DS is the same - cannot do one activity at a time, always on the go but we still kept the same routine - bath, PJs, quiet play, stories, bed. We've had this same routine pretty much all his life and now, even though he doesn't always 'participate', I think he does understand that this means bedtime is coming. He also went through a stage of waking for a few hours in the night - we tried a lot of things which didn't work but the phase eventually passed on its own.
He is A LOT better now - generally goes off to sleep by himself without any hassles. They do get better in time!
Sounds a lot like my DS, I find that his favorite toys are distracting, so i give him a warm bath and then give him his bottle in a quiet room. I find the less distractions the better.
hope that helps!
Pie has her bath & then quiet time on our bed. When she was younger she would romp all over the place, it would often take an hour for her to settle down & wind down but it was still her un-wind time IYKWIM?
Now that she's older she doesn't take so long to settle, but if she needs to run off a bit off energy she can while still getting the message that it's bed time.
Maybe try her run-down time in one place? if she won't stay on a bed, make it one room, so she's still getting the idea?
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