15 months old and still not sleeping

[hansnava]

hi my daughter is 15 months old and still wakes up most nights. i feel like ive tried everything (ie all of super nannies tips, giving her cereal just before bed, dream feeds) nothing works. we are thinking of having another one but i dont think i could cope with two waking during the night. please has anyone got any advice..

[jambot]

What happens when she wakes? How do you respond? Have you tried controlled crying?

[hansnava]

usually i give her a bottle, most of the time that will settle her back down. i have tried controlled crying but once she starts crying she wont stop and my partner works shifts so its kind of hard to leave her crying for too long. its not so much the getting her back to sleep its more getting her to sleep all night. ive never know a child to be 15 months old and still wake at night.

[Hels24]

Hi hansnava. I also have a 15 month old daughter and she still wakes at least 4 times a night. Like you we have tried all different things but she still wakes up. Sometimes she'll wake for up to an hour at a time other times just a couple of minutes. She still depends on a dummy for sleep but she'll often be awake and crying with it still in her mouth. Our DD has never been a big eater and I wonder if it's related to that as she might be hungry but we've given her bottles in the past to try and take the edge off the hunger if it is that and that hasn't made much difference. I don't remember the last time we had more than 3 or 4 hours continuous sleep.

[shatteredmumsrus]

If it makes you feel better my son is 2yo and 2 months and has NEVER, repeat NEVER slept through the night. The best we have ever done is 5am and that was only once. He goes to sleep fine he just doesnt stay asleep. He goes to bed around 7.30pm and most nights he wakes around 2.30 and then 5 and then 6 and gets up at 7. I have tried everything and i mean everything. The last thing i tried was moving him into his 6yo brothers bedroom to see if he was just lonely - disaster. He is now back in his own room.Ive tried CC too, and i didnt give up easy. I tried it for nearly 2 months. He would scream for nearly 2 hours every night. He is sooooooooo strong willed. All he wants is a bottle of milk and he goes back, most of the time. It causes so much stress between me and my partner as he is such a light sleeper and he has slept downstairs for 2 years on the floor!!!!!We have even seen a sleep psycologist.......HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hels24]

I've got a friend who's DD turned 2 in July. She had never slept well. Wouldn't go down in the evenings and then would wake during the night and get up really early in the morning (sounds like my 15 month old DD) but a couple of weeks ago her habbits changed and she now goes off to sleep without any bother and sleeps through. I'm just waiting for mine to do the same now!

[shatteredmumsrus]

I hope so im getting crows feet and bags under my eyes and im only 28!!!

[Mellowma]

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[shatteredmumsrus]

Mellowma thats brilliant. How did you do it? Tell me now!!!!!!!

[Tatties]

My ds is 19mo and still wakes in the night, needs bf to get back to sleep. It can be tiring for us, but I think it is quite normal for them developmentally. You don't hear about it much among friends though do you?! If you have tried gently encouraging her out of night-waking and it is still happening, I think you have to accept that she is maybe not ready to sleep through yet and look at ways of alleviating your own tiredness - such as napping when she naps during the day or going to bed really early a couple of nights a week.