How should I go about getting my DD to sleep ON HER OWN in her COT?

[oneyummymummy]

My dd is 18months and from a young age has always fallen asleep being cuddled!! I know that this is our fault and we should put her down but before I realised it was a problem it had become one!!

She will fall asleep whilst in car or buggy, but at home she will have a cuddle whilst having milk and then be cuddled until she falls asleep. I have tried to just put her in her cot to go to sleep but she just cries and cries because she is not used to it, then I feel bad because its not her fault and it is no problem for me to cuddle her to sleep, infact I quite enjoy it, but I know that she has to learn to fall asleep by herself once its bed-time. She will sleep all night in cot but only once shes already asleep! How can I get to the point where I can put her in her cot and leave the room and she will fall asleep?

Well today we've changed one side of her cotbed into a bed, with one of those guard things, so we can lay beside her in bed to try to get her to sleep, we will see how that works!

HMM try some diluted orange juice freshly squeezed, our DD was on gaviscon for reflux and we had the same problem. It did take a long time to squeeze enough but they only need a little at that age, then I added water to dilute it down, it did help! I had to do it for quite a while as she came off of the gaviscon and onto a prescription staydown milk and that was even worse for her! Also a little warm water helped too!

Thanks Oneyummy but I've heard mixed things about the orange on MN, some posters have said that citrus is really bad for babies so I'm not taking any chances! I'm just gonna reduce the gaviscon a bit and play it by ear.

Oh..It was my HV that advised me, I didn't even think about the citrus but very good point to consider, their little tummies can only take so much! DD is ok tho! Maybe just try the warm water, or hopefully someone else might have some helpful hints.

Yes, I will, thanks

Oneyummymummy (or anyone) am going through same with dd- cc not really working as she just wails . Tbh it's not just cuddling to sleep but fact it sometimes involves carrying her and she isn't getting any lighter...

If you like it, then keep doing it. She'll learn one day, I promise. My two oldest DDs were cuddled to sleep for years but when we said 'no more' they were fine. Go to sleep on their own in their room with an audio story on, no problems

Make the most of her being cuddly and small.

It's not so much not liking it as fact that she is sometimes taking longer to settle and it can mean great chunks of the evening or night spent holding her, trying to put her down etc and nice though it is on nights like tonight I can't eat anything as she needs to be settled. As dh out a lot etc I seem to bear lions share of it ( or what seems like that).

Thanks for reply tho- at least I know she will grow out of it one day.