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Desperate for a good bedtime! 3 yr old won't go to sleep

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lyssie29 · 17/06/2019 21:00

My daughter is 3.5. She's always had periods where she would keep getting out of bed then it would stop and start up again. For months now Ive been putting her to bed at her bedtime. I've always had a routine bath, teeth, 2 books and bed. Her bedtime is 7.15. As usual it is now 9pm and I've been up and down. She's been in other bedrooms of the house opening cupboards etc, pulling her curtains open, running backward and forward, coming downstairs, basically playing and being as noisy as possible. Nothing i do is helping. I've tried talking to her nicely and asking her to go to bed, taking away her tablet time, no treats (even when her sister got some and she didn't get any didn't work) , shes not at all interested in sticker charts to get a reward. She just doesn't care and she thinks it's funny. Tomorrow I'm going to just not mention any of it as usually I talk to her before bed about it just saying remember to be a big girl and stay in bed etc but I think she likes all the attention. Does anyone have any tips or experience of this? Her behaviour is not so good at the minute even through the day. She ignores everything I ask of her. I am feeling very down about it but I don't show this infront of her. I'm a single mum and I'm exhausted because of her behaviour.

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sleepismysuperpower1 · 17/06/2019 21:41

try starting bedtime earlier, so say 6 instead of 7. then if she gets out of bed, don't properly acknowledge her. just walk her back upstairs, say 'no, it's bedtime' and walk out again. repeat and repeat every time she gets out. soon she will realise she isnt getting your attention for being naughty and should stop x

Ifsomeonehadtoldme · 20/06/2019 11:01

Similar problem of night waking but not wandering. He likes wee hours instead. We take him back to bed as above poster days and tell him he has to learn to sleep like a big boy so he can go to sleepovers.

I hope it’s a phase! If she’s still napping try dropping that. It shifted bedtime from 9 to 7:30 in one night. Over tiredness definitely precipitates more wake ups. I do think his over active imagination is the issue as he’s all about monsters and dreams right now!

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