Help with baby's sleeping habits

[angrysue42]

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I have a 13 month old who sleeps in a cot but is still in the bedroom with us. She's not a terrible sleeper and usually goes down ok but she does wake up in the night now and has a habit of being very loud when she does. So I can settle her quickly and not wake my other dc I've kept her in with us for ease.

She's been unwell a lot lately and I've got into the bad habit of bringing her into our bed when she wakes up to both comfort and keep an eye on her. Clearly this wasn't the best idea and she's now in the habit of waking around 4 to 5am. Sometimes I can put her in with us and she will nod back off but more often than not she's staying awake at that time and kicking, shouting, climbing over us in the bed etc. it's horrendous. Obviously we end up getting up with her but then by the time it's school run time for the other dc she is falling asleep again!! Or on the days she's goes to nursery she is sleeping through most of her morning session.

So the issues I need advice on:
How to get her into her own room at this late stage.
How to settle her without bringing her into our bed (without letting her scream and wake the rest of the kids up!)
How to get her to sleep in later. 4am is horrible and dh and I are like zombies.

I would be so grateful for any advice as my other dc were brilliant sleepers and I never had any of this.

Mine slept so much better once she was in her own room. I think we were waking her up moving around or snoring.

I'd just go for it tonight. Same bedtime routine but in her cot and in her own room and she how she goes.

Put to bed later and in their own room.

And if she wakes in the night would you just go in and settle then put them back down in their own room? In that instance I'm almost certain she wouldn't settle especially if she's on her own.

Yeah, try and get her used to the room.

Where does she nap? Mine naps in her cot in her room and it's like her little safe space. She knows it's wind down time when she's put in it.

Does she wake up and cry or just chat to herself and mess about? If she's not crying I'd just leave her to it and hope she resettled herself. If she's crying then try and settle in her cot and then go back to your room.

I recently moved my daughter to her own room as she was waking lots in the night. She barely wakes now and when she does she puts herself back to sleep within a minute most of the time. Definitely try her own room!

Yeah when she wakes it's usually in tears and it takes her a long time to settle unless I put her in bed with us. Which is all well and good but then we can't sleep. Will try her in her own room after the weekend and hopefully there'll be an improvement.