So things have settled down a bit and are nearly back to normal. I'd really like to get her to be an independant sleeper but I feel like we're getting no where with sleep training. For months now, like at least 4 months if not longer we've been doing gradual withdrawl and we've been stuck at the we can stand at the door and she will settle herself, granted it might take a few trips back up to the crib to get her to lie back down, but I can't even get out the door before she starts screaming at the top of her lungs and she'll carry on like this til you go back to her and lay her back down with a few pats. Even if its totally dark and she appears to be sound asleep the minute I step out the door so many times she's up and screaming. I've tried the go back in quickly settle her down the exit repeat as needed and it turns into a constant repeat for we've gone for several hours before finally giving up and staying in the room with her. She is a very spirited opinionated big personality 1 year old so I know this is part of it and I'm sure the co-sleeping in the middle of the night is another factor which I think I can muster the energy to address if it will resolve other issues but what other suggestions do you have for the sleep training? I feel like at this age there's always some new issue, teeth, illness, new childcare, etc as to why they won't sleep so I also don't know what things to push through and when to cut her some slack. My twins were much more laid back and sleep trained fairly easily so I'm really struggling with her.