Ok I'm at a total loss and on verge of a meltdown. I don't know if it's having a sick 5 month old that I'm finally at my breaking point with this but I need help. My 5 year old daughter fights bed time so much! And has for a very long time. Even before baby was here. She will do everything In her power to delay going to bed. I know it's normal to a certain extent but I've tried everything. When we first go to tuck her in she has to get back up because she forgot to brush her teeth, even though I ask her if she has before she gets in bed. Then she'll need a drink. Then she'll want to talk. And those things I can handle. I know it's normal. What I can't handle is the 15 minutes of saying goodnight that follow. I try being nice. We've always had a way of saying goodnight that I started when she was a baby. It's "Goodnight, sweet dreams, I love you, see you in the morning, and blow a kiss." It's been the same always. She will say it over and over again. Which is sweet I get it but she will not stop! If I ignore and walk away she yells and cries that she just loves me and wants me to know. If I yell she cries that she is just saying she loves me how I must not love her anymore. Which of course then I feel bad and apologize. I'm so exhausted. It is literally every single night at least a half hour to 45 minutes just to get her to lay down and I can leave the room. I always have to end up being a monster and yelling st her or she just won't stop. Sometimes my husband even has to go in and tell her to stop. It gets that bad. Then I feel terrible because she's upset. I just want her to go to sleep happy. But no matter what she refuses to let me leave the room. I don't know what to do anymore. I don't want to yell at her every night. 😔