Hi all,
My dd will be 2 in April and over the last few weeks will only sleep if I am laying next to her! I couldn't get her to sleep in her cot so she now sleeps in a double bed which was in her room anyway. All was fine for a couple of weeks however now she will only sleep if I lay next to her, wait until she's completely asleep and then sneak out of the room. Anytime I try to just put her in she screams and screams until I come back in and hold her for a few minutes, she doesn't stop crying straight away so I don't think controlled crying would work as she is so distressed!
I know it's a bad habit I've got into doing this every night and I really need to break it. She is sometimes not napping in the day but her nap times don't really seem to make any difference! I do try to keep her bedtime similar each night and have a wind down routine also.
She's also waking up at least once a night and won't settle herself back to sleep so I have to come in and lay with her until she falls asleep again.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
TIA 
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