Does anyone have any ideas how to put an 18 month old down awake?
DD has always been a good sleeper (sleeping through from 3 months-except for illness, disruption and now teething) but she is a very light sleeper and recently will wake with our blooming creeky floor boards or even when we lock the front door!!
I have always fed to sleep and then put her down-mainly as from very early on this was the only way we could get some sleep, but now its so much harder as she wakes so easily and I also have to do it for day time naps (although they are even worse as I have to actually hold her the whole time or she wakes up and then is a nightmare the rest of the day )
I know I should have done something before now but what can I say-I like my sleep!
It all came to a head last night when dp came home from squash and she woke up and he said he can't go on with a) have to make no noise in the evenings and b)then when she wake having to stay with her bent over the cot to get har back to sleep (i'm stil bf but tend not to feed her to sleep again unless she is ill or we are desparate!!)
Sorry for the long ramble but can anyone help withh some suggestions (we tried leaving her last night and she was stood up screaming and banging her head on the cot-she got herself into a right state )
we need some ideas!