I have got a five year old daughter and i have prombles putting her to bed at nightime i would like some advis

Answer 1

Put the t.v. on in her room and she'll most likely fall asleep to it.

Answer 2

The first thing to do is build a special nightime routine, keep it around 10-15 minutes and keep it to things that you can ALWAYS do ANYWHERE. If you get into the habit of including a bath before bed, you may find yourself in trouble if you are in a place (relatives for holiday etc) where a bath isn't an option than night. I read books (more at home than I do when visiting), we have a handful of readers and picture books and one large chapter book (Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Shakespeare's plays, Alice in Wonderland etc). Then we sing a compliment of songs that helps them to unwind; we sing first our ABCs, and numbers, we sing Do Re Mi, and a science song (right now its the planets) and then we sing Twinkle Little Star, and a prayer-type song. Then its hugs and kisses and off to bed. When pressed for time etc, we read two thin books, sing our songs and then hugs kisses and bed. This really helps.
To keep our older boy in bed (he's 4), we would tape pennies high up on the door frame (6). I would take one whenever he would leave his bed or his room. After two mornings of no pennies, he stopped leaving and even asked for a special break so that he could go to the bathroom once without losing a penny. I made some "potty passes" on the computer and he gets two, one for the night and one for early in the morning. It worked like a dream. Include your daughter in making a routine and then follow it religiously and soon she will be better about bed.

Answer 3

Do NOT give her a tv. Explain what's going to happen to her at night time during the day. Let her know that she'll take a bath, brush her teeth, read 3 books, and get tucked in. Since you waited until she was five, chances are, she'll be really stubborn and resistant. Give her a few weeks and she'll have the routine down. Or, let her decide a punishment for herself (ahead of time) if she doesn't go to bed well. If you have major issues, you could reverse her door and lock her in (that was recommended by my pediatrician for timeouts). You could put baby gates up in the doorway, as well. I'd put a baby potty in the corner of her room so she has no excuse to come out. Good luck! Hopefully by deciding on a routine and punishment together she will get the hint and you won't have to restrain her in the room.

Answer 4

There are many tried and tested methods here a a couple iv tried. there is the withdraw method over a period of nights you gradually get further away from the child (this can take a while) there is the return method where each time the child gets up you put them back to bed (this can take a whild) or this is the way we used and it worked. When you want the child to go to bed start yawning saying im really tired turn off the tv/radio lights etc and start to go to bed my son before we had even got to the second stair was following us, you then need to prepare for bed and get in my son was in bed and asllep in under 15 mins, we then went back down and have not had trouble since. It can take time to see which method works for you. Good luck

Answer 5

i have a 5 year old son and have some problems at bed time with him too. he used to got to bed fine but now he stays awake til about 9 and theres nothing i can do. basically, if shes not tired she won't sleep. i set up a routine that is starting to work. have tea at about 5.30, i let him watch tv for half an hour then he has play on the pc for half an hour. then its bath time, he reads his school book to me, i read him a story, sing him twinkle twinkle little star and give him a kiss and a cuddle and he stays in his room and sleeps or plays and sleeps.

after school i try to take him to the park or for a run on the beach and this always gets his pent up energy used up. mail me if you need any more help or wanna just swap parenting ideas. louise.

Answer 6

My oldest is a tough one to get settled in bed (my youngest is a breeze!) What I used to do was, get her in bed 30 minutes earlier for some TV time. This is usually the only TV time she has for the whole day. I set the timer on the TV for 20 to 30 minutes. Most of the time she is O...U...T before the timer turns the TV off.

Most important, you have to get a routine and stick with it!! Children NEED that constant, scheduled time in their lives. They are on the go go go all day just as much as we are. Dont you have a routine in the morning? How about at work? Before bed do you lock your doors?? Its all a routine.. stuff you are "programed" to do. Once you get your daughter into a routine, things will go SOOOOOOOOOOOOO smooth you will forget the night time problems!

Answer 7

Ok do teh following:
http://www.babiesonline.com/articles/parenting/bedtimetips.asp

although tis applies to babies, he hasnt matured, so he is still a child.

Also make the room temperature hotter, not hot hot, but the right temperature that sends people to sleep, and amke sure she eats properly, mostly prtein before sleeping.

It maybe something in her diet!

and make sure she awakes at the right time in the monring not late!

and also:

you may have separted her from sleeping with you too late!

if it is teh case shes has problems with this, and also, dont shout at her, relax her, and make sure she runs around, and gets tired during afternoon , evening time, and no naps during the day!

except for weekends

and no chocolote!, this makes women, let alone little girls hyper, so ban chocolate for 2 weeks in the house ans see the results!

good luck

if in doubt see a doctor,

hope wverything works out

Answer 8

Early diner, followed by a nice "hot" bath and a good bed time story!!! If she then still plays up, do not hesitate to start removing: activities, PlayStation, books, sweets... Stick to it, it works wonders!!!! Don't forget that she doesn't read the time yet and therefore you can start the whole process a bit earlier in order to re-order a new routine.
Good luck

Answer 9

Get in bed with them and speak to them softly, calmly and quietly. Telle them a story and if they ctart giving you trouble don't take it. If they try to get up/out stand by the door. They will soon tire themselvess out.

Also, make bed time APPEALING don't just say it's bed time we're going to bed. Tell them the possitives, say I'm going to tell you a story, When you wake up we can play all day, we're going to have a fantastic time when we wake up. When they have gone to bed wait until they are fast asleep then get up and leave them. If they go to bed without too much trouble praise them!!! They will like the attention. On the other sied if they go to bed badly behaved don'y drag on about it, just say you were naughty last night, I don't want it happening again, get them to say they understand and they are sorry.

Don't let them watch television, eat before they go to bed (saying this don't starve them but don't let them eat just so they can stay up longer), don't let them play after you've said you're going to bed. Make downstairs look boring so they will want to go up to bed

Hope these help you

Answer 10

try reading a book while she lays down in her bed. also, maybe soft singing or music in the background will help her go to sleep. Don't do anything that will excite her or make her hyper within 1/2 an hour before bed or she'll be unable to fall asleep. You can try warm milk too, it worked when i was little. Hope that helps!

Answer 11

I placed my son in mattress at 8:30 and he's asleep by technique of 9 usually. i like him to get a minimum of 10 hours a evening. if you're asking even as to flow her from the crib to a mattress, I made the change even as he tried to climb out and fell on his head.