Our 3yo has just started having nightmares. 2 so far. Tonight, refused point blank to go to bed, screamed massively, told us 'i don't want to go to sleep anywhere', offered her our room, her room, her sister's room, the spare room, anywhere....but to no avail unless one of us went to sleep with her, but if she knows we're only lying there until she falls asleep, she won't let herself sleep. The idea of controlled crying for a 3yo is impractical as she just gets out of bed, opens the door and runs downstairs. I don't want to shut her in physically when she seems pretty scared of the monsters/sharks in her dreams.
But what to do? ATM she's lying on the sofa under a blanket as I type, trying desperately not to let herself fall asleep, checking I'm still there every few seconds...