I don't have three kids in one room all the time, but often when my friends kids come over they sleep in with Camille and they can get really roudy...  I find that if I tell them they can talk if they want to but the minute they make to much noise then I am going to come in and sit in the room until they do fall asleep...  And I found that they'd rather just talk themselves to sleep which does not take as long as one might think, instead of me sitting in the room watching them fall asleep.. I tried the lights out go to bed no noise the first few times and they were up way past midnight.

Letting themselves talk I found stopped them from jumping all over the room thowing stuffed toys and pillows...

Just some advice for a fellow 3 kids, one room, one bedtime.... (I Feel for you!!) Here are some things that we have tried.... Some things work, some not so good.... Depends also on how old your kiddies are too.... We have a TV in their room, so we put them to bed like a half hour earlier than bedtime & let them watch TV for the last 30 minutes. It usually will put 2 of them to sleep. Or have them read for the last half hour, they usually get REAL sleepy when they read in bed.... Or you can read to them (if they can't read) Baths before bedtime usually relaxes them.... A fan, or some white noise can help. Lastly I suggest play relaxing CDs!! They have those meditation CDs with like the rainforests noises, or the waves crashing to light music.... WARNING it might put you to sleep too!!! LOL!! Threats for us, sometimes give our monsters the "giggles" at night (ages 11,9 & 8)..... Go Figure!!

You can try the "if you don't want to go to bed and sleep, I'm going to come in there, and I won't be empty-handed!" But... what would be in those otherwise empty hands?? It doesn't matter. You may never need to enforce that threat because you might just scare them badly enough into behaving... Or, you could try giving them "choices". "Do you want to be good and go to sleep quietly and on-time, or would you rather (insert less-appealing item here)?" That way, they are more likely to pick one, rather than say NO and defy you altogether. Ha, neat little trick. This article might help as well: http://positiveparenting.com/resources/feature_article_003.html Not only will your children not feel like a power struggle is going on anymore, but YOU will not be feeling so powerless anymore. Even though I don't have bigger kids (only one 2-month-old right now) I've seen this work with other little kids, so I hope it will work for you, too. 3 boys are REALLY a handful. Try your best to be creative and find a situation that will give you peace and let the kids feel like they still have a balance of control. One thing that comes to mind when you mention jumping from bed to bed is to let them choose 1 bed for the whole night. Offer some kind of reward if they can stay in 1 bed for the whole night. Tell them alllll about the reward in great detail, if you think it will help. And if they can't do it, withhold the reward. Offer it again the next night. It doesn't have to be a material thing, it could be an activity that they enjoy, so don't be afraid to offer, because your wallet won't dry up from just spending time. Good luck!