2 year old who refuses to sleep

My daughter just turned three in December and I am still going through the same thing some nights. The best thing you can do is not let her sleep past 8-9am if she usually takes afternoon naps. Then she will start to go to sleep at a decent time. Sometimes I just want to sleep in until about 10:30 or so and my daughter will never wake up until I wake her up but then at night is when we have the problem of getting her to sleep, and it's just the time you wake them up. Sometimes I am so thankful on those days when she does not take a nap because I know for sure that she will go to sleep at 9:30-10pm and not wake up until the next morning.

Hug her very near to you by closing your eyes.Then she recognises that you are sleeping and by watching you she will sleep.Once she got into sleep place two big pillows each side of her.And make sure she covered well upto neck with bed sheet.

do you tried not to give her a nap through out the day? sometimes, not sleeping a child early in the evening its because they had a nap..my 3yr old daughter goes to sleep early in the evening because through out the day she dont had a nap, then she play around with her playmates, so after dinner, she so sleepy but i make sure that she will have a bath and a warm milk before going to sleep...

I have 20 month old twins and I am having a problem with getting them to sleep too. I am finding that they refuse to go in their cots until at least 9pm, and i have tried all sorts, including leaving a light on, and putting music on...sitting with them leaving the tv on... I am finding at the moment that If I lay them down in their cots, turn the light off and put some music on low, they are more likely to sleep on their own... otherwise i am forever going up and down the stairs...

I had exactly the same issues with my youngest daughter (she is now 4). She never slept a full night in 2 years and I was at my wits end. I had tried everything I took her to the health visitor and this is what she suggested... Put a safety gate on her bedroom door and have a very dim light in the room. When child gets out of bed go and tuck her back in and if she cries leave her for 5 minutes then go up. Keep putting child back into bed and reassure her with a calm voice and leave the room. No matter how many times you have to put her back into bed keep doing this. Do not give in and let child out of their room. This worked for me and after 4-5 nights my daughter stayed in her bed and to this day we all get a good nights sleep. Routine and patience is the key to resolve this problem. Good luck.