Have you ever had what you thought would be a miracle solution for something, that seems to work for everyone else in the world, for it only to go tits up for you?
Mine was when DD was a baby she was a TERRIBLE sleeper - but then when she turned 15 months old she was worse than ever, waking every hour and crying for half an hour.
I found a book, which so many mum friends raved about, had great reviews everywhere and was really hailed as the book that would solve all sleep problems without having to use CIO.
The first thing recommended to try, among other techniques, was getting a small soft toy and putting it down your top all day, the point being that it would smell of Mum and would bring comfort to the sleeping child.
So I found a little stuffed cow, spent the day indoors so I could keep it down my bra, and when it came to 7pm I got DD off to sleep the way the book told me to, hoping and praying that it would be be another night of hourly wakes. When she finally nodded off, I took the cow out my bra and laid it next to her.
She immediately woke, took one look at the cow, picked it up, lobbed it out the cot and proceeded to scream for 2 hours.
No other solution worked in the book either. She didn't sleep through until she was 4 🤨ðŸ˜