I recently was chatting to my friend who has a 2 year old DD. They got into the bad habit of cuddling her to sleep for her naps and at nighttime and don't seem to be able to get her to sleep any other way, and I think she also has a bottle to get to sleep. She wakens a few times in the night still (I think she has SSTN about twice in her life) and now she is in her bed, not a cot, she climbs into their bed with them for the rest of the night. I think they took her into their bed when she woke in the night anyway, when she was in her cot, in their room or her own.
Just wondering if anyone had any suggestions that I could pass on. I don't seem them very often and we are not really close or anything, so don't feel I could explain the whole BW philosophy to them, if that makes sense. I know they are using themselves and the bottle as props and should not let DD go into their room, etc, etc, but just wondering if anyone could suggest even 1 step they could do to see some progress then I could offer more suggestions after that.
I think they have just accepted that this is the way their DD is but are adamant to do things differently if/when they have another baby. Just want to offer them some solution without sounding too critical etc.
Thanks
