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[quote=Anonymous]My 3.5yo is as stubborn as all get out - the #1 way to get him to go potty / put on his shoes etc is to say “whatever you do, don’t go potty! I really don’t want you to right now!”

His sleep has always been pretty bad but now that he’s in a bed, bedtime (and overnight too but especially bedtime) has gone to hell.  He gets out of bed 1000 times and if he doesn’t come fine me, he wrecks his room (throwing all clothes out of drawers / unmaking bed and making tents etc.

He’s definitely tired (doesn’t nap anymore and plays this game for hours) and even just .25mg of melatonin makes bedtime easy. Without it, he just will not give up the fight and let his body relax and go to sleep.

I’ve tried ALL the things - ticket system (he gave no f’s that his tickets were used up and just kept coming, timed checkins, rubbing his back and staying (if anything he got even more wound up with me in the room playing a game of starting to get out of bed and seeing when I’d react), listing to stories or calming music, lavender diffuser, and routine has always been very consistent.

It’s not possible to just lock him in his room (low windows and other aspects make that unsafe) and even if I could he’s the type of kid who would escalate until he hurt himself being wild if I didn’t respond

I have 2 other kids who sleep well.  What in the world do I do with this one?? I’m losing my mind over this[/quote]

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