Will fixing one sleep problem create another?

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DD2 13 month old needs to be rocked and cuddled to sleep, and held for naps. When she falls asleep at bedtime I need to continue holding her for one sleep cycle before I transfer her to her cot as otherwise she wakes up during the transfer. So the whole process takes 2 hours. I want to get my evenings back but I’m worried that trying to fix this problem may create another. She doesn’t wake up during the night at all, I can count on one hand the amount of times she has woken in the night since 3 months old and sleeps for at least 11 hours every night. DP thinks we should try sleep training to get her to self settle at naps and bedtime but I’m worried that any changes we make will cause either night wakings or early mornings. Has anyone experienced similar? TIA

Eek, 2 hours is quite a long haul! If you put her down, but are on hand to resettle, does that cause a disrupted night? At that age, my DD would wake like clockwork 39 minutes after she was down (presumably one cycle), but if I was quick to get to her she’d resettle more or less immediately and then she’d be down for a decent chunk.

I didn’t go down the sleep training route. But fixing one problem doesn’t necessarily mean causing another, and remember if making a change causes a complication that you don’t like, change it back!