Hi Everyone,
My lg is 17mths and has never self soothed. She is always rocked to sleep by me walking around her room, sometimes singing to her or even taken for a drive in the car if she's struggling to drop off. She's also started getting a lot worse at night, waking every hour or so and will only settle if I let her play with my hair or lay with her. Every time I've started to try and change things one of us gets ill so I've stopped.
I'm really at a loss of how to change things. I've tried white noise and a comforter for months but she's just not interested - she is extremely strong willed!
Bedtime routine consists of dinner at 5pm, quiet play at 6pm, milk, cuddles and night garden at 6:30pm. Daddy takes her for a bath just before 7pm. Bath time can sometimes be a little boisterous in my opinion but Daddy disagrees and this just leads to arguments. I then take over from about 7:30pm and on a good day she's asleep by 7:50pm. On a bad day it can be anywhere from 10pm-11pm unless I've given in and taken her for a drive. I've tried reading books but she's just not interested and walks off.
I'm feeling extremely run down with the lack of sleep and the constant colds. I even feel resentful towards hubby because he can go to bed when he likes and doesn't have to get up in the night!
Does anyone have any advice on how to get her to go to sleep by herself? I'm even considering a sleep consultant I'm that desperate! X