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Sleep

My 3 year old son has a mild hemiplegia, he can not stay awake on the way home from pre school or if we go out in the afternoon he will fall asleep in the car. This then means he won't sleep at bed time and will be awake till 9 or 10 at night even if he only slept for a short time in the afternoon I don't know how to get around this any ideas?
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My son always went to bed later than most it suited our lifestyle at the time with both parents working our time with him was in the evening. This has always been his pattern and once he did go to bed slept straight through and on the up side meant he didnt wake early either.
He did get enough sleep just not at the times to be considered normal
We used to try to keep our daughter as engaged as possible, not always easy whilst driving! Sing songs etc. Anything to keep her awake.
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