Toddler frequently waking in evening

[ChasingMyTale]

Our 18 month old wakes up almost hourly between 8pm -11pm. There appears to be no particular cause, we settle her back down and after approx 15 mins of holding hands through the cot she goes back to sleep, however keeps waking up again.
We've tried white noise and total silence but it makes no difference.
Help, it's destroying our evenings!

Why does she need your hand through the cot? Is this a going-to-slerp association she has at bedtime?

It might be time to start gradually withdrawing her dependancy on your physical presence to settle to sleep.

Thanks for reply. She tends to conk out whilst bf at night, so isn't self settling. Don't really know how to change that though?