13 month old can't self settle..

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she's always been a crappy sleeper, but in the past 3 months or so has been going through the night bar a week or so of waking every hour!

BUT for the past two weeks she's been going into her cot fine, sleeps for 40 minutes but can't cross over into the next sleep cycle, wakes up and yells for about 2-3 bloody hours before crashing out in a snotty heap.

I've tried rocking her back to sleep, feeding her back to sleep, sitting next to her in the cot, co sleeping, cuddling (which worked but I was up until 4am!!!) a half arsed attempt at controlled crying and am now out of ideas. I assumed she was teething (still only has bottom 2) so have given her a dose of calpol in case she was in pain, but still she screams and it doesn't matter what I do, I can't comfort her and I feel like shit.

She's practising walking at the minute maybe it's a developmental thing?

Please tell me this ends?! I don't remember it with my other 2.

My ds slept craply from the time he started pulling up to standing till pretty much the day he cracked walking (nine or ten steps ish). Then it dramatically improved, though tbh if owt goes awry his sleep is the first thing to suffer, and so, so does mine.

Not much practical help but you have my sympathy.

well she can take about 6-7 steps before she topples over and crawls again, I hope she cracks it soon!

and she's so grumpy!

We used Pick up/Put down at this point. She started self-settling within a week or two.

I think that's the only way go, I just hate the in between bit when she's so upset.

but with pupd they don't have to be upset. They cry, you pick them straight up and cuddle till they quiet. It's the only thing that worked for us because DD would be sick if we left her to cry for about a minute. I loved how we didn't need to leave her crying.

I found PUPD worked well too. It did mean about an hour of screaming/crying though - basically every time ds stood up in his cot I laid him back down rather than picking him up. Eventually he stopped getting back up and I just sat next to him with a hand on him until he was properly asleep.

Right will try it tonight.

Thanks.

our usually good sleeper became unable to self settle at 13 months. after a month of sleepless nights she seems to be able to do it again. i think there were lots of factors- teething, MMR jab, and developmental- learning that she's alone at night.also, i know that those bedtime milks are meant to be hogwash but we also tried her on that, in desperation. it might be coincidence but she slept better as soon as we started her on that milk.

i hope it's a stage for you too that passes.

how did you get on op? I am about to start pupd.
Any tips?