What do you do when your child doesn't sleep!?

[lilyflower1803]

Someone help 😥

I have a 15 month old. She slept better as a newborn than she does now. I haven't had a full night sleep since she was 3 months old and we have gotten to the stage where I have a bad back, neck, shoulders from holding her to sleep, breastfeeding her, patting her, jiggling, bouncing, rocking -you name it!

I'm starting to feel like this is breaking me 😭

She is getting overtired at nursery as well, which results in her fighting bedtime trying to stay awake- her eyes are rolling back and shutting but she keeps talking!! If I put her in the cot she plays, last night she started running from one end of the cot to the other! If I leave the room she cries for me, but as soon as I pick her up, she settles and starts fighting sleep again.

She wakes up throughout the night as well and I just don't feel I have the strength anymore, so I pick her up and take her in with me. She still keeps me awake though even cosleeping, it's knackering.

Any advice?

My son was about 21 months when he just suddenly stopped waking overnight. No rhyme or reason. I didn’t do anything. So I’m hoping and praying the girls are the same!

Can I put the twins down awake? One yes, confidently yes, she’s amazing. The second one… sometimes, awake ish. Sometimes it’s just a big bubble of drama. Sometimes she’s awesome.

The teeth will absolutely not be helping!

If you’re in there at bedtime for aaaages anyway then some sleep training might be the answer. If there’s going to be drama then it may as well be drama with a tactic. Even just let her cry for a minute if that’s doable. Cuddle her, in the cot, leave the room. Go back in a minute later and give her a cuddle, either timed or for however long you’re comfortable with. And leave the room again.

My boy needed hair to settle. I bought a Barbie mermaid that was soft and had hair, cut the hair shorter so it couldnt get wrapped around his neck and let him hold that.

Op, just to say I think you're lo will soon improve when they get used to one nap. Mine only ever had one at nursery, but way before he was ready for it. He used to sleep mainly like 40 mins and was a wreck when I picked him up.

When he was finally ready for one nap and we dropped to one at home too the nap suddenly got longer at nursery too and night sleep settled a lot.

I do think a 1pm nap is very very late for a 15 month old who wakes at 6am though. Is that just the set nursery time? Can they move it earlier, she might nap for longer if they did that?