pls help, 18 mth yo started waking. wont settle back at all.....

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pls help! our dd has been a good sleeper but for the past 2 months she has been unsettled every night. At first, i put it down to illness but she is now better, and the screaming continues every night. i think now it could be routine for her as we have been getting up to comfort her and when it has been really bad giving her water (milk when she hadnt been eating in the day- but that was not every time)
last night she was awake from 1 - 4.30 and wouldnt settle at all. she was screaming one minute and chatting the next.
anyone got any advice for me? is controlled crying appropriate? i dont know much about it as until now we have been lucky with her sleep patterns.
if it helps she will sleep for a max of a hour during the day
tia.

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Hi

Have had similar thing with my ds (14mo) after he was sick. We just put up with it for a bit, a little bit of cc (but not for longer than 15 mins) - and it seems to have gone. He seems to do it more when he has had a busy day and not slept enough in the day, which is strange. The more relaxed he is the better. It did take a couple of weeks for him to get better though. Good Luck.

thanks MM. going to try CC next week.... dreading it but am sure it will be worth it in the end.