How to get my daughter to sleep in her own bed

[KaylieSmith123]

Help if possible, my daughter is 18 months old and will not settle in her own bed for more than an hour.
She cries and cries if I don't move her into my bed and within minutes she's sleeping. Then as soon as I try to move her back she wakes up.
I'm not getting any sleep as when she's in my bed I'm not sleeping.
Any help or ideas how to make it better? She has a sound machine teddy which used to work amazingly but doesn't seem to do it anymore

Make her bed awesome.

Canopies and fairy lights and such.

Why don't you sleep when she’s with you? Is she too wriggly/noisy or are you worried about something happening?

I'm not the expert because I currently have a baby in my bed but when we sleep trained at 18months the consultant said that they can protest for a long time, so if you want her to stay in bed I think you just need to accept that she might be crying for some hours and be ready to be consistent comforting her in her bedroom / cot but not allowing her in your room.. should only take 2-3 nights. Consistency is key, decide your method of comfort / sleepy phrase etc and stick with it. FWIW it did work for us, baby is now 5 and doesn't feel great so she's in with us tonight

I have had 3DCs and with first 2 I was very strict around bed times and own beds and remember those baby days being very stressful! With my youngest I just took all pressure off and where ever she slept best (with me) I went with.
she was happier, I was less stressed and the other 2 DC didn’t have to hear the screaming in the middle of the night!
looking back now I wish I’d of taken that approach with all 3. It doesn’t last forever and soon enough they will be off into their own beds with out a backwards glance. X

I was still giving DS a bottle during the night at that age when he woke, and that would send him over to sleep again, usually for the rest of the night. DD was a completely different story and I've no idea why she slept all night from such an early age. I think you just have to figure out what works for them.

I couldn't sleep with my child them moving hitting me etc in sleep. I did gradual withdrawal picked a time where we were off and sat by them when they woke not talking it took a few days but the best thing ever when it worked.

Both me and my partner are scared of rolling in her or knocking her whilst she’s in our bed so don’t like her sleeping in our bed.

If she falls asleep straight away when she goes in with you then I would continue to let her sleep with you, she’s still a little tot. If you are nervous about co sleeping then do look up some guidance about how to do it safely, that ought to put your mind at ease a bit. If you have another bed in the house then I would recommend one parent sleeping with the baby and the other one decamping to the other bed if you adults are getting too little sleep when she’s with you. That way (well if you take it in turns at least!) you do some decent sleep and the baby gets the comfort of sleeping close to her folks.