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14mths and still not sleeping through - CC didn't work what now?!

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Sine · 05/01/2008 11:04

Hi, my dd is 14mths old and still not sleeping through. She wakes every night between 1 - 3am and won't go back to sleep without a drink (I give her milk heavily diluted with water but she's quite happy with that!) I don't know whether it's teeth or not - her first one came through at 15wks and she's been getting them steadily ever since - and boy have we felt every one of them! She now just has her 2nd molars to go but I'm worried she's got into the habit of having a drink and a cuddle to get her back off at night. The CC didn't work - we tried it for a week and stuck rigidly to it but in the end exhaustion took over and we just couldn't stand the crying any more - so what do we do now?
She starts her day about 6am (ish) and 4hrs later will go down for a nap - I used to let her sleep as long as she liked but today I'm going to wake her up after and 1hr and see how it goes. She generally then has another sleep at about 3pm for 1hr (I don't let her sleep past 4pm as I'd never her get down to bed at 7.30/8pm). Other than that she's a happy wee sole, is growing well and I've no concerns about her health at all - it's just the sleep. Some times she'll be back down with 10mins other times it's two hours (like last night). I didn't have any of these problems with my ds - he's was a great sleeper from 4mths! Any suggestions?

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mad4mybaby · 05/01/2008 13:25

my ds is 18 mnths. Wakes 7ish naps 12.30ish for 1 1/2 hours ish then bath at 6.30 then bed. He used to wake at night but he wanted his dummy! she shouldnt need any drink during the night if she drinks well in the day so yes probably just habit.

My ds could only get sleep if i rocked him and we used something like CC but better. Look up sleep nanny. Give one 2 one help. We left him for 1 min went back in for 30 secs, just pat/back run then out for one min back in for 30 secs. Nect day we went up to leave for 1 and half mins back in for 30 secs and so on. Took about 2 weeks of being v persistent and also do the same at nap times. Sleeps through now no prob.

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