17mth DD and still not sleeping through the night!!!! HELP!!!

[karenferris]

Our DD is fine with her bedtime routine, so no probs with getting her into bed and going off to sleep, but she is waking at least once a night. Over the last month or so she has been wanting a bottle even though she still has one before bed. We have tried giving her an additional small meal when we get in from nursery (about 6pm) because we thought she was hungry, but she is still waking.
DD seems to be a bit old for this sort of thing although she has never been a great sleeper. She was 8 mths before she slept through the night. Since then she's only managed to sleep through for about 10 consecutive nights. I'm also back at work full time and not sure how long we can cope with this.....
Apologies for the long message. All advice gratefully received.

my ds is 13 months and weve just done baby whisperer.first night we did pick up put down,but after that it was hand on back saying ssshhh sleepy time youre only going to sleep.we went cold turkey on the bottle as i was sure he eats enough in the day.it took 4 days tops.

I would try only offering water at night, either cold turkey or by gradually diluting her milk.

Thanks for both bits of advice - I'm sure DD eats enough too so I think we're going to have to be brave and go cold turkey. I'll have to wear loads of makeup at work to disguise the bags under my eyes!

My ds recently started waking up in the night after a bout of illness. On Sunday night, I finally decided that enough was enough. When he woke, I let him cry to see if he'd settle himself - of course he didn't! Then went in, picked him up, patted his back, lay him back down and went back to bed. I timed it - 3 minutes until he went to sleep. He woke up again half an hour later, I did the same and he took five minutes to go back to sleep. Last night, he slept through for the first time in about 3 weeks!! Thank god...

I know people don't like controlled crying, but it might work much more quickly than you expect, but if you decide it's not for you, then at least you know...

I'm going to have to go for it!!!