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While tapering bedtime is sometimes possible (not when they can read the clocks!), you can't taper when they wake up quite as easily. I would expect that this suggestion cannot be easily implemented by many families.

Parent of small children, you can certainly try that. It turns out though that small children don't care when you put them to bed they aren't going to sleep until they are tired, and they'll spend the extra time coming out of their room, screaming, fighting, or kicking their door.

What I learned from my toddler is - they do what they want to do. It takes couple of weeks of consistent efforts to change his behavior. Sadly one week is not enough.