When my oldest daughter was a baby, I sleep trained her early on, and I was very fortunate that she slept through the night for the next 2 and a half years. We had a little blip when we transitioned her from the crib to a bed, but some additional sleep training did the trick.
And then she turned 3 years old. I had noticed a pattern when talking to patients that their 3 year olds were fighting sleep. It is a tough age because they may be outgrowing their naps at 3 years old. After napping during the day, it may be hard to put them down to sleep at night. However, if they don’t nap, then comes the evening meltdown, screaming and crying and whining about anything and everything, and then all that behavior makes it hard for them to calm down to go to sleep at night, too!
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