Won't go to bed, then won't get up in the mornings

[MillyMollyMoo]

Am at my wits end, fed up of shouting and threatening the little monkey to get her into bed.
7.30 we started getting her teeth brushed and winding her down, she's now sobbing in my bed so she doesn't wake her sisters and honestly I'm on the verge of crowning her.

At 7.30 tomorrow when her sisters are dressed and ready to leave she will be crying that she's too tired to go to school.
Has anyone got any magic solutions ?

Age?

maybe 7.30pm is too late and she needs to start winding down earlier?

Yes, start getting her ready for bed earlier. Much earlier. We have a two hour wind down for DD who is incredibly bouncy. It is very boring and very timeconsuming but she knows now no attention will be paid to whining/shouting/being a sod. And she goes to bed and she goes to sleep reliably. Now we still have an issue dragging her out of bed at 7am but at least she's not knackered while she's whining that it's too early

How old is she? Is she attending school yet?

Sorry vital info missing - yes aged 6 and been at school for nearly 15 months now.

7yr old DS1 goes to bed at 7 (as does 5yr old DS2 and 18 month old DD).

And it can be earlier if they're shattered.They have no toys or books in their rooms so sleep is the only option .

I'd definitely start at 6.45 with your DS, then he should be in bed at 7.

your DD

Ou know you're right she does need to go earlier, am going to start her routine straight after tea at 6 tomorrow see if that helps.
Thanks everyone.

This is the exact same problem we have with DS1 - he is 6, and has always gone to bed at 7 since starting school. He is very hard to get out of bed in the morning - you need to drag the covers off and practically carry him to the bathroom (just like his Dad!) but when he's in his room at night he just mucks about.

However, bizarrely, this week he has got up fine. (OK, still takes a couple of minutes to wake up, but no yelling/crying/whinging). Guess what did it - we asked him if he wanted to sleep with his head / pillow at the other end of the bed for a change. DH's idea, he said to DS 'I think I know the problem - you've been sleeping at the naughty end of the bed'. Amazingly DS agreed and said he wanted to sleep at the good end.....and ever since he has been good as gold?!?!!

Goodness only knows if it will work once the novelty has worn off, but it has been a much calmer week all round so far!

If all else fails, it could be worth a try!

I agree with starting the bedtime process earlier. Bath then straight to bed.

Make sure you wake her up early and that she runs around as much as possible during the day- tricky, I know, at the moment!

Don't let her sleep in at the weekends either.

Ds does this sometimes and it is very frustrating. Luckily, he's been much better recently - unfortunately that means he wakes up earlier

When ds (5) gets like this I just get him ready for bed as soon as we get in (and before tea - we get home about 6pm). For some reason once he is in his PJs he winds down quicker and the bedtime routine is easier.