StitchesGr8Fan
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- Jul 17, 2009
5 and 2 year old. Here now. No bedtime. When they are tired we put them to bed. We will worry about routine when we get home.
Mine has always been a sleeper & similar with light cues. I can’t put him to bed til it dark out so during daylight savings it’s an hr later. We also have his room as dark as possible with room darkening shades & drapes. That helps in the morning so he doesn’t wake up until it’s really sunny. If it’s early like before 7 am or overcast he’ll sleep. He’s been sleeping this way since 6 weeks old. I know everyone is different, but a lot of the ppl I know personally who claim their kids never slept well didn’t do anything conducive to sleeping.
Oh wow! Yeah that would be a problem lol! DS likes it pitch black!Part of my problem is that she can move the shades from her bed (the joys of having a 3 year old who is the size of most 4 year olds)....i think we're going to tint the windows because dusk extends until 9 PM right now.
As most others have said here, my plan when we go in 2020 is to keep our regular bedtime routine except for one night (the last night). It will mean either leaving the parks by 5pm to grab dinner at our hotel or having dinner in the parks at 5pm so we can still make it back to our room by 7pm...Right now, we're also planning a break day in the middle of our trip, even though we're only going for five days. We're planning to do Monday and Tuesday at parks, Wednesday a break day or at least not as scheduled -- we'll probably go to Disney Springs and ride the monorail to different resorts, then Thursday and Friday at the parks again.
I remember my first trip (I was 18) and there were so many kids melting down....and their parents saying "we spent 398757753478593 dollars, YOU'RE STAYING".
Seriously, it's not worth it...it's so not worth it. Maybe if it's a once in a lifetime trip...but for those of us that go frequently enough, it's not worth the meltdown