Tell us your bedtime battles for a chance to win a copy of the sleep-inducing Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep plus £100 worth of Ladybird books

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Do you struggle with getting your child to fall asleep? Parents all over the world have embraced a new, ground-breaking book – The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep. This No.1 bestseller turns nightly bedtime battles into a calm and affectionate end-of-day ritual, using unique and distinct language patterns and relaxation techniques that will help your child relax and fall asleep at bedtime or naptime.

Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin is a Swedish teacher of communications, a life coach and a leadership trainer. He has combined all of these skills and experiences in developing the techniques in this book.

Share your bedtime battles for a chance to win a copy of The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep plus £100 worth of children’s bedtime books. You can also enter the competition if you’ve tried the book; let us know if it worked for you and if you would recommend it to other parents.

1 lucky Mumsnetter will win a copy of the book, plus £100 worth of bedtime books by Ladybird and 9 runners up will win a copy of the book

Our bloggers test and review the book:

If you don't manage to get a free copy, don't worry, The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is available now in eBook and will be available in paperback and audio on 2nd October. The audio version will allow you to choose between a male and female narrator. Find out more and buy

This giveaway is sponsored by Penguin

DS is mostly fine, but if he happens to be awake when DD goes to bed he'll deliberately scream and shout to keep her awake. Short of adding vodka to his hot chocolate I've no idea how to solve the problem!

I'm currently cuddling my 1 year old, she was self settling but has seperation anxiety due to starting nursery. I'm hoping she'll settle back into routine soon as I am too much of a wimp to sleep train.

My two boys would not go to bed whilst daddy was there, so every night he called out goodnight, went out the front door and crept back in the back door. Then we would sit really quietly until they were asleep, we done this for ages!

It's the getting ready for bed bit we have a problem with with our 2 1/2 year old. Mainly cleaning teeth! Always a battle, but currently working well with a sticker reward chart. Will then do anything not to get in her pyjamas. But once all ready, can't wait for a story and cuddle with Mummy and then straight into bed.

When our children were young we found the best thing for them and us was co-sleeping. We actually allowed them to fall asleep in the lounge with us in the evening and then carried them to bed when we went upstairs to sleep. It may seem a little unconventional but it worked for us. We are now going through the whole process again with grandchildren (albeit only occasionally).

My son is nearly 3 and has never gone to bed without a battle! He comes up with every excuse to make it take longer, and saying 'no' to his requests results in a tantrum! He hates it when we leave his room, he doesn't like to be alone...ever! Now I've got a newborn baby boy to add to the mix, bedtimes are becoming even more of a challenge!

'Struggling' isn't a strong enough word, it's an epic mission at times trying to get the little ones to sleep. Bedtime stories, warm milk, an hour on the laptop before bedtime until they are tired, bribes with Kinder chocolate and whatnot, the mandatory cuddly-toy ... (almost) anything that works!! But the worst is when they go to sleep of their own accord, and then wake-up bawling an hour later!!

If this book really "turns nightly bedtime battles into a calm and affectionate end-of-day ritual, using unique and distinct language patterns and relaxation techniques that will help your child relax and fall asleep at bedtime or naptime", then I would absolutely love a copy!!

Currently our 2 year old has nights when she screams and tries to escape her cot. I wonder if it's time to change to the bed but am scared she won't stay there at all. My other daughter did chuck herself out of the cot around her 2nd birthday so we changed the cot to bed but then she spent weeks sleeping on the floor!

The 4 year old is easy at bedtime now, but she used to be a nightmare. These days, if she gets three stories, she's happy. She'd like her back rubbed gently as she falls asleep, but she's not too fussed if that isn't possible.

The 2 year old likes to climb in and out of bed, asking for hugs, one more story etc. They share a room, so when she's playing up it makes bedtime stressful because she's disturbing her big sister, or I'm worried she'll wake her up.

I'm a bit of a soft touch when it comes to reading - we read a bedtime story and my son says "again" every time I reach the end - either that or grab a different book to read. I find it hard to say no as I want to encourage his love of books.

Currently still struggling to get my Ds to sleep, he over thinks everything and currently a disagreement at school is keeping him awake. Bedtime is a long process every night and always involves a good chunk of story and the cat lying across his chest purring away like a motorbike.

I'm only 11 weeks in (nearly!) and it's a battle. I have a sleep avoider who will do everything he can to keep his eyes open. In the daytime I can only really squeeze a nap out of him if I cake him somewhere in the car, or sometimes pram. Yesterday I was able to get him to sleep at home for a whole 8 minutes - I was so happy!

At night we are still up every two hours and today seems to face started at 0410.

I have been told that children who don't sleep are intelligent but at the moment I would take a stupid sleepy child as a preference!

I don't know if this competition is still open, but to be honest my bedtime battles with my 20 month old can be summed up in this poem I wrote (one evening while trying to get her to go down!)

Evie was yawning,
"It's bed time" mum said,
Evie looked cross,
It's not time for bed yet!

"Time for your bath then?
I'll make it with bubbles."
But running the bath,
Was the least of mum’s troubles.

With every suggestion,
Evie wailed more,
Kicking and screaming,
As she rolled on the floor.

Evie kept yawning,
"Your'e tired" mum said,
The girl shook her head,
"It’s not time for bed yet!"

The tears started coming,
The knee joints went weak,
Mum knew, no doubt,
The outlook was bleak.

She offered a story,
A hot drink, a hug,
But nothing would stop her,
As she rolled on the rug.

Bath time was stressful,
The room was a mess,
It's hard to stay patient,
When they fight getting dressed.

The meltdown continued,
Oh when will it end?
And then mum remembered,
Her soft bedtime friend.

A pink dress, black eyes,
The toy was so big!
She was finally sleepy,
With her pink Peppa Pig.

Mum sighed with relief,
And cuddled her tight,
Who would have thought,
She'd be this bad at night?

She stared at her face,
All peaceful and still,
"I love you” she said,
“Despite your strong will"

Mum slipped down the stairs
And was delighted to find,
Dad had made dinner,
And a large glass of wine.

My 3 year old has started wanting extra cuddles at bedtime since his baby sister arrived stretching out bedtime every night. He is so lovely though how can I resist?

Big struggle was swapping over to a normal bed, the first night was fine, stayed there until went in next day, but the next night she realised that she could get on and off this one herself!! So exciting! It was a novelty thing and did stop after a week or so thankfully

Our 3 year old will usually go to bed just fine - bath, pj's, teeth, book, bed - a routine he's always had.
However, his latest thing is having a poo 10 minutes after we've tucked him in and said goodnight!
Every night!! Even if he's just had a poo or even if we ask him if he needs one etc...
It seems like some sort of habit now - an extension of his routine; not sure what we can do about it?!
Presume it's just a phase!

The DC aren't too bad at bedtime. We do a bath most nights, teeth brushing and stories every night. There's a bit of needing a drink / wee / nose wiping but usually I'm in PJs too and make out that I'm also going to bed and any more messing about leads to a tired and grumpy often - but not always - does the trick

Ds2 right now. Is giving up his nap but then is a nightmare for the hour before bed because he's tired. Learnt how to open the bedroom door handle so won't just lie down and go to sleep but run around everywhere whilst you herd him back and then he's up and out again seconds after you've left the room. A week now of spending hours every bedtime doing 'rapid return' and I'm knackered.

My daughter fights to keep us in the room as long as possible. Kicks her blankets off then cries for us to tuck her in. Cries for her various soft toys that are within her reach but she wants us to get them for her. She's 2 so everything is a battle really but what's helped is taking all but her favourite 2 toys away (the rest have gone home to see their mummies and daddies) and when she starts wanting us to tuck her in we do it once then leave the room. It seems to make her come to her senses that we mean business that it's bedtime. We then go back in tuck her in one last time and that's usually it.

Our battle as been since my youngest was born 9 months ago, my older DD(4) is aware that her little sister is breastfed to sleep so now wants me to lay and cuddle her to sleep, I would be happy to oblige but they both want to go to bed at the same time and apparently daddy cuddles just won't do!!

We're trying a new routine this week where I feed the baby in her room whilst we read a story so we all get cuddles then pop baby in her cot. Now it's my littlest waking up being moved back to her own room!!

I just keep telling myself his too shall pass!!

I don't have a bedtime battle as such with my DS as I feed him to sleep BUT he is 13 months now and I've no idea how to stop doing this!

Oh no, reAding this thread I'm Absolutely dreading bed time battles with my small baby when he gets older. My older girls are still masters in the art of stalling bedtime. Does my head in.

Watch it, softies. Take a hard line now or you'll have to put up with it for 9 years (and counting)

DD (7) always seems to save her trickiest questions for bedtimes, just to catch us unawares and lure us into a long conversation. They tend to revolve around death so we have to deal with it there and then unless we want to risk nightmares.

I'm writing this on my mobile. The screen is dimmed so much I can hardly see it, because I'm busy ignoring my 5 month old son, waiting for him to fall asleep next to me. I won't let him sleep in a room on his own until he's 6 months old as per the SIDS guidance, so I'm spending every evening in bed myself too in the dark, mumsnetting on my tiny phone :(.

I'm looking forward to the day that a lovely story and some gentle reasoning will help my son to sleep. He is slightly too young at the moment.
Is there also a book to help someone get back to sleep at 1am, 2am, 3am...?