Dd turned 3 a couple of weeks ago.
She's always been difficult to get sleeping and been low sleep needs since a baby.
Since 14 months, when she moved to her own room and a floorbed, my partner took over bedtime, 2 months before dd2 arrived. After stories, he used video on his phone a lot, which she fell asleep to.
She stopped napping around 6 months ago, tho sometimes has a 30min nap at nursery (goes 2ce a week). No nap days could be 7-8.30pm asleep (occasionally 6.30), and 6-7am wake up. Nap days (sometimes on way back from swimming at 3/4pm etc) bed 9.30-11pm, wake 7-8am.
We got the girls a yoto player (screen free audio) for Christmas. This is the 6th night we've banned video upstairs, just books (3-7 depending on time/tiredness), then yoto. First 3 nights, very tired, fell asleep 20mins after last book after messing around a while. Next 2 nights, "I want tv on phone" on repeat, getting very upset for maybe an hour. (I understand it could take a few weeks to adjust to no video in bed).
Tonight, no nap at nursery, woke 8am (after 10pm asleep), says shes tired and asked to go to bed at 6.30pm, 7pm we were in her room doing books. But then, she stops paying attention to books, so i put yoto on. climbs around bed & me, says wants to go downstairs a hundred times, upset, annoyed etc etc. Takes until 8.30pm for her to go to sleep. She really fights sleep, no matter if she's very tired or just a little tired.
She's only ever gone to sleep, with us on her bed. Sometime I pop out to 'get something ', but if I'm not quick she'll come out to the landing etc.
I want to turn her ikea kura bed into the cabin bed by the end of the year, with sister on floorbed bit. Can't put her in cabin bed if she needs one of us laying next to her!
Also, 20 month sister still co-sleeps, but she is generally very easy to get to sleep. She's never had screens to aid sleep. I'd ideally like her in her cot bed in DD1 bedroom by the time she's 2 in April.
I'm so relieved we've finally got the yoto and no video upstairs!! But screen or not, she's always been super difficult to get to sleep... even in hospital for mri as a 11 month old, given melatonin to try get her to sleep she wouldn't!
Even 2 nights ago, she fell asleep on the sofa 5pm, woke her for dinner 15 min later, was dead to the world and wouldn't wake. 10min later getting her night nappy on & pj, stays basically asleep says its sleepy time, but then upstairs wakes up and is awake 2hrs!
Any advice or help please?!