3 yr old behaviour

[superchick]

posted a question not long ago regarding my 3 year olds sleeping-or should that be lack of it. but my little terror seems to be getting worse, not only is his sleeping still as bad-if not worse but his behaviour is also getting worse. we sorted his sleeping out,he went straight down and would sleep straight through the night but over the last 3 weeks ish. he has been terrible. he wont go down(can take up to 3 hours) and he wakes in the night. he behaviour has got worse-it dosent seem to matter what i do he dosent listen-i ask him nicely, i try not to shout but even if i do he still dosent take any notice! and just to round it off he has started spitting aswell. both me and my partner feel like we are fighting a losing battle. please help!!

[Lore]

Hiya, His unwanted behaviour will be caused mostly by his lack of sleep. There are a few things you could be doing/checking to try to help the situation..( I don't know what you've tried already tho)
1. No nap through the day / don't let him sleep in either!
2. No sweets or foods & drinks that are high in sugar a few hours before bed
3. Routine - after dinner, bath time, story and bed.
make sure his bath/story and bed time take place at the same time every night,

hope this helps ... good luck x

[burt one]

hi, i have a two year old who wont go to bed (or sleep sometimes), she has this new phrase ' i cant do it' its driving me insane, i really notice the difference when she has not had any sweets allday, after she has had her bath i have started using tesco bedtime cream balm with lavender and massaging her when she is dry, she trys to fight it at first cause she know that it makes her sleepy and i really does, i have also just started giving her a weetabix before she goes so that she is not hungry. then half hour later i start the count down, 'you are going to bed in 5 mins, then 2 mins then 1 min then kiss for dad you are going to your bed now' then i take her usually trying to bargin with kisses to sleep in 'daddy's bed' it takes me about half to one hour but i just sit on the bed unless she is really sleepy in which case i put her down tell her to 'go to sleep now mummy be back in 10 mins' and that works when i go in 10 mins she is gone, otherwise i just sit on the bed every now and then telling her quietly to lie down and sleep, i know that this sounds strange but as for the listening my little one used to be the same untill i started taking her to music lessons and there they tell her to put listening ears on and ever since she is great and i can talk to her and she listens ok she doesnt always do what i ask but she does listen and i use the naughty step for bad behaviour and just the plain ignoring really works i have just (took me about 2 weeks) stopped her pulling tongues just by ignoring her and changing the focus from her. is the room too hot? good luck.

[dilf]

suffer superchick like the rest of us who have hypo nutters for kids. mines 13 now and still causes us grief
if only the rest of the world would change
losing battle after losing battle after losing battle and all with a mouthfull of unmelted butter

he's asleep now should i wake him up- getty backs