Does anyone elses toddlers protest bed by fake crying?

For a few months now all she does is cry and cry… no real tears… she is 2.5 and im so tired. I also have a 11 month old. My two year old use to go down to bed so easily without fight and now its a fight every night and nap 😭 im so tired. Should i just let her fuss?

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Let her fuss. My 3 year old did this for a while and i actually stopped her nap. If she always fought taking a nap i just let her stay up and by the time it was time to sleep she didn’t throw that big of a fit. Let her fake cry because eventually she’ll go to bed on her own but i suggest keeping her up inside of a nap now to help it. You could also try taking her a bath. My daughter knocks out so fast when she’s had a bath, full tummy and some play time she’s the first to knock out lol.

we do bath every night and most days she doesn’t nap now but still fights it

I agree stop naps. For a while I let the kids pick their bed time. I would have them shower and brush teeth and we read a book or two then let them read/look at books and go to bed when they were ready. Now that they are older I’ll read them a few book and turn out the lights. They usually go down not long after that

she barely naps anymore and we do a bath and read books all the time 😭 but she still fights it

honestly thats when I just let them decide when they want to sleep. It is a phase that doesn’t last long but sometimes just giving them that option helps them learn when it’s time for bed. There was a point where bedtime wasn’t till 11:30-12 in our house. You can always try having her do more physical play to help tire her out

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