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14 month old, still won't sleep!

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LouiseDdm · 22/11/2025 20:47

My daughter is now 14 months old and still a brutal sleeper. Shes EBF, wouldn't take milk from a bottle. We cosleep once I go to bed, she spends the first sleep in her cot. Shes in creche now and takes one one hour nap, if shes very tired she will fall asleep in the car on the way home for 20 mins or so. We have a consistent bedtime routine but no matter what most nights she will wake numerous times after being put to bed and need to be settled back to sleep, shes never had a "good" night. It i feed her and put her down at 7 she could wake 5 times in 4 hours before I just get into bed with her, she continues to wake throughout the night and lately shes waking and staying awake for a while in the middle or the night too. It we go out and keave her with someone they will end up just having to hold her until we get home. Its been an intense year of this now. On the rare night shes stayed asleep for 4 hours we are still on edge in anticipation of her waking up. I kept holding out thinking "when she starts solids" "when she starts moving" " when I cut down on feeds" " when she starts creche" it will improve but it hasnt. We dont want to leave her cry and shes also very headstrong, if we dont put her to sleep she just won't sleep. Shes been like this since day one, as a newborn she could go 6 hours without sleeping. Is there something wrong with her?

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Kosenrufugirl · 22/11/2025 20:53

My first one was a dreadful sleeper, so my sympathies.

Based on your situation I would recommend getting No-Cry Sleep Solutions by Elizabeth Pantley. It's a collection of of tried and tested solutions (basically a collection of about 100 stories of what worked for other mums who didn't want to go down controlled crying route)

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