This something we have tried and tried to do and it never catches on works. My daughter is 16 months old now. We try to put her down at 8pm each night. Sometimes it works great. Sometimes it takes 30 minutes for her to fall asleep. Tonight it was 40 minutes and we took her out and tried to reassure her. Then she went down.

I know a lot of people say to have a routine. It helps. Well what does that look like for a 16 month old. Evenings are hard because she is so excited daddy is home and i can play with both of them. Tonight we didnt finish dinner till 7. Then we went to play and around 7:50 we put her toys to bed (aka cleaned them up). Held her, kissed her good night and in bed. Didnt work.

She has no interest in cuddles or a night time bottle anymore. She wont sit still long ebough to read a book. She just wants to play. But if we put her down at 9pm she wakes up at 3am.

How do we wind her down for bed ?? What does your routine look like for your toddler