Let me start by saying, that she stopped taking naps when she was two, and her average bedtime is 10pm, with getting up in the morning at around 7:30 or 8am.
As of last month, my three 1/2 year old step daughter has been refusing to sleep when we put her to bed. She is just never tired when we put her down for bed. We let her cry it out in her room, but she will get out of bed and sit by the door and literally just cry or talk to herself and/or hum for *2* or *3* hours before she finally packs it in.
Our routine is brushing of the teeth, books, lullaby and then we shut the door. Now, she has developed a new habbit of delaying bedtime. *RIGHT* before we shut the door, she will need "one more hug" "one more kiss" , then another "one more hug, one more kiss", "I have to go potty", "I need my vitamins", "I am hungry" Literally, everything she can think of. When eventually we have to turn her down, she wails in her room for an hour or so before she finally goes to bed.
Tonight, her mom was putting her to bed when she needed "one more hug, one more kiss" then she needed "one more hug and kiss from seff" (me.) I didnt really want to do it, because she is just delaying bedtime. I go in, hug and kiss her- and was about to shut the door and now "wait, bunny needs a hug and kiss" I tell her "Go to bed." and shut the door and she throws a temper tantrum. The whining only lasted about 30 minutes tonight before she turned in.
Granted my wife isnt very happy about it, she says I should have just given the bunny the kiss and let it be done with- but to me its the fact if we keep caving she is going to keep doing it again tomorrow and the next day, and the next day, and the next.
Any advice? Am I a push over or am I standing fair ground?<EMOJI seq="1f615"></EMOJI>
As of last month, my three 1/2 year old step daughter has been refusing to sleep when we put her to bed. She is just never tired when we put her down for bed. We let her cry it out in her room, but she will get out of bed and sit by the door and literally just cry or talk to herself and/or hum for *2* or *3* hours before she finally packs it in.
Our routine is brushing of the teeth, books, lullaby and then we shut the door. Now, she has developed a new habbit of delaying bedtime. *RIGHT* before we shut the door, she will need "one more hug" "one more kiss" , then another "one more hug, one more kiss", "I have to go potty", "I need my vitamins", "I am hungry" Literally, everything she can think of. When eventually we have to turn her down, she wails in her room for an hour or so before she finally goes to bed.
Tonight, her mom was putting her to bed when she needed "one more hug, one more kiss" then she needed "one more hug and kiss from seff" (me.) I didnt really want to do it, because she is just delaying bedtime. I go in, hug and kiss her- and was about to shut the door and now "wait, bunny needs a hug and kiss" I tell her "Go to bed." and shut the door and she throws a temper tantrum. The whining only lasted about 30 minutes tonight before she turned in.
Granted my wife isnt very happy about it, she says I should have just given the bunny the kiss and let it be done with- but to me its the fact if we keep caving she is going to keep doing it again tomorrow and the next day, and the next day, and the next.
Any advice? Am I a push over or am I standing fair ground?<EMOJI seq="1f615"></EMOJI>