Bedtime battles? You're not alone.Is there anything more knackering than bedtime with kids? A new Cbeebies survey has revealed parents in the UK lose up to 15 days a year on “exhausting” children’s bedtimes – with some 60% skipping consistent routines altogether. Unsurprisingly, the survey of 3,000 parents of kids under six found people are getting very creative to try and get their little ones off to sleep.Some of the more left field bedtime tips included: playing heavy metal music, sleeping in their child’s doorway, pretending to be Santa, purring like cats and recording a business case study as a bedtime story. There was also my personal favourite: rocking a child to sleep in a *checks notes* laundry basket with whale sounds interspersed with rain playing in the background. I’ll be honest, we are in a bedtime hellscape at the moment with a little one who’s developed a real aversion to getting into her pyjamas and bed – oh, and cleaning her teeth. There are tears, there are tantrums (and that’s just me).And it turns out I’m not alone. &