I am in need of some advice from the MN oracle, please help...
DD (14m) will not fall asleep in her cot; she never has slept in her cot during the day (in my arms or sling only for the 1st 6 months). For naps we now take her out in the pushchair til she falls asleep, and then park her in the house once she's asleep. This is working fine for us and I don't think it's a battle worth taking on as she won?t need to nap forever.
The problem is bedtime - she used to be able to fall asleep in the cot until we went on holiday when she was 10 months. She was probably excited by the change of scenery or something and couldn't fall asleep by herself. From then on we've had to take her out for a walk at bedtime which can take anything from 10mins- 1hour+. We don't mind this, but worry about her needing motion forever in order to fall asleep.
We've tried getting her to re-learn to fall asleep in the cot a few times; it has worked well on rare occasions with me lying on the floor next to her. Most of the time our efforts result in her having a total meltdown, she gets really distraught and over-tired and then we have to revert back to the pushchair (wishing we'd not tried in the first place).
I feel like I am creating a sleep problem for her, but I don't know how to best help her. I have tried rocking her in the pushchair in her room (as an interim), but she just screams.
I've always been against sort of CC because I'm scared of doing her psychological damage, but I think I'm just creating another problem because I don't want her to scream! We transfer her to bed after once she's deeply asleep and thankfully she's been STTN for a couple of months.
Any advice would be gratefully received
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magicstars · 12/05/2013 20:33
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