How does your 3 year old go to bed?

At the moment he falls asleep in the front room with us, not ideal I know but he’s still in bed by 8 at the latest

We worked on independent sleeping when she was younger so from about 8 months old, she goes to bed awake and falls asleep herself. Have a 6 month old and I’ll be working on independent sleeping from the new year. It’s a process but it’s gentle and it’s always been worth it! Means if she ever woke in the night, she didn’t need me to fall back asleep. That’s usually why she comes into your bed as she needs you with her x

The same as Edel for us. My daughter has been going to sleep independently since well under a year old. Lately, she likes to listen to her toniebox and look at some books after we say goodnight but she's usually asleep by 7:30-8pm and will sleep about 11-12hours x

We still have to sit with our 3 year old too, there's no chance I could do both his and baby bedtimes so me and my partner take it in turns to put them to bed! 🫠

I’m still in the room with her I put my 6 month old to bed at 7:30 then her at 8. Luckily the baby is good with sleep and goes straight down most of the time independently. My daughter sleep has always been a battle and before he was born we got it so I could be outside the room in the hall. I can still do this now if I need to so sometimes I do it to keep her used to it. And it means if he’s kicking off she accepts that I need to go see to him.

Tuck him to bed, read a story, then conveniently "mommy need to check Momo"(the cat), step out of the room. 8 of 10 times works and he fall asleep. If not, I go back, give hug and then I say something I need to do, sometimes in the room like putting clothes into the wardrobe (lights off, I keep on the hallway ones) or need to do something in another room and say "mommy is going in X room to do this, call me if you need me and I'll come back" and it usually works.

We still lay and have cuddles whilst listening to lullaby's on the tonie box. To be honest I love that part of the day, as she tells me her favourite things and just cuddles, but then we don't have any other children to attend to

Same as a few of the others. My son has a story, prayers and is tucked in and falls asleep and stays in bed till morning. He does have white noise playing which soothes him. Also we have a clock which turns red for when it’s sleep time and green when it’s time to wake up. This has helped in the night for him to understand it’s not time to get up yet. He still will call for me in the night sometimes but after a quick cuddle he goes back to sleep. My one year old now shares a room with him and it’s the same. Took a lot to get to this stage x

She’s so heavily attached to me. We’ve had a rough time during my pregnancy with trips to hospital and my waters breaking and baby brother being in nicu and not with us so she’s had a super hard time so even though we’ve done lots to reassure that mummy is here and ok, she still gets very upset with me leaving. Even to go to the toilet. So I think it’s going to take a long time regarding bedtime but I do wish I could get her to be more independent in her room. I’ve tried to do disappearing chair method and got to the hall way but after an illness, I’m back to square one and I can’t stand seeing the state she gets in if I’m not there: she will also point blank refuse dad to do anything for her, so bedtime is an absolute no. She won’t even entertain the idea so it falls on me constantly. Plus baby is in my room next to me and it’s hard to say she can’t be with us 3 and has to be alone where she’s scared so I allow her to come in, but it would be nice to have my evening back 😮‍💨

Oh that sounds like it’s been really tough! Hope baby is doing well now 🩵 how old is your baby? I know it’s hard but I wouldn’t change too much seeing as there’s a new baby and so much change as it is. And she also has some separation anxiety so it will be really tough 🙈 my daughter thinks daddy is the devil if he goes near her at night so I get how hard it is being up with a baby and a toddler who both only want you! Just continue that reassurance but maybe try a firmer approach when it comes to going to the toilet or the shop for example. If you keep cuddling and reassuring in that moment, it can sometimes make things worse and more difficult. And, without sounding harsh, she’s 3 and while I know she’s upset, don’t give in to the meltdown’s as she’ll realise when she cries hysterically, you stay 🙈 and they will continue. For now, I’d leave bedtime but if you want some free sleep advice from an expert and parenting community. There’s a FB page called ‘Sleep Well with Hannah’ x

That sounds so hard! If it's any help my little boy really needed lots of reassurance from me once his little sister came along but now he's got used to her a bit and sees mummy is still there for him too he's definitely relaxed more and let's dad help etc. Give it some time and you will get there im sure 💕 xxx

We cuddle our 3 year old to sleep and have done since the day he was born. It’s something that we’re really proud of and a lovely way to finish the day!! So don’t feel pressure to change it unless you want to ❤️ If I’m on my own with both, which happens quite often as my husband travels with work, I boob my baby in bed whilst lying with my toddler. They both go to sleep at 6:30, toddler sleeps through and baby is up every couple hours :) I cosleep with the baby, my husband goes in with our toddler if he wakes in the night (rare these days)