Hello,
Our 5 year DD sleeps really well once she's asleep but for a while now she's been playing up at bed time. DD will call out literally as soon as we've walked out of her bedroom. Reasons range from needing a cuddle (which we've just given her) to thinking there may be bogeys on her pillow! The worst nights she's still shouting out to us at 8:45 when she went to bed at 7. There's been one or two nights in about a month where she'll go to sleep straight away.
A friend suggested that we use bedtime passes. If DD didn't call us again after using her 2 bedtime passes she'd get a sticker. A lot of the time she just says 'Oh well I'll try again another night'. I don't feel like this works for her.
Sometimes DD doesn't come out of her room, she'll shout to us as well to ask mulitple questions. DD is lovely, well mannered and we're so lucky but I just wish we could get to the bottom of this. We spend lots of one on one time with her. She's an only child so no other children to take our time up.
I know this is so common and it may just be a phase but if anyone has been through similar and has any advice I'd love to hear it!
Thanks in advance 