I dont have the energy for bedtime battles anymore

Where's Daddy? Can you call for backup? Could it be she's rebelling against the fact that the baby gets nursing time, and Daddy could give her some snuggle time of her own since he doesn't have the plumbing to breastfeed?

Is it possible that if she sits quietly and plays with her stickers, she'll get tired and lie down on her own? If not, could you try something like, "Listen up. Because you got out of bed and started playing with toys when you were supposed to go to sleep, there will be no (insert favorite privilege here) tomorrow." Then don't say another word. Don't make her go to bed. Walk away. But stick by the no TV or ice cream or whatever you have taken away when tomorrow comes.

Good luck, Mama!

Well I ended up letting my dd stay up until she passed out. Then I would I get up early, and make her get up early also. This went on for abut 2 days and she stopped. Or I would let her watch 1 cartoon of her choice, and when that was done she went to bed. It has worked quite well for almost 3 months. I am getting tired of Mickey Mouse and Little Einstein!

Oh ya I bet....The green eyed monster is making an appearance! Well lets hope she treats her baby sister better then I did! lol And trust me, it wasn't nice......

Hmmm. I wonder if you could somehow make sleeping in her own bed a real 'big girl' honor. Maybe you've tried already. When my daughter's nanna recently had a great grandson, my daughter started to be jealous because in addition to her toy box at Nanna's house, one appeared for the baby with his own things in it. My daughter wanted the crib, the baby toys, the whole enchilada. We got her off that by giving her a bottle for lunch, since babies only drink milk, and then Nanna made her favorite mac and cheese for the rest of us. Going back to babyhood got old real fast! She was gobbling down mac and cheese within three minutes, and baby toys were *not* for big girls.

Make sure she is getting enough one on one time with you during the day. Time when she has you all to herself. Sometimes kids go for the negative attention when they do not get enough positive attention. Heap on the praise too when she does things right. Get your significant other (if there is one) involved with these things too. One of our kids would not settle down at night because he simply did not need a lot of sleep, so we eventually let him look at books or have small toys in bed with a night light on. He eventually fell asleep. But we had no trouble getting him up in the morning either. GL