Do you also stay longer with them during bedtime?

My son at 2 had rules, he could bring what toys he wanted into bed but he had to stay in bed with them. He usually picked some books. He was later diagnosed with ADHD so as you can guess, getting him to bed was no easy task. The bedtime ritual started well before bedtime with snack, washing and brushing his teeth, followed by story time.. Then he went to bed, no ifs ands or buts about it. He knew the routine and it started about 45 minutes before the targeted bedtime. I never stayed in his room until he went to sleep. Your son has you very well trained.

Sounds like they are over-tired. Kids that age should be in bed well before 10pm! You should also try not to be outnumbered by children. Your partner should also participate in the night-time routine as children need one to one care and attention from an adult otherwise they become competitive for your attention. By the way, I really enjoy the night-time routine. Whilst I only have one child and can concentrate exclusively on him, it is all part of our relationship and he loves the regular pattern - reading a story, the whole closeness and his night-time apple and drink. It does take an hour sometimes but they are memories that the children will treasure. Enjoy!

Because my 5 year old daughter started school this year , I have tried to get the girls to bed earlier . Our routine if for them to brush their teeth get them washed and dressed for bed , make sure everyone has used to bathroom and to get a clean pull up on for the baby . Then after kisses and hugs to daddy and their brother it is time for a story . They usually each pick a book to read and then then kissses and hugs for Mommy and then time to settle into bed but like you I have a problem getting my 3 year old to stay there without screaming that she is not tired even though you know she is and have to have my 5 year old sleep in our bed until her sister goes to sleep , otherwise she would never get any sleep and would be tired for school the next day . I usually have to go up to my daughters room about 10 times before she finally settles for the night as she wants to get back up , or she has to pee again , or she wants to cuddle with mommy , any number of excuses . I can't wait until bedtime is much easier as I never went through this with the older children , not when they were 3 anyway .

I staying my daughters room until she falls asleep because otherwise she gets out of bed and runs around and gets into things. It is just easier for me that way. She sometimes falls asleep in a few minutes, but normally it takes her about 15 minutes to fall asleep completely. On the rare occasion she will take up to an hour.

Yup.. i do stay longer during bedtime. Its because i feel active during night time. I go to sleep late and wake up late (except on class days).. I like to do my assignments in night time, i like to study during night time and i like to do things during night time since I feel the coldness of the surrounding. At day, its very hot and there are many distractions so i cannot focus on my duties and assignments. I like it during bedtime since it is so peaceful because the people are already sleeping.

first off staying in the room with them is not helping them to go to sleep.try putting them in the bed,telling them good night, and then leaving the room.if they come back out of the room. take them right back and put them back in bed.keep doing this persistently until they learn to stay in bed by themselves.

it used to be like that here too. i would stay in the room or my dh would stay in the room with the oldest until she would go to sleep and then we would put our youngest down. after a while we got so that the oldest would go to sleep with out someone in the room but we still had to keep the youngest out until the oldest was asleep. now that they are older we put them at the same time (except on school nights) but they talk and play for a long time. so on school nights (as my oldest is the only one in school) we put her in bed and put the youngest in my bed and transfer the yougest into her bed...

I dont have this problem because my sons sleep by them self and are in bed no later than 9pm. I have a 2 year old and a 8 month old. When i say bedtime no questions are asked they go on to bed, However when my oldest when hes sick he tends to stay up til later than that but hes still in his bed and dont get up until he need to use the potty (in the process of potty training) But i guess it all depends on the age difference my cuzion when i watch her kids her son he dont go to bed until like 11:30-12am which is mostly i guess they stay out at all hours of the night and dont know what a set bed time is. But my son when he was younger now he would stay up or fight sleep so he didnt have to go to bed.but then i put him in the bed and turn the lights out closed the door of course he did cry and everything but after about 30 mins he was out. I know some parents stay in the room with the child until they go to sleep but in my opinion i dont think thats good for a child but thats just my opinion.

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