The Toddler Bedtime Truce — How to stop the fighting and keep them in their own bed

For 18–48 months. New bedtime words tonight. Expect a shorter fight within a week.

Bedtime started at 7. It is 8:40. There have been three drinks of water, one more book, a wee, and an argument about the hallway light. At 2am your toddler shows up beside your bed and climbs in.

Instead: you run a bedtime that has a clear end, a short list of choices your toddler gets to make, and one calm answer to the 2am visit that you repeat until it stops working for them.

Covers stalling, moving to a big bed, being scared of the dark, and what to say instead of arguing at 8:40pm.