Hi
My 12 months old baby has been through a lot recently and her sleep has been really impacted. She started nursery a few weeks ago which is a huge deal for her as she's barely spent any time with anyone other than my husband and me. She picked up her first cold during her first week and I also suspect she is teething. This has meant that instead of self settling for naps and night sleep she has had to have a little extra help from me with either feeding or cuddles. That's fine, I didn't mind doing this. This week at nursery she has slept terribly and been really exhausted when we got home at 5. I've given her a quick dinner then tried an early night but she has taken ages to settle and been unsettled all night. On Friday she had her one year vaccinations and developed a fever and was generally really clingy and grumpy and that night I could not get her to sleep in the cot no matter what I tried. She battled sleep for hours and hours, and if I tried to put her down asleep she would wake and cry so much she was nearly sick. I ended up letting her sleep on me all night and barely got any rest myself. The same thing happened for naps yesterday and sleep last night. A massive battle which ended up with me giving up and letting her sleep on me again. I don't want this to become a habit. What can I do? She's obviously going through a lot at the moment so I'm happy to comfort her but I'm worried about causing new sleep dependencies. I have tried co sleeping but she just will not lie down and protests so much. Does anyone have any ideas please?