She's playing you!
No child wants to go to sleep. Sleep is boring!
She's up so late that she's getting her second wind. This is what happens to me. I can be too tired to climb the stairs but then remember something I need to do, and that's me to at least 3am.
I assume you've tried no liquids after 7pm and she's lying in a dark room (with no TV!!!) from 9pm - 11.30pm before she calls you.
It's really very simple. She will fall asleep out of boredom and if she's still complaining you can do what I did - get her to rhyme her times tables starting from 2 up to 12, over and over again. Even if she doesn't fall asleep for 2 hours, at least she will have made good use of her time and be great at maths.
If you can't discipline her then give her an anti-histimine that will make her sleepy.
It's up to you, to show who's the parent here!!!
Is it normal to stay up so late?
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She's playing you!
No child wants to go to sleep. Sleep is boring!
She's up so late that she's getting her second wind. This is what happens to me. I can be too tired to climb the stairs but then remember something I need to do, and that's me to at least 3am.
I assume you've tried no liquids after 7pm and she's lying in a dark room (with no TV!!!) from 9pm - 11.30pm before she calls you.
It's really very simple. She will fall asleep out of boredom and if she's still complaining you can do what I did - get her to rhyme her times tables starting from 2 up to 12, over and over again. Even if she doesn't fall asleep for 2 hours, at least she will have made good use of her time and be great at maths.
If you can't discipline her then give her an anti-histimine that will make her sleepy.
It's up to you, to show who's the parent here!!!