Naughty Step!?

[clarebear1]

Is it wrong to put my daughter on the naughty step during the night when she wont go to bed?

I wouldn't say it was wrong but maybe not a useful strategy since you're trying to get her into bed. Are you just talking about bedtime or does it happen during the night as well?
How old is your DD?

Personally, I would try to be really positive in the first place and give her a reason for getting into bed (to have some stories!) and maybe talk to her about the next day. I like to tell my DD what we're doing/where we're going the next day and that's why we need to get a good night's sleep etc.

You may already be doing all of that so my next thing would be just to be firm and repetitive...every time she gets out of bed, go and put her back in (or at least in her room) and just keep doing it, telling her firmly that it's time to go to bed.

Not sure if that helps your situation at all but I would think that using the naughty step might be counterproductive. Good luck with it!

Fanx! My DD is 2 and half,she goes off ok then its in the middle of the night she gets up saying she wants to go downstairs,i do try to leave her to cry but theres only so much i can take.
Once she has been n the step she does go straight to sleep tho,she doesnt cry n the step just sits there quiet its weird.
She also wakes up ssaying she wants a drink,she got this from when she had a cough i gave her some,shes remembered so thats an excuse of hers,i try not to give her it tho otherwise shell never be out of nappies either.

Oh, I see....that's a bit tricky then. I guess if the naughty step is working in this instance, then why not go with it? When I read your OP, I was trying to imagine getting my DD on the naughty step in the middle of the night and imagining the histrionics that would inevitably ensue. As your DD seems to understand and respond to it, then I guess you could just carry on as you are!

my boy always use to wake up asking for a drink so we got a bed gard that has a net pocket on it and his drink and spare dummies are in there and it really work coz in the morning i can see hes drunk sum but he dont shout for me so we both win!
asfor putting on naughty step not to sure as iv always stuck by my guns once in bed thats were he stays and after the first time of going in at night and saying night night time go to sleep i wouldnt talk to him or even give eye contact just tuck back in to bed and walk out beleave me after a week if you keep up with it it works.

tonight i tucked her into bed,she got up straight away crying at her gate saying she wanted to go on the naughty step (bottom of the stairs) so im gonna stop doin that coz its obviously nt a bad fing she must just like bein downstairs where we are.
So i left her crying for 25 mins then went tucked her in after few attempts she went off.
Phew lets see what tomoro night brings!

25 minutes of crying will leave anybody in a bad state nevermind a small child of 2.
you could perhaps try to take her back to bed and read some stories...there must be a reason other than "naughtyness" for which she is waking up and wants to be anywhere but in her bed (see the naughty step).

reading stories just hypes her up,hopfully she will just grow out of it!