Sleep Struggles

My daughter’s sleep lately has gotten really bad. I still nurse her to sleep every night and when I try to put her down in her crib before she fully fall asleep she screams and cries. Lately she’s also been resisting sleep, wanting to run around and play which dragged bedtime way out. THEN when she does fall alseep and I put her down in the crib she wakes up almost hourly crying and looking for me until I can’t do it anymore and bring her into bed with me..
I’m kindof at a loss and considering some kind of sleep training but not sure where to start.
Any suggestions of things that have worked for you?

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We sleep trained at 6 months because I was up every hour resettling our son. If you’re going to sleep train no matter what method you need to be putting her down wide awake and at least 30 mins after a feed finishing, recommendation may actually be longer at this age. To go down drowsy is supposed to be very disorienting and confusing for them. We did check ins but only if crying was consistent for 10 mins and no pick ups etc. room completely blackout and sound machine on. Every baby and situation is different so you have to do what is right for you.

I’m in the same boat as you. I sometime feel like an awful mother because I can not stick to it. My LO screams her head off and I just pick her up

Start putting her in the bed before she is asleep read her a book or play a night video. Make sure all the lights are out and maybe have sounds playing. Make sure she is either in the room by herself or she can’t see you. She may go to sleep with no problem but if she cries just let her so she can figure it out. They usually only cry a few minutes if any longer than I would get her. Just get her into this routine until she can get used to it.

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