the nanny thing helped with me. put your child into bed at the appropriate time, tell them good night. then sit with your back to them in the room on the floor near but out of reach. ignore them till they fall to sleep. if they get out of bed, just pick them up and say good night and put them back to bed. only do this twice, after that just put them back to bed without saying anything. each night move closer to the door, but just sit there, no eye contact or talking. if they scream they scream. it only took a few nights with my little one. now we read a book, just say night night, kiss and put her into bed. she then goes to sleep herself. it's hard at first, but it works. most important, keep the same routine, like read a book before bed. children like routine, it is sercurity for them.

You need to establish a routine that means 'bedtime' - bath/story, etc, same time every day. Also is she physically/mentally tired by bedtime? Get her running around, wear her out! Try and cut the naps down as much as you can, and once you have put her to bed, just try and leave her alone, so she knows that once shes in bed she may as well sleep, if theres nothing else on offer!

Smart has a great idea about tiring them out. It does work. Our 2 daughters were easy. We just changed their sleep schedules 30 minutes a day til we got it where we wanted it. But, and this is a BIG but, our son was hopeless! He was extremely cholic-y, and it lasted 8 months. He would writhe in pain, turning beet-red, and screaming his little head off. We tried everything just to get him to sleep. Putting him on the dryer, taking him for drives, running the vacuum cleaner, etc., nothing worked. When he slept, it was just for an hour or so, and we would almost beat the girls if they made a sound. We never touched them, but we did threaten them.He slept so seldom, that when he did, NO ONE made a sound. Changing his times was hopeless. We were just happy when he slept. He almost killed my wife. Even tho' it wasn't diagnosed, I know she suffered from post-partum depression. She handled him mostly because I was working and going to school at nights, and I finally had to quit school because of it, (college). So, I suggest, like "Smart" said, tire them out or change the time in small increments, til you get it where you want it. Sorry about the length of the answer.

You should let your child have one nap during the day instead of two. Of course, you should intruduce the change carefully. It will take a week or two for your toddler to fully adjust to the new routine. I think we switched from two naps to one when our daughter was 14 months old. She goes to bed around 9:30 pm and wakes up at 8am. She naps between 12:30 and 3. Good luck.

I love your avatar! I have a thing for the Cheshire cat. I have this same problem with my 15 month old.He is napping right now because he did not get much sleep,and either did I,because he will not go to bed at a decent hour no matter how hard I try. Seems like he will go to sleep though if I let him lie with me,but if I try to put him in his own bed,he will scream his head off. So I think I am just going to allow him to sleep with me until he learns his sleep schedule.

Give whatever you give at what you want to be bedtime, but I would avoid anything that has corn or rice because the starches break down to straight sugar. Once you've given it, do your bedtime routine. Then put her in her bed and let her wear herself out. It will take time and lots of patience but it should work.

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