I should first say, my daughter has never slept great. However lately she would rather play than sleep. She will be 16 months next week. She is so tired come night, but she is fighting sleep a lot! When i do get her to sleep, she wakes up, starts "chatting", pointing, and trying to squirm out of my arms so she can go play. I tried not letting her play, say it's nite, nite time, nurse her, keeping the room dark, not engaging her, but it's not working 
She always coslept and then a few months ago, she would sleep a bit better in her crib, so i start her out there, and then bring her to bed with me or put her in the crib, depending on what works best that nite. We have a bedtime routine that we have always done but even that is not working.
She is down to one nap a day, and i know she is tired but is just refusing to sleep until she is totally exhausted. That i can deal with at the beginning of the nite, but i don't know what to do at 1 or 3 or 5 in the morning.
Please ladies, give me some advice.
Thank you all so much.
She always coslept and then a few months ago, she would sleep a bit better in her crib, so i start her out there, and then bring her to bed with me or put her in the crib, depending on what works best that nite. We have a bedtime routine that we have always done but even that is not working.
She is down to one nap a day, and i know she is tired but is just refusing to sleep until she is totally exhausted. That i can deal with at the beginning of the nite, but i don't know what to do at 1 or 3 or 5 in the morning.
Please ladies, give me some advice.
Thank you all so much.
