HELP! 3 YO insomniac anyone??

[LadyBiscuit]

My DS who has just turned 3 has always been a crap erratic sleeper. Of late though, he has taken to being awake in the night for hours. Last night he was awake from about 3am until just gone 6am. He is not upset, he sings or chats quietly to himself but it means that we are both knackered the following day. Most times it's happened I have been working from home the following day so we have both been able to sleep on in the morning but that isn't always practical obviously. Any thoughts? Suggestions? Sympathy?

Lots of sympathy here. I have an insomniac 3yo too. Only she is not quiet. She will sleep throuigh, once you get her to sleep, but that often isn't untill past midnight.

Well he is quiet as long as I am in the room with him. And if I go to sleep he pokes me to wake me up. I was trying to put a positive spin on things

It does my head in. Will they grow out of it I wonder? Apparently I used to sit on the stairs singing nursery rhymes in the middle of the night when I was young too so there's precedence