So, will my 15mo ever sleep through the night or am I destined to be sleep-deprived forever?!

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What am I doing wrong? DD was a brilliant sleeper (once she was asleep...it was a nightmare getting her to sleep) until she was about 6mo. Things have been terrible ever since.

I thought things would get better when she started to walk but they haven't.

I cuddle her to sleep (probably shouldn't but I enjoy it and so does she) and then put her in the cot and she invariably wakes up at least twice in the night. If I'm lucky, I just sleepily bring her into bed with me and she goes back to sleep. If I'm unlucky she's awake for hours

I'm just so shattered. I need to know there's an end in sight.

I read the NCSS months ago but didn't find anything that useful in there. I read Dr Sears too. Found both reassuring but didn't give me any real strategies to try.

What's the PU/PD thing that lots of people talk about on here? Does it work?

Please help!!!!!!!!!!1

not much help, admittedly, but lots of fellow-feeling over here...

Thanks Mrs Badger. I stopped BFing at 12months and it doesn't seem to have made a difference. I'm not co-sleeping by choice...it just sort of happens that way because i'm too tired to try to settle DD back in her cot when the quickest way to get her back to sleep is to take her into bed with me (we share a room).

Have you tried the gradual withdrawal method? Does she respond well to shushing, stroking, patting, singing or quietly talking to her to settle her back off?

Do you still feed her when she wakes up (either bf or from bottle/beaker)?

Have you heard of the Dr Jay Gordon method? There's a couple of threads on it here and here

Haven't heard of Jay Gordon. I'll check it out.

She doesn't really respond well to any of those things. She drinks a lot of water in the night but I stopped BFing her at 12mo. If I try to ignore her she just stands up and cries. If I go over to the cot she stands up and reaches up for me and I'm too soft to ignore her . I've managed to get her back to sleep once or twice by stroking and patting her in her cot but generally I'm way too tired and just desperate to get back into bed. I'm sure I've made a rod for my own back. I wish I had more energy to try some of these methods.

I'll go and check those links nappyaddict.

It is really for if you are still feeding in the night but I know a few people who have adapted it even if they don't feed in the night.

Thanks. Does anyone know about the PU/PD method?