3 Year Old That Hates Mornings

We struggle with mornings some as well.
One thing that's worked for me is that dd goes to sleep in the clothes she'll wear the next day. At first it was hard for me to let go of her needing - no, my need for her to be in 'pajamas' vs. regular clothes. Whatever. At any rate, she tends to get dressed the night before now. If she doesn't want to put on her school clothes, then we have them laid out on a little chair in her room the night before, then she gets them on before breakfast.
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Had the same problem with daycare when my son was younger. According to state law, they had to nap until age 5. When I would pick him up we would go home and play games, running, etc. As bedtime approached we would watch videos, but not action ones, sing alongs and such. Helped a little. When my son turned 5 - - things changed drastically. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Oh my Lord. 11pm!!!

he needs to go to bed at 8pm. No grapes or raisans. No sugar. No caffiene. No ketchup. No candy. No TV and nothing stimulating (noises, dog, after 6pm.)

Start winding down 1 and a half hours before bed. At 6 the TV goes off or to a low, low level, or try some soft classical music 1 hour before bed.

Lots of Water.

Warm bath at 7:30p, then into a dim softly lit room. Sing softly to him, stroke his back and put lavender in his room. Real lavender from whole foods.

Must be the same routine daily.

Well, I don't have quite the same problem as you but I think I know something that might help. I have a 4 year old daughter that has trouble falling asleep at night. I talked with her doctor and she recomended an all natural solution. I admit I did not believe it would work BUT IT DOES for me anyway. I give Magen an herb called Melatonin, it comes in a liquid form and my daughter loves it, she thinks it is a treat at night. I give her .5 on the dopper a half hour before she goes to bed and she just goes right on to sleep. I tell all my friends about it, my husband even uses it in an higher dose, unfortunately my daughter gets her sleep habits from her dad. I hope this helps.

have you ever tried using a time line with pictures. by using pictues of himself waking up in the morning and doing his usual routine like(brushing teeth, changing clothes, putting shoes, combing hair) that might just give your son a sense of responsiblity. after all at this age all children are egotistic and believe in self-dependant. althought you still have control over the choices you give him ( two postive choices). you know the younger the children are;the more sleep they need, up to 15hours of sleep. i know. i tried it and it works. so try to put him to sleep at 8:00p.m establish a special routine just for him and you. i hope this advice will work... God Bless.

I also hate mornings! You've gotten great advise, but maybe it might be his own biorythems; I am no morning person and every little soul is different. My son started at 2 months sleeping 12 hours a night no matter what and still hates mornings!

ps: if you're in Texas - you need to tell this day-care they are wrong on the law!

I worked at a lot of daycares while going to college for my teaching degree years ago and I never heard of that state law. You may want to check into that.
Have you tried diet adjustments? This may help with getting him more regular. Both my children are 7am-7pm but they eat dinner at 5pm each night and I don't give them anything after that :)
Good Luck!

I agree with the PP. Does you son watch TV at night? I have found that TV stimulates my son and he had trouble falling asleep at night. An early dinner and bed time routine is always helpful. Also can you find something to motivate him to go to school in the mornings? My son's school has 'Show n Tell' every day (I know one more thing for me to do). But my son is super excited about it and mornings are not an ordeal anymore.