OK, have 22 month old who finds it funny to be awake all the damn time.....

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....and controlled crying goes against every bone in my body but I have had just about enough.

I have done threads before and staggered along as we are but no more

Now:

Pick up put down.

Or dump in the cot, kiss, "bedtime" and shut the door and leave.

she ruined my weekend in Wales and we do not have our evenings either atm and I am going to try and be tough.

in cot, leave for 10 minutes, back into room to lie her back down, out for another 10 etc etc you can get longer each time - for me this depends on how interesting the TV is at the time!
It will be hard, but after 2 or 3 days you should see a difference.

now I can do this in the evening just about without losing the will to live, but do/did you do this in the night as well?

I don't want dd1 awake as well at 4am.

I did 2nd method. Blackout blind or curtains a must at this time of year too.

hmmmmm, never needed those with dd1, she is a dream sleeper

may have to invest

I am pathetically weak though and can't listen to them cry, dd2 does racking sobs and has big blobby tears when I go to settle her.

Black out blinds have induced hysterical screaming from my 12 month old. Fear o f the dark? And earlier waking. Ha ha ha! Good luck, will follow this.

is your neighbour still being a nob?

It is horrible, but short term agony for long term gain. My DD bawled the first night, I must have gone in 20 times or so. 2nd night not so bad, 3rd night twice, 4th night - cracked it.
Is she napping during the day and for how long? perhaps cut short her day-time nap might help too.

naps all over the show

when I have her, she sleeps on the way back from the playgroup when I collect dd1, maybe 30 mins

MIL has her 3 days and I have told her to do whatever she wants, sometimes has 90 mins BUT she does me a huge favour having them both and don't want to dictate

Weekends - naps in car when we are out and about

Doesn't seem to matter if she has sleep or not tbh.

Like I say, she is a PITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

think you may need to just go for it all in one - does dd1 wake up when dd2 cries in the night?
With ds3 I've just had to do this in the night as my parents are looking after the kids this weekend and it was the excuse I needed to get on with it.

Yep, still nobs.

grrrr on your behalf Tinker

dh is away this weekend so I may try it then when he is not bellowing up the stairs "OH JUST BRING HER DOWN FFS" etc

dd1 doesn't normally wake up when dd2 cries, no

My DD ahd same problem - napping in car whenever we went out, or esp back from playgroup. I tried to limit sleeps to one hour in afternoon.
She was a she-devil though at about 4.30 - 5pm.

she is ok without sleep, actually pleasant at teatime etc, just rubs her eyes

dd1 is the she-devil without sleep

why are they so different? you would know where you were up to then fgs.

So, it works in around 3 days then hopefully?

I wouldn't like to give you a cast iron guarantee. But with DD it was less than a week.