Getting 6 month old daughter to sleep in cot

[Meandlittlemillie]

Can anyone offer any advice on how to get my daughter to stay in her cot? She usually falls asleep on me I'll put her in it most the time she stays in it even if she opens her eyes she will doze back off if I stay by her cot but then she wakes about an hour later just as I've dozed off wont stop crying til she has milk then falls asleep and sometimes I can sneak her back in until about 4-5 when she demands to be played with I'll get her toys out after while she starts crying and sometimes I can get her to sleep in her cot but I have to hold her hand for ages and calm her down and I have to stand net to the cot for about half hour then sometimes she will walk again until she's in be with me. Any tips on how she can settle her self? I got her an Ewan the dream sheep but she still cries over him and she seems hyper as when dozing off she will kick so much the blanket come off and she stays awake. She has 1 nap in the day around 11ish for about 40 mins then won't sleep until 11ish at night I'm exhausted and can't have her in bed as she wriggle so much she's kicking me in the face and pulling my hair and scratching me. Thanks

Sounds like she's over tired. When babies dont get enough sleep, they sleep worse iyswim.

So take a couple of weeks to get her to have decent naps in the day. Forget about how she gets to sleep, just rock/feed/whatever it takes. She should have at least 2 naps a day, one in the morning and one afternoon then an early bedtime.

Set a bedtime of around 6.30pm and again, just get her sleeping by whatever means works to get her used to sleeping at that time. Have decent blackout blinds (we used two layers to block out all light) as well.

If she wakes at 4/5am then feed her and cuddle back to sleep. Don't get the toys out!

Aim for her waking at around 6.30am/7 ish. Then first nap around 8.30/9 - if she sleeps in the pram then get her out for a walk and use a snooze shade or muslin over the hood to block her view and get her to sleep. Same for her second nap around 12.30/1.
Sometimes you need a routine to get baby settled. Try for a week or so.
Then once she's going to bed at about the same time, then think about self settling but don't stress because she wont need you at 18! I took the easier route of cuddling to sleep then as they got older would put them down drowsy after a feed and say good night then leave. Sometimes they'd get upset so I'd go back in. Or they'd grumble and shout so I'd leave them for 5-10 mins and theyd sort themselves out. If they're ill or teething then they'd need more cuddles.

Thanks for the advice hopefully it will work