2.3 yr old sleep problems, help

[LITTLELOLLI]

My daughter has never been a good sleeper, but it has got so bad i need to do something.
Basically she is addicted to a bottle, its just a comfort thing, she was going to bed with a bottle of milk and bottle of juice, and both would need constant refilling through the night! so her nappies needed changing and most of the time the whole bed was wet thru.

2 days ago i decided no more bottles! It was very hard but she hasnt had a bottle for 2 full days, first night she took 2 hours to go to sleep then she woke twice more a took a long time to settle back to sleep. And she says she needs a wee/poo as an excuse to get out of bed. She potty trained herself at 1.9 yrs but has always worn a nappy fr bed, now both morning her nappy has been bone dry!
Second night she settle fairly quicly but woke again 2 or 3 times and it took her ages to get back to sleep and she slept on the floor behind her babygate.
Should i just keep going as i am or does anyone else have any better ideas?

thanks

Can you not just give her a small amount of milk as she quite obviously requires that comfort suckle to get her off to sleep, then take her for a dream wee at say, midnight to help her stay dry.

sorry forgot to say have now given her a cup with milk in to go to bed

hi

my 2.3 yrs old DD used her bottles as a comfort as she doesnt have a dummy and never had. But in the daytime she have her beaker for juice but bottle for her milk and night time its bottles for both! but i never refill it and i tell her she got to wait till in the morning to have some more.

Well done for changing from bottle to a cup. im not ready to change it to a cup whilst she is in bed as i rather know she is drinking all of her milk throughtout the night.

Personally I'd say keep going. With DS1 I've always had to give any major change a week before it's become normal. Although if you hadn't already started I'd probably say wean her off gently I think if you go back now you'll send mixed messages to her and that would make her confused and upset.

I would give her a small drink of warm milk before bed as she's still wearing a nappy but make it from a cup. The warm mil will make her sleepy too.

Good luck, she'll get there

Thanks i'll keep going. I have already apologised to my neighbours for the extra screaming. She was so attached to her bottle i though i had to let her have it all the time or take it away completley.

Also she wee seems really strong now and she hardly wees at all. She was drinking soo sooo much as the bottle was just for comfort.

I'll give it a few more nights and see how we go.