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Could she be sleeping too much during the day? 1 or 2 naps? Does she settle herself okay for daytime naps? X

this is the problem lately it’s just 1 nap during the day, and she will not for the life of me self settle, she has to be rocked or held xx

unfortunately it’s the self settling that’s the issue, if she can’t do it she needs something else to get her back to sleep.

I think you need to start working on self settling for her nap and bed (there are gentle methods they don’t have to cry!)

It’ll take sometime now to help her learn how to self settle but once she can do it she’ll start doing it overnight x

Start with the day nap and encouraging her to self settle, it'll take time, but focus on that first... Then tackle the night!

As above, you don't have to let her cry, start with rocking, then try putting her down and patting her bum or thigh and see if over time that technique works, then gradually move on from that to just putting her down and see what happens! X

I wouldn’t say i have any tips as such but i went to the heath visitors for this exact reason yesterday with my little boy as he’s up every few hours still for milk and when i said he’d have his dinner at about 3 then milk for bed at 6 for example then he’d wake up again at 11 for milk she said would i leave him 5 hours in the day without food which obviously i said no so why should the night be any different 🤷🏽‍♀️ i’ve been so paranoid that i’ve been doing something wrong or causing a bad habit still feeding him through the night but when she put it into perspective like that it has made me feel abit more ease with it. Don’t get me wrong i am TIRED🤣 but i just have to keep thinking if thats what he needs thats what he needs and it won’t be forever just need to try and fill him up as possible through the day but it’s clearly not going well😵‍💫

Someone did give me a tip of mixing a spoonful of porridge in with his last bottle to fill him up abit more but we’ve not tried it yet xx

sorry to jump on someone else’s post for advice but I have the exact same with my 13month old. What milk do you give your little one in the night? Cows milk still? I was worried cows milk would be too much at midnight but the health visitor gave the lecture over giving him toddler formula milk😂

My 13mo is absolutely the same except every hour sometimes 😂

what did the health visitor say about milk?

i have given him cows milk or the soya toddler milk through the night if i’ve had time to go downstairs to warm it up but most of the time i give him Kendamil toddler milk through the night the health visitors said that was still absolutely fine to do🤷🏽‍♀️ why have they given you a lecture over formula?🤣

the health visitor said the toddler one provides no benefits, money making etc etc and it’s “pointless” but my LO prefers it in the night and it’s easier on his stomach so I’ll probs stick with it regardless 😂