please help as my daughter wont go in her cot and wont sleep at all

[hayleyandtia]

i really need some advice my 15 month old daughter will not go in her cot she just screams at me as though she is scared of it and she will not sleep at all only 15 minutes at a time which makes her so irritable im just so tired i dont know what to do i have tried everything but nothing works please help.

Would she sleep in bed with you? That might improve things a bit then you can start working on moving her to cot if you want to.

Could you try putting her in the cot to play with you for short periods, so she starts to feel happier about beng there. You could play peek-a-boo, and put some favourite toys in.

ps have you checked with the doctor if she is unwell, or could she have teething pain.

My DD's sleep is bad when her excema is bothering her.

Does she have a daytime routine with regular naps? Can you post it for us to see when she wakes, when she naps & how long for & when she goes to bed?

Also can she settle to sleep independently i.e. you put her down awake & she falls asleep by herself? or do you cuddle/rock/feed her to sleep then lay her down?

Where does she sleep at night?

is this recent?
has she ever slept happily in the cot?