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Things have generally been better, except for that one rough night. He usually wakes up once a night, though last night was twice. There was one night he slept all night! Amazing!! I think he was really tired on vacation. Yesterday he played a ton and hard, and he woke up twice. I haven't really seen a connection. He always falls asleep fast, but it's the middle of the night wake ups that are rough.

Two nights ago he was in my bed, and neither of us slept well, so that was the sign that I needed to know that we need to keep going with this. He is so active and moves all over his bed.

The hard thing now is that he is waking up so early. He used to wake up around 6:30 or 7. Now he's waking consistently before 6, usually around 5:30. I try to lay down with him and nurse right away to get him back to sleep, but no luck. He's awake for the day. He's going to sleep around 7:30, and he just isn't getting enough sleep. He yawns all day. 10-10.5 hours isn't enough. He won't nap early enough, but would fall asleep around 4 pm if I let him (very bad idea). The other day he crashed for 2.5 hours in an early nap because all the sleep deprivation caught up to him.

If anyone has any tips on how to get him to sleep later, let me know! We have black out curtains. Nothing has changed, other than moving his bed. This is exhausting for all of us. Moving his bedtime later doesn't seem to make a difference. The other day he went to sleep at 8 and was still up very early. I hate seeing him tired but not able to get enough sleep! Seriously, this boy (now 3 years old!) and his sleep are going to be the death of me. At least I gave up expecting any good sleep a looong time ago.