It's got to the stage now that my husband and I try to push onto one another the tiresome task of putting our only child to bed because you can guarantee whoever has the chore of doing it won't have an evening that night.
We've got to the end of our tethers, nothing works, not even Supernanny's apparently fail-safe method.
She's very figety, keeps rolling and moving around, keeps singing and talking, and if you tell her it's time to sleep, she kicks and screams. She won't remain in her room.
My friend has a child of similar age - she puts him down, he's asleep in 5. I can't even remember a time that my DD was ever like that since birth. She's always been a nightmare to put to bed.
I'm absolutely furious that my husband and I haven't had any evenings together for a long, long time now. I get home from work at 7.30pm most evenings, and I'm tired enough. I can't be doing with having to spend over an hour, sometimes up to two hours, to put DD to bed any longer. Please help. I'm so going to flip.
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32mth-old is an abosolute nightmare to put to bed
arabellaandbaby · 22/10/2012 13:55
Hi. I agree with all that has been said. I have 2 DDs both of whom have put me through it sleep-wise! I'm 4 years in and only now just about getting reliable sleep.
My saviour was the Millpond Sleep clinic book. I was in the verge on getting some of their sleep counselling when we decided to give it one last push.
Given your DDs age have you thought about star charts and stickers as a reward for going to bed with no fuss? This worked a treat for us both for the 4 and 2 year old. After 5 stars mine get a prize. Something very small like a tiny chocolate bar or a pot of bubbles. We coupled this with telling both girls (they share a room) during the day what the 'rules' were for bedtime and getting up too early - both things were an issue an I was fed up of 5am starts 
I also got a gro clock so I covered all bases! Although we still have some tricky evenings and mornings on the whole they know the rules and if they don't do as they are supposed to then they get no reward in the morning with no sticker!
As for the daytime naps I think they really need to go. My 2 year old has 1 hr only at nursery ( they wake her if needed) and when at home she may have 30 nuns if we are out in the buggy but that is it. My elder one has not had a daytime sleep since 2.5 but has a rest time in front of cbeebies which seems to work.
Good luck and hang on in there.
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