Help please 😭🙈 toddler sleep!

My gal has never been great sleeping, but is recently even worse! She's 2 and a half, and we've also got a 2 month old.. but I'm having to lay with her till she falls asleep (we have just given up dummies).. and she also wakes up after 2 hours, and again in the middle of the night and will come sleep in our bed.. if I try take her back she just cries and cries... I feel like I have tried everything and nothing works... any tips at all to try and get her sleeping in her own bed for the whole night?? Or even to fall asleep without us there ??

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Maybe to do with the change that came with her new sibling combined with losing the dummy. That’s a lot for a lo to adjust to so will naturally take time. Consistency will be key, maintain the same bedtime routine, dont make changes, etc. do u use white noise? That may help. Personally, as I have a radio on really low during the night, that’s what my kids had so they both now have radio on low to sleep and thru the night (smooth radio so it’s chilled music and not too many adverts). Also consistency in how u deal with the nigh time wakes. Maybe worth looking into the sleep training retreat method (it isn’t cry it out sleep training).

Thank you!! We tried white noise but it didn't make a difference so stopped.. maybe I'll try that again.. I will look into that too thanks 🙏

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