Sleep resistance

[playfelt]

It's a lot easier to get a group of kids to sleep because their friends are than it is for a parent to get a child to sleep that just wants to spend time with the parent at all cost.

I finally got a double bed for Brianne so I could lay beside her when she woke. Being in the bed I got to sleep/rest and as long as I was in the room she usually stayed in the bed long enough to fall back to sleep.

Also take a look at what time he is going to bed at night. If he is so exhausted at the end of the day that it is earlier than he was it makes sense that he is waking up earlier. We might think the move from bed at 7 instead of 8 is fine but the difference between getting up at 5 instead of 6 is a whole different story but the body is programmed for a certain amount of time.

Getting a child to lay still long enough to realize they are tired and need to sleep is the biggest issue and not one that really has a workable solution for everyone.