My 3.2 yr old DD is the main issue. We try and put both kids down at the same time, 7.30pm.
DS (4.6) is OK to go to sleep, normally...although for the past few nights, he has come out of his room around 8.30pm cos DD is still up/making noise etc...
Also he has been coming into our room 3-4 times in the night to ask us to 'put him in position' - this involves laying the blanket/duvet across him in a certain way - we've tried teaching him how to do this himself, doesn't work.
He wet the bed last night for the first time in over 6 months and also is getting up much earlier than he used to....just gone 6am, when previously he was a 12 hour sleeper, no problem. (We have a groclock, which he now doesn't really pay much attnetion to, and a blackout blind).
As for DD. She is challenging. I really believe she needs more sleep than she is getting - this is evident from her tantrums/upsets/food issues etc...
She dicks around in her room for over an hour - last night was til 8.45pm, despite being put in bed at 7.30pm.
She will roam around into the bathroom, call out frequently etc...She also wakes early from 5.30-6.30am and then comes into bed with us - we let this since I still BF but only if it's after 6.30am. We send her back to her room where she cries so loudly, it often is pointless anyone else going back to bed, and wakes up DS.
I know kids need different sleep, but she must only be getting 10 hours, if that. She doesn't sleep in the day anymore, last week she did for 2 hours and then wasn't asleep til midnight....
Any help or ideas.....we are sooooooo tired and getting quite miserable.
DS starts school in Sept and I'm getting worried about it.
Today my plan is to try a LOT more exercise!