@lana30319 I don't get it either. Ni!matter what I try or say nothing works. I fight them so much on going to bed. My husband will just say okay bedtime, they will walk right upstairs lay down ask to be covered up and then you don't hear a word from them until the next morning.

@snoopaloop011 my son has fell over with our gate many times he still climbs over it. Nothing phases him. He's the biggest daredevil I know at 3 years old.
I have tried using the line don't make me call your dad and it won't work, they know even if I call him he can't do anything cause he's at work and time he's home and awake it's been too long to say anything, my husband even talked to!my 5 year old before leaving which is about 2 hours before bedtime and she still fought me.

I have given cuddles and laid with which ever kid asked for them, it still takes 2 plus hours for them to go to sleep or I end up falling asleep which isn't the worse thing but usually every light is on downstairs plus tv is on and doors probably still unlocked.

I'm hoping to just figure something out since summer is break is a few days away and I'm going to need them in bed at a certain time so I get an hour or 2 alone to catch up!on my housework.

@brookehayes585 why is that similar to my house? I don't get why its hell to get them to sleep. But with the dad its less of a pain. On top of that the girls will sleep and stay in their room if daddy is home.

Kids that climb the gates do make it more difficult.. I got lucky on that because my son tried to climb one once and it came out of the door way and he fell (didn’t get hurt at all) but it scared the poop out of him so now he doesn’t dare try it again 😂 sometimes caving and cuddling for a few is good for both mommy and little ones ❤️ my son always asks if I can cuddle him in bed and I alwaysss have other things I need to do but I say okay and when I do that he crashes almost immediately ❤️ also if they know your husband doesn’t allow the out of the bed games maybe you could try the old fashioned “don’t make me call your father” line.. my mom used to use that on me and that was enough to scare me straight 😂

@snoopaloop011 I thought about a baby gate but my 3 year old can climb the one at the bottom of the stairs so that's pointless plus him, my 5 year old and my 4 year old needs to be able to get out of their rooms if they have to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and our only bathroom is downstairs.

We have tried everything to get them to stay in their beds (just my 3&5 year old has the problems with it) sone days it's easy others, I go to bed myself crying cause how hard the night went.
When my husband is home, the kids know not to screw around cause they know dad won't play their games even though i don't wither but they also know I'm not going to be as mean lol like right now.. My 3 year old is in my bed cause I had no more fight in me.

My son is 4 (well almost) and I still have a baby gate for his room.. mainly because I worry that if I don’t hear him right away in the middle of the night he might fall down the stairs but I put it at his door and if I hear him moving around I just yell “you better be in that bed with your eyes closed or I’m going to get angry” that typically works and within 10-15 minutes I check on him and he’s out!

@lana30319 I have been fighting for 2 hours now, My 5 year old finally fell asleep, then as my 3 year old was starting to get quiet my 1 year old woke up screaming which got my 3 year old to be wide awake so now my 3 year old is mad that I had to go calm the baby down.

The struggle is real! I still don't know how kids fight their sleep for so long! On top of that with my 3 year old its like she gets an extra burst of energy. When I have to battle her to bed.