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How can I get my 9 month old to sleep in her cot?

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smileyI · 20/02/2019 23:56

My 9 month old goes to sleep in her cot for naps and at night quite easily, she is fed to drowsy then patted for a few seconds until she is asleep. The problem with nights is she always wakes 3 hours later and seems to be hungry and it is then impossible to get her back in her cot, she will only sleep on me. If I try to move her she wakes up and cries non stop until I pick her back up again.
I just don’t know what to do with her, she gets herself in such a state in a short amount of time so I don’t think I can leave her to cry. She won’t take a bottle so I wouldn’t want to leave her to cry anyway because I can never be sure that she isn’t hungry as I don’t know how much milk she is taking from me.
She won’t take a dummy.
Can anyone help?! Thanks

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Ribbonsonabox · 21/02/2019 00:07

Music? My 7mnth old loves music... theres a playlist on spotify called music box lullabies... or you could get one of those sleep toy things where it plays music that eventually fades out.
When I want my daughter to settle to sleep in her cot I play the spotify playlist on my iPad and she drifts back off to sleep every time.

smileyI · 21/02/2019 01:18

Thanks, I’ll try that. We have an Ollie owl and that doesn’t help but maybe the music would be better

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Tinks15 · 21/02/2019 07:08

Let me know if this works smileyl as I’m in the same bought for my 6.5 month old

smileyI · 23/02/2019 08:25

Strangely since I posted this she’s been much better! Ive got the music downloaded though and will try it tonight anyway so will let you know how it goes...

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