Sorry, I feel a right wuss posting on here when most of you are battling thru' the early days/months of sleep deprivation. However, I'm getting increasingly concerned, so thought I'd ask...... DD is 4 next month. She gave up daytime naps when she was about 18 months old. She's never been keen on going to bed (good-natured but the endless trips downstairs; hot, cold, need a tissue, haven't wound parents up enough yet sort of thing) and it's getting ridiculous - she's upstairs singing away now, more than 2 hours after going to bed. I let her have books to look at but she's just wide awake, and this is the pattern at the moment. We have a solid bath/bed routine, nothing has changed. I'm really concerned that she's not getting enough sleep - she always looks tired, and gets really cranky, but nothing we try seems to work. Reward systems work in the very short term but no longer, and I don't want to feel like we're bribing her. Any ideas, please?
TIA