Here is how to make sure your child goes to bed early on Christmas Eve

Amid all the fuss and excitement, children won't want to go to bed early tonight

How to help your child settle on Christmas Eve

It’s Christmas Eve, and that means one thing for parents: trying to convince an excited child to go to bed. It’s difficult at the best of times but with the addition of Christmas magic, excitement for presents and extra chocolate treats, it can be tough to get the little ones into bed and asleep before Santa Claus arrives.

Bedtime routines are undoubtedly important — for many, it’s bath, book and bed — but we need to be mindful that everything we (and our children) think and feel, see and do, eat and drink, affects sleep.