

My 3 year old is constantly overtired, please send help 😂 he sleeps 7:30-5:30ish is tired still but won’t go back to sleep. He used to nap to catch up (I’d give him 2 hours) sounds crazy I know but then that night he would sleep 7:30-6:30 so he essentially gets an extra 3 hours and is soooo much happier in himself where he’s caught up with sleep. My issue now is he won’t nap (I can’t make him) and he’s 3.5 years old now all I want is for him to sleep a little bit extra and I just don’t know how to do it 😩 has anyone managed to get out of this overtired cycle! What are your sleep schedules like?
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I’m in a really similar position re naps. I feel like he needs them but doesn’t often have them now, but still needs the extra sleep. Have you tried an earlier bedtime? We did 6:30 bedtime last night as he was so overtired from nursery and woke up at 6:20 this morning

I could of wrote this avout my own daughter we keep getting up between 5am and 6am absolutely exhausted and she used to nap 2 to 3 hours too she's foul and so over tired. I am afraid I don't have any advice but your not alone. She is best when she goes down between 630 and 7pm as she never sleeps late no mater what time she goes to bed

Have you tried "quiet time"? When my daughter dropped her nap we introduced it so we still got a break 😂 we take her to her room set up for sleep but tell her she doesn't have to, leave her with books and Tonie Box etc and sometimes she will nap if she's tired. We also have a gro-clock set to change colour at 7:30am so she knows she's not allowed out of her room til then but she can read/play with tonies until that time then she's allowed to come to our room. She goes to bed 7:30pm gets up 7:30am but sometimes she's reading etc at bedtime for a while or a little in the morning before we get her up.

@Tanya he has a gro clock but ignores it 😂. I’d love to but he shares a room with his sister so I can’t really do that as he will wake her xx

@Emma thank you hope it gets better for you soon xx

@Emily I’m defo going to try an earlier bedtime xx

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