Sleep problems.. Help please!!

[JD1981]

i have a 13 month old girl she is very happy and smiley most of the time but i have problems putting her to sleep she would go down fine until she got to around 9 months then she just refused to sleep i found the only way to get her to sleep would be to hold her while giving her a bottle then when she has finished it she starts to fall asleep the i give her a comfort blanket and put her down in the cot when she nodds off this some times works and sometimes she just wriggles free so i put her in the cot but she wont sleep this can go on for ages any ideas

[Kessernags]

Oh you poor thing. My little girl is only six months old so I might not be much help but have you had a look at the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg? She has some great ideas about sleep and how to get a little one to go to sleep. You might have heard them all before but if not it could help. Good luck.