How did you sleep train?

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My little girl is now 13 months. We gently sleep trained at 6 months which was somewhat successful. We managed to stop co sleeping and she woke three times in the night. Not ideal but those where the result we got. This continued until just before she turned 13 months, 2 or 3 wakes every night.

Then she started teething again and 7 teeth started coming through at once. Her sleep went awful and I mean awful. Waking every 40 mins/hourly, plus a split night between 11pm and 2am. Then hourly wakes continued till morning. From what I can see her teeth that where coming through have all pocked through now, but her sleep has remained the same. Can’t get her to stay asleep until I bring her to bed, then it’s another hour of pissing about til she falls asleep there.

I really need to to get her sleep improved. 2/3 wakes was exhausting but I could live with it. but This is just crazy. I hate my life at the moment. Im upset all the time coz I was always on the brink of exhaustion anyway and now this has tipped me over the edge. I feel so isolated as my world revolves around trying to get some rest myself and get her to get enough sleep. I look awful and I feel awful. On top of this I have been back at work since 9 months. Im a nurse on a very busy ward, long days, on feet all day, having to try and concentrate on hardly any sleep, skipping most breaks as there just isn’t enough hours in the day. I start night shifts again this week and I don’t know how we are all going to cope.

I don’t know how to go about re sleep training her. She can walk now and is so much louder and more stubborn. She is a very spirited baby! I was really against letting her cry but I’m struggling to see a way forward at this point. I just can’t stand to see her upset. It breaks my heart. But then again I get so angry with her in the night that breaks my heart too. She can’t help it. She isn’t doing it on purpose. She is just a baby.

sorry for the rambling post. Has anyone got any advise. Dad is on his own with her tonight and I feel sick worrying about them x

Don’t worry about her with her dad. Most likely it will go much better than you imagine.
13 months routine
7am wake and cup of milk
8.30am breakfast of porridge and fruit, water
9.30-10 nap 1
11.30am lunch including protein e.g. salmon, scrambled egg, baked white fish, bit of chicken plus baby pasta and veggies
full fat Greek yoghurt for dessert
1-3pm nap
3pm milk
5.30 carb dinner eg risotto or pasta with veg sauce
6pm bath
6.30pm big milk feed
7pm bed

try to avoid: feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep. Set up sustainable sleep associations: lovey/soft toy that stays in the cot, cosy sleeping bag, blackout curtains, white noise.