Am I the only one with a 3yr that wont sleep

[Visitor9]

She seems to be getting cluer and cluer to manipulate me to letting her stay with me or sleep with me. Tonight she got my hand so I would feel her tears and then did the sob. We are eyeballing each other at them moment. DH hates it, I miss having a clean house. But it is making me start to wonder am I the only one that has had about 1200 days and still cant manage to get her to sleep.
Please someone make me feel like a normal mother

[~Trish~]

Aww Bec . I don't have any words of advice, but I wanted to send you a hug and let you know that you are doing a wonderful job with your DD. They really know how to push our buttons don't they! You are a normal mother and I'm sure there are lots of other mums going through the exact same thing with their 3 year olds. My 3 year old spends an hour or more every night chanting and singing before finally going to sleep. I just don't get him! DH is just heading in their now for the millionth time to tell him to be quiet lol!

[Trish]

Bec, huge hugs sweety.

I just want to let you know that you are surely not alone. We still have issues with Tehya and her sleep. She still wakes most everynight, and we can only get her into bed after she has fallen to sleep in the loungeroom, generally with DP as I have the baby.

Her daytime nap, when she has it, I have to cuddle her to stop her from getting up and eventually she gives is and falls to sleep.

[Lulu]

Oh lordy - he sleeps now, and at 3.5 we are down to only a one ring circus to get him off to sleep. He still doesn't sleep very soundly.

I can't stand taking photos of myself 'cos my eyes are soooooo dark.

Hang in there....

[Visitor9]

She is still awake, tickling my feet!!
Hopefully she will be asleep soon!!
Once she is asleep it is bliss just that falling asleep!

Thanks for making me feel better, I only hear the stories about 3yr olds that fall asleep at 7pm and they dont hear from them till the morning.

DH is useless as usual

[Astrid]

Almost 3 year old here and to quote Lulu, it is a circus to get her to sleep as well. She wants different books to be read, rather than the ones I have picked (the better ones to get her to sleep), she is in and out of the bed, wanting to be on my lap etc. Sometimes she is scared, other times hungry, light on, light off The list goes on. It takes 45min to an hour to have her asleep enough for me to leave the room, it has taken a year or more of working on her routine to get it that good.

[DiannaQ]

Mum to a known sleeper here too - I feel your pain can't offer any suggestions as nothing I do works either - lol