I feel like I have broken my baby. She was always a really good sleeper. Generally could put her down sleepy and off she would go to the land of nod. And more often than not sttn. After a couple of colds and a wee throat infection - oh yeah and dreaded teething - she won't go to sleep unless we're holding her. I can count on one hand how many times she has settled in her cot during the day. Even then it's usually taken ages. To the point it throws rest of her schedule off track. She fights sleep an awful lot. Will sleep longer on me/dh than in cot. Strangely she sleeps longer at night. 4/5 hour blocks. Tends to only wake up looking for her dummy (another bad habit I haven't been able to stop). Everyone keeps telling me that I need to get her out of this habit before she starts nursery in september. How? CIO is not an option - dh works from home and practically have to sit on him to stop him running to her at slight whimper. I feel like I'm an awful mum for letting my good sleeper become a bad sleeper. People keep saying how I've made a rod for my own back. any book/website suggestions? How will she get on at nursery if she can't settle herself at nap time? I have 3 months to do something and I am terrified I won't be able to.