This problem is probably as old as the hills but we still need some advice! Our happy and cheerful 2 year daughter has never been a good sleeper,and as I'm pregnant again now I would like to get her into a better system so things will not be too tiring when the new baby arrives. Part of our daughters sleep problems relate to the early problems with breast feeding.
At around 1 year she was still breastfeeding on and off through the night, as she slept in our bed and I was back working so was often too tired to work through the issue. After our daughter was weaned (which came easily actually) she finally slept through the night, this happened around 15-16 months.
At the moment, she wakes up almost nightly (between 12-3am) and cries till one of us gets her out of the cot and lies down with her in the single bed in her room. One of us then sleeps the rest of the night with her there. What I'd like to do now is get her to be more independent sleeping in the night, but I know we have gotten her used to us being around at night for comfort so I don't want it to be a traumatic switch. Any advice appreciated.