We did go through a time with DD, I don't know how old, where she'd just kick up a huge fuss as bedtime. At first it was because she wasn't tired yet, going straight after her bath was no good so we'd let her play quietly until she told us it was bedtime - it was always around 8pm, instead of the 6:30 we'd been doing, and she went to sleep much easier. Then she stopped telling us when she was ready for bed, she was never ready and could stay up all night. We were back to her being a nightmare at bedtime. I think that might actually have been earlier this year, not long after I'd gotten pregnant because I remember thinking she can't do this when there's a baby. One of us would read to her then sing til she fell asleep. But a short way through the singing she'd ask for the other parent, until she was crying, screaming and kicking the wall. Other parent would come in and the whole thing would repeat.

We didn't do anything special to get past it. She still has nights maybe once a fortnight where for whatever reason she doesn't like what's going on. We just stay calm, talk to her, calm her and then keep singing. I do remember the tough times though and I did end up crying in frustration a few times