my dd is 3 years 10 months and although she slept well as a baby she has found dropping off difficult ie:every night she bangs around,I often come in to check on her at midnight to find her wearing swim suit and goggles and her teddy in a nappy. her room now looks like a prison cell as have had to remove anything which she could play with hence the clothing related games.
Have tried everything - rapid return, that ridiculous strategy where you move slightly away from the bed each night until you find yourself in the garden but child still bouncing off walls. Any way - have finally found something that resonates with dd - have made telly outline with four boxes inside. every time i go to her room and she is lying in bed as opposed to standing on widndow sill beseeching passersbys to rescue her, she gets a tick on telly chart. when she has 10 ticks she can watch four programmes the next day. It has worked like a dream - can barely believe it! has fallen asleep twenty minutes after being put to bed - wow! Have evenings back, Feel like a new woman!!