I’m at my wit’s end. It’s a nightly fight.
Over the past few weeks/months, my 3yo is suddenly fighting against sleep, whether it is a nap or bedtime. She will continuously say “I don’t want to sleep / I’m not tired / Dont make me sleep...” and so on.
When we put her to bed, she will nonstop talk, sing, fidget, ANYTHING to get out of falling asleep, even if she’s desperately tired. You can tell she’s exhausted because of her mood changing, heavy eyes, constant yawning and overall slowing down. Still, she just doesn’t want to sleep.
I’m sick and tired of her whinging and crying every single night. I feel like I might lose my mind with the nightly battle of calming her down and putting her to sleep.
I’ve been planning to write this for a while when I am calm and relaxed but she’s sat next to me now crying her head off and I just want to throw myself out a window (obviously not really). She has been awake since 7am and had no nap. It’s almost 9pm and she’s still awake, whinging.
Help me.
Have you been through this? When does it stop? DOES it stop????