...and they are so snuggly and cute when they sleep!
I wouldn't know, I've only seen my toddler asleep maybe half a dozen times in her life (with the exception of the back seat of the car 5 minutes before we arrive at our destination)

What worked for us in the long run was spending half an hour telling her it was almost bedtime, and she'd eventually just announce it was bedtime and demand we took her to bed. And then scream in her room for ages, which is much better than hauling a kicking and screaming child off to bed. She's never slept in our bed and I've never even considered it, she goes to sleep so late and makes so much noise it doesn't seem like a good idea.

Nowadays she takes herself to bed, demands at least 4 books read to her, and then once we're gone she gets out of bed, turns on her light and plays for ages before falling asleep. Before we took all her blankets away she'd sleep on the floor. Now we have a single quilt wrapped sideways around the cot mattress she HAS to get back in bed.

This is a child who's never been keen on sleeping since day 1. New baby is practically her polar opposite, he snoozes any old where