22 months old waking at night need help!

[pinkrose]

Hi my 22 months old dd has never slept through properly . She used to go to sleep fine and wake up 1-2 times when I take her in our bed and give her a bottle. I know all my own fault.
Last week her older brother broke her cot and so dp lied down with her in our bed to get her to sleep. Now that its repaired she can't go to sleep on her own either. My poor dp has been sleeping on sofa as she kicks him off bed. I'm exhausted so tried cc but she goes absolute mad and scratched her mouth and was bleeding quite badly from it. I got her out and she's fine but still awake any tips how to get her asleep in her cot and leave her there during night. Was going to stop bottles too but is it too much?

anyone please

Hi pinkrose,

can't offer the best advice but do have 16 month old, he just started waking up and not wanting to go to sleep, and it's since he was left with a childminder for a few hours last week. So it's probably the fall out from your dd's cot breaking etc, such a small incident at this age seems to upset them or plant ideas in their mind. I would try making sure she has a knackering afternoon with lots of playing, then bath and milk/story, so she's full of food and tired, then maybe carry on with the CC... anyway hope it gets better soon! let us know how you get on!

well dd2 here is 23mths and keeps getting up in the night too, last night dh read her a story after half hour of screaming and she went back to sleep its one of the few things that's worked, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it......we usually do the back into bed, in out, yoyo thing till she gives up, all the time pointing to a colour coded clock we got off the internet somewhere, that has red, amber and green on it, we stress she shouldn't get up till the big hand is on RED. HTH's and lack of sleeping sympathy to you both.

she's finally asleep gave her another bottle and she's gone to sleep in her cot no problem. Think she wasn't tired yet even though she's been walking all day. Will definetly continue cc during night will be hard work as she's really stubborn.A month ago when i tried it she fell out off her cot.