Hello - I am new to Mumsnet (belatedly - have 19 month old daughter) and hoping someone can provide some words of wisdom on what to do re her night wakings. She has been waking in the night at different times for the last couple of months now - and being awake for anything from an hour to 2 hours. Sometimes she wakes at 11pm ish, sometimes at 1am, sometimes at 3am. There's not really any pattern ... I go in and pick her up and give her some water - she seems to get v thirsty - and then lie her down again and give her a stroke, but as soon as I leave the room she starts crying again. We go in and out doing a sort of controlled crying thing, waiting a few mins, then going in, then waiting a few mins more, etc, but it doesn't seem to work. Often after an hour and a half of this we give up and give her a bottle of milk which usually gets her off to sleep. Does anyone know what this might be? I don't think she's teething, and she's not been ill. Often she seems quite awake - grabbing my hand and chatting, and just doesn't want to go back to sleep. It's not every night, either - some nights she sleeps fine, from 7 till 6 ish. She has generally slept OK since about 10 months, though has always had bouts of waking at different times for whatever reason (god knows what). So I am hoping this is a phase that will pass, but just don't know what to do in those middle of the night 2 hour sessions when she won't go back to sleep ... She goes to bed at 7/7/30 every night (without problems), and has a nap in the day for anything from half an hour to an hour and a half. Any advice would be so welcome!