How to settle 1 year old to sleep

[Mummysarah12]

My LO has always settled to sleep on me. I know it’s one of the bad habit things but it never bothered me as she is pretty good sleeping through the night. Recently she has been fighting going to sleep, taking ages to settle & I think it is because she is too big to fall asleep on me now she struggles to get comfortable. I have tried putting in the cot to settle her but she fusses & messes around. Can anyone advice on any good routine to get her settled in the cot? She doesn’t seem to have the “drowsy but awake” state I keep hearing about...
TIA x

@2007Millie an 8 month old doesn’t need milk every two hours at night

@burritofan ‘sleep is luck of the draw’ to some degree I suppose, but I don’t think that tells the whole story

@rossKemp Re milk needs, perhaps not nutritionally but milk is more than nutrition. Plenty of 8 month olds need comfort every two hours; it doesn't mean they're unhappy or unsettled. My 1 year old is currently feeding every half hour or so during the day, if I'm in the room. She doesn't "need" it the way a newborn does, she's well established on solids, but she obviously does need it for something – teeth? Closeness? Lols? Does it matter?

OP, re cuddling to sleep on your lap, my daughter is the same in finding it difficult to get comfy. She generally settles once she's in a kind of yoga child pose, kneeling into my lap, bum resting on my hands. Or we lie down on a cosy rug and I lift her into the cot from there.

@rossKemp

You don't know my child, so please avoid making general assumptions just because you have experienced what your child does. Every child is different. My son needed feeding.

My daughter is nearly two and I cuddle her to sleep in my bed. Once she's asleep I transfer her into her bed. I lie down with my son who is 3 in his bed until he's asleep too. If you both enjoy the cuddles then carry on cuddling her to sleep.