help i have a 5 3 and 2yr old?

Question

i am having trouble at he moment getting my 2yr old to bed at night. she ishaving majour paddies and is starting to kick again when i put on her nappy then she is tensing up her body so it takes ages to get her in to the bath and she keeps on trying to get out but after i have finally got her bathed and dressed she doesnt stay in bed i have tryed the rapid returnthing likeon all the pareting programmes but she is not giving up and as me and my husband worked shifts i often have to do bed time on my own and with grace(2) acting up so much my bedtimeroutinehas gone pear shaped and means that the other to kelsey(3) and maddie(5) arehaving there times for bath story andlightsout all changed and they are now being dificult to. they are just testing and trying to stay up aslong as possible but they are no where near as strong willed as grace. i have tryed getting maddie and kelsey to help out with the routine but im having no luck

my husband isdoing bed time and he has now finally managed to settle grace(2) and maddie(5) is having a story but kelsey still wont get in to the bath i have told her that her sisters get to pick a ew story book 2morrow but shes not allowed if she didnt go for a bath like daddy asked she now knows she is not getting a book 2morrow and she started to scream and she ran o her daddy screaming and woke her 2yr old sister up so he straight away smacked her bottem was that the right thing to do she knows why she got it but she just wont get in the bath shall i tell her that if she doesnt getin the bath and let daddy wash her by the imei counto 5 i will smack her bottem very hard?

she isantin a cot no more she has had a bed for a which made her better but oviously shes still not very well behaived we stopped nap time now but she somtimes falls asleep in thecar or buggy doesnt make a difference though

Answer 1

your daughter is starting to express her independence as she is 2
try letting her try doing stuff on her own now
that really should help alot
if it doesnt well then it's time to spank her butt

Answer 2

Maybe at 2 she is ready to be out of her crib. Does she have any better response to getting to sleep in a big girl bed like her sisters? I put both my boys together in a full size bed with great success. They learned to cuddle each other and stayed in bed without getting up because they weren't alone in their beds if they woke up. With a full size bed in their room, I or their dad could lay down with them and read them a story for a few minutes until they fell asleep. It worked much better than having storytime in a chair, then bed. Keep your head up, soon your 5 year old will be able to read simple stories to the other two, this will entertain the babies and make her feel like a big girl.

Answer 3

I have a 6yo girl and 4yo twin boys. Think I know how you feel. I don,t always bath mine, if boys really dirty they get a quick shower. Just a suggestion because I'm not perfect but would a pull up nappy be quicker/easier to but on? Could you sit with her while she is in bed but don't speak/look at her. I have sat on my bum with my eyes closed and my fingers in my ears waiting for my boys to settle. Maybe put 5yo to bed first with a story on tape or cd, then same with 3yo or put them in same room-same story-same time. If they don't see Grace acting up then they might not because they've just had your attention first. Try G in separate room if you can. It is not easy. Make sure you and hubby work to the same routine, mine doesn't. Get a bin bag and start putting G's toys in it either as a punishment or so there is no distractions in her room. OR keep her up until she is nearly asleep but you keep doing what you need to do she might get fed up watching you and go to bed herself. OR run her round the garden before T. Good Luck. Let me no if any of this helped

Answer 4

I have 2 girls, one aged 3yrs and another aged 15 months and I always bath them together.
I let them pick some toys to go in with them and let the eldest squirt in the bubble bath.
If she really is difficult and still doesnt want to go in then give her a strip wash and make a big fuss of her sisters while they have their baths....she will soon want to jump in!!

Answer 5

my son is 2 and recently started playing up at bedtime, one night i couldn't be bothered arguing with him so i let him stay downstairs, after half an hour of watching me do boring things like the washing and the floors etc he told me he wanted to go to bed! toddlers think their missing out when they go to bed so they resist and play up for a while!
try this with grace and do the most boring things that she wont want to be watching you do, she will soon think that nothing you do is interesting and will go to bed when she is told. i also found with my son if i give him some notice before he goes to bed (like telling him half an hour before) he would be fine!

good luck!

Answer 6

You seem over whelmed..
Get a nanny short term,
until the kids get in line
without tossing a big fit.
Once you have the rules
set down, your can keep
the ball rolling easily.
You won't have to miss
so much needed sleep.
I find playing some music
in their room helpful in
getting them to sleep.

Answer 7

You may have to increase their activities in the evening so after they eat and have a bath they'lll be tired enough to go right to sleep. Also, have you tried holding her and putting her to sleep then laying her down. Would make life much easier.

Answer 8

they're all girls? could they take their bath together? it might be more fun for all of you. if they each see the other 2 doing the same thing, they might do it better. read to them at the same time, do everything as much as you can at the same time. each one gets to choose one bedtime story. good luck!

Answer 9

take her to your bed. shift her nap time to earlier in the afternoon. shift her bedtime to earlier in the night. cut out her caffine. change her diet. htere are lots of possibilities, so just try different things... good luck!

Answer 10

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