How do you get your children to sleep? Share your tips to win bedtime bundle of prizes worth £100 - Gro goodies PLUS Goodnight Everyone signed copies

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From the multi award-winning picture book maker of A Bit Lost, Oh No, George! and Shh! We Have a Plan, comes a stunningly illustrated bedtime book, perfect for sending your little ones off to dreamland.

What Mumsnetters thought of Shh! We Have a Plan:

"A very clever book. My son was smiling and asked again and again for me to read it." Tabby33

"Chris Haughton's beautiful yet simple illustrations have all the family in hysterics" CANDH

In Goodnight Everyone, with Chris Haughton’s signature block colour design, we are introduced to bears, deer, rabbits and teeny, tiny mice – who are all beginning to feel really… rather… tired… YAWN!

“Dear me,” says Great Big Bear, “it must be time for bed!” But Little Bear is certainly not sleepy – he’s wide awake! For now…

With sublime starry night time scenes and an infectious repeating yawn for little readers to join in on, Chris Haughton creates a lulling bedtime read, perfect for parents and children to share together.

How do you get your children to sleep? Tell us your tips for a chance to win a bundle which will make bedtime a dreamlike experience - a Grobag, Gro-egg, Gro-clock, Gro-light PLUS a signed copy of Goodnight Everyone. Five runners-up will also receive signed copies of the book!

This discussion is sponsored by Walker Books and will end 5 September

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Got a nearly 3 year old. We brush teeth and get pj's on about 7pm after a shower. He then comes back downstairs for a little while. Normally after 10 mins he will ask for bed. We read a few books and then put his grobag on. Not looking forward to him growing out of it as he moves around too much during the night for blankets. He then falls asleep having a cuddle before being moved to his cot. Normally only takes 5 minutes. If it's longer I sometimes use my phone to play the audio book of The Rabbit who wanted to go to sleep. He's normally asleep in his own bed between 7:30 and 8pm so we're pretty lucky with him.

With my son we started from a young age with a routine which we still follow at 18 months. With dinner we will wind down with a little tv, then a bath and then into bed for milk and a story. We shall be following the same routines with his baby sister too. If he wakes, he has soothing music played to help him settle back down if necessary.

I have a 4 month old. I sit in a dark room with her little night light on and I read her a book (in my soothing, monotonous tones!) feed her then cot where I will pay her bottom till she falls asleep. Seems to be working - for now!

We have a set routine and don't sweat the small stuff! So if dd asks for a drink and we know she's time wasting we let her have it but only ONE then it's done!

We have a routine but it is still a tense time!

My boys love bath time but as soon as we head to their room to get into PJs they get this burst of energy and need a daft hour!

I let them burn off the energy then we brush teeth, put the lights out but use fairy lights and flashlight night lights to read stories.

We sing a few lullabies and have cuddles then I pray they stay in bed :-D

After bed, bath and toothbrushing i read two storey books and he gets to pick out three lullabies .

Routine is definitely key. We do bath, brush teeth, pyjamas on then read a nice story together before laying DS down and wishing him a good night. It a time I really look forward to after a crazy day.

We have always used a routine and that's been great. Unfortunately that somehow ended up with us reciting Zog every night to our eldest before we leave her to go to sleep. Every night. For over two years now.

That's a lot of Zog. I can recite it whilst planning my dinner and working out who has what plans the next day.

We have the same bedtime routine every night which is key! I have a 1 year old and 7 year old boys. They both have a bath at 6.30pm. I do a bit of massage with lotion or oil with the youngest every night then its milk and story time then pop him in his sleeping bag,bed at 7pm. My 7 year old has a milk drink then story and chat then bed at 8pm.

Routine routine routine. And making it a quiet snuggly happy time.

After dinner we have a bit of play upstairs - with her quiet toys and books. Then bath. She loves her bath so we have plenty of giggles and splashing. After her bath it's a little bit more play then we have sleeping bag on, a little story, bottle and then bed.

Love Chris Haughton books.

In terms of bed time we stick to a routine - bath, teeth, pjs, story. With the toddler it's best if she doesn't nap during the day. The baby is just so tired he flakes out quickly!

Another one who finds routine importance and a good book at bedtime.

The main thing for us is having the bedroom nice and dark to get the DC to sleep well, so blackout blind and lined curtains. Other than that the usual of pyjamas, teeth, stories and bed.

My son likes to carry on chatting about his day after we've read stories, it helps him unwind, so we factor in time for that too.

Ever since our DD1 was v tiny we have had bath, a story and then into bed with the good night song. We still do the same now even though there are three DC. We try to keep it a quiet and calm time but there are still some nights when the monkeys end up jumping on the bed instead k putting pjs on. Trying to stay relaxed always keeps them more relaxed definitely!

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Brush teeth
Bed
Read story
Sing hush little baby

It's all about routine and calm before bed. Shortly after tea, toys get tidied away, then it's bath time, followed by a cuddle, a story (or five), milk and tooth brushing, then bed (often with another story).

The gap between tea and bed can sometimes vary, but how we fill that time remains more or less the same.

The same as most others. We begin to wind down after dinner with quiet play or watching tv and then it's in to pjs and brushing teeth. In bed we read a story and then I breastfeed my toddler until she is sleepy and lay in the cot. When my stepdaughter comes to stay she can struggle with getting to sleep so I use visualisation relaxation technique to talk through our favourite things and places to help her feel happy and relaxed before leaving her to fall asleep

We are relaxed with bedtime and have done what works for everyone to get a good nights sleep. When DS1 was younger he used to fall asleep with one of us in our bed, then we would transfer him to his own bed. Now, age 4, he goes straight into his bed, cuddle and kiss and straight down. Baths have never been calming for him and books are read during the day. My tip is that not every child is the same, so if bath, book routine doesn't work for you, don't do it. We don't do stressful bedtimes and this works for us. We all get good sleep and are all happy. That's the best you can hope for.

Bedtime is our favourite part of the day. We always have a big chat about the day, then cup of milk and storytime before lights out.

Blackouts blind, white noise, rocking and shhhhing it's a mammoth task

Routine! 4yo gets a five minute to bed warning then it's upstairs for a wee, brush teeth and into pyjamas for a story in bed. Then it's lights out and we leave his room. He then falls asleep.
Youngest is only 3 months so his routine is a little different as we try to give him bedtime cues. He has a bath, bottle, story with cuddles then bed once his eyes start to go. For a three month old it's starting to be pretty effective!

Routine for us, bath, stories, tucked up in bed. We're currently sleeping training our 3yo to fall asleep on her own again after a bad few months so now we go and sit in our bedroom until she's asleep. We still have to go and tuck her back in a few times but so far it's taken less than half an hour for her to fall asleep on her own.

Routine from an early age. Bathtime, story time then bed. With the babies I try to read to them before putting them down for a nap once they are in a routine.

I also avoid computer games just before bed, it doesn't wind them down as much and they struggle to sleep.

The same routine every night. We've had to adjust it a little as I would give in and read 3/4 stories and it would just wake him up. Spits nice warm bath, cuddle dry, pj's, he says goodnight to dad, picks a story, goes for a wee then sleep. Room as dark as possible and in the really hot weather he has a fan on. Make sure it's started early enough too as I'd he's overtired then it's a lot harder for him to drift off.