My child is misbehaving and taking a long time to fall asleep at bedtime

There are a few reasons why your child may be hyper or misbehaving and taking a while to fall asleep at bedtime. It could be one or the other or a combination of them.

1. Bedtime is too late
Make sure you have any early bedtime based on the Perfect Bedtime Range guide. When kids go to bed too late, they get a second wind and their body fights sleep.

If your seeing misbehavior consistently, you can even start bedtime a little bit earlier if you'd like to since it may take your child longer to settle down. Putting them down a little earlier gives them some extra time to handle the hyperness and misbehavior before it gets too late and the second wind hits.
For example, if ideal bedtime is 7:15 but your child is acting up and not sleeping until 8:15, they may be getting a second wind somewhere in between which is also contributing to their inability to fall asleep. So, try 7:00 for 5 nights and see if that makes a difference and helps ensure they are asleep before 8:00pm.

2. Too much attention is being given to their misbehavior
Remember, any attention (positive or negative) that you give to your child's misbehaving, will keep that behavior going. Make sure you are being strict with Sleepy Mommy and following the strategy that you have selected. 

And make sure that your co-parent is on the same page as you. Inconsistency between parents is where some attention can sneak in and prevent things from improving.

If you are doing Camping In and either a) your child seems unable to follow the head on bed rule or b) you cannot be consistent with the consequence, it may be time to consider switching strategies.

If you are doing Silent Return, you should reduce the number of limits.