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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think I would be wound up too if I were getting locked in a room for two hours before I was ready to sleep. Start routine more like 8:30 and read to her and tell her you will stay until she goes to sleep. Then start working away from that once she is able to do bath, books, settle down with you there.

Locking her in a room while she pulls the drawers out of the dresser is not helping with her sleepiness. You are probably giving her anxiety and making her stay up even later. [/quote]

We have tried every bedtime imaginable. Even when we start at 8:30, stay with her, offer cuddles, etc. she is still pulling drawers at 11:30.

Since 8:30 also doesn’t work, what time do you suggest we start? What do you suggest if we stay in her room but she is not in bed, not trying to go to bed, climbing on us, and is just playing and pulling drawers? [/quote]

Any time that you are willing to tell her that she needs to be in bed with you while you read to her. It just kind of sounds like she is in charge. You may need to practice being the parent. Then you read several books and she gets sleepy. You say I will stay until you fall asleep. [/quote]

Help me out here. How does practicing being the parent get her to sleep?

I’ve explained before everything we have tried. I am very good at holding boundaries. “I will stay with you if you stay in bed.” “I will read more books if you stay in bed…” I cuddle or read and she gets up and leaves the bed. I immediately get up and leave. She stays awake for hours more playing or screaming. [/quote]

Sounds like she is the boss. Does she run the household more generally or just bedtime? Do you negotiate everything (I will do this if you do that?). You might need to reframe a little if she is literally screaming at night for hours. Sounds like she's allowed to do whatever she wants...You might need to switch to statements like "it's time for bed" and have her start understanding that you set the schedule and expect certain behavior. Is she allowed to just scream in public if she wants to, etc? [/quote]

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