my 3 year old little girl will not go to bed at night for me I give her a bath read her a book and we listen to her as she talks to GOd and then we kiss good night
And as soon as I leave the room she starts cry yelling getting out of bed asking for things I put her back into bed over and over again
Some nights she is up 2 to 3 hours past her bed time which is 8pm
My sister in law said maybe she was not awake enough during the day so we cut out naps and that seems to help now it only take 1 to 2 hours to get her to go to sleep But still
what can I do I have tryed everything
My mother said just shut the door and let her cry it out even if it takes a month of her crying for hours she will learn that you are the boss and do what you ask of her at bed time
That seems so mean but what else can I do
Does anyone think that will work or do you think that will hurt her and just make things worse and how long do you think I will have to let her cry it out before she goes to bed when I tell her to
and also what doe you think about 3 years not having naps she seems to be fine she is getting 12 hours of sleep a night is that enough at her age she seems not to be sleepy during the day
Someone Help I am pulling my hair out here

Ask her about nightmares. I don't remember anything else from when I was so young, but I vividly remember trying to never sleep because I was so afraid of my nightmares. I didn't try to coerce my parents into letting me stay up, though. Good luck!

EXACTLY!!

Maybe she's afraid of the dark; maybe she has nightmares, like Little said.

I had a problem with what we call, "The Crack Monster".
That's when you leave the closet door "cracked" and not completely closed, and you hear all the sounds of the night; like crickets, noises outside, somebody going to the bathroom-- just simple stuff like that.
You look at that "closet crack" and you get all scared because you think something's going to walk out of it!

Just talk to her about being afraid and see if some of the programs or commercials for movies are scaring her.
You know they show promos for slasher pics all the time, and you never know how it affects kids...

Even the news, when it shows graphic pics of things that have happened can scare kids.

Just re-assure her that you're there and nothing can hurt her so she can have a good night's sleep.

i thought that was what was going on to but she says not it seems more like not wanting to listen to me thing

I have a five year old nephew who lives with me. He doesn't have a problem going to bed but every night around 3am he wakes up crying. For no reason whatsoever. Sometimes he'll say there are bugs in his room and he cant stay in there and sometimes he wont give me an answer. So every night from 3am on.....he sleeps with me and my boyfriend, which can make the bed really crowded. (we also have a full grown dog that loves to cuddle in bed with us) I can't handle him in the other room crying but the sleeping situation is making me not get very much sleep. I guess sometimes there is no explanation for why children dont want to be alone. My only thing to you is...do what you think is right for your child. Hopefully they will grow out of it soon

Maybe your child just WANTS to be up all night!
My daughter was like that.
It's like they think they're going to miss something if they're sleep.

My daughter was a nosey kid.