Baby’s sleep;

My little girl is just over 1year & her sleep has been bad for a while now. She just don’t seem to want to go to sleep until I do & she has to settle on or next to me.
I’ve tried putting her in the cot with white noise to self settle & she just cry’s and I can’t do it I feel so bad. It’s really starting to drain me😩
Any advice would be great🙏

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We have the Fisher price otter which plays music and my little one loves that. She wasn't a fan of white noise. We also have a light projector so she isn't in total darkness and that seems to help soothe her. On bad nights (not ideal but better than no sleep!) I do hold her to sleep or almost to sleep and then pop her down. Most nights we do her usual bedtime routine with a book and cuddles and then I'll put her down awake.
It's so awful when they don't sleep 😫 I hope you find something that works for you! x

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Our little girl was the same, she just didn’t ever seem to want to settle (especially on her own). I will admit we do still have her in our room and there are times where she needs to be in bed with me in order to go to sleep but we have started to put her in her cot at a certain time and essentially just let her play with some teddies and almost “ignore her” so that she kinda gets bored…. She usually starts the night now by throwing her dummy and toys out of the cot to get my attention and ultimately turn it into a game hence to “ignoring her” comment. However I have noticed in the last few days if I do the above and then get in bed myself, turn the TV and lights off and say good night.. she has started to use that as a cue to lie down and then weirdly just goes to sleep on her own. Depending on how long it’s took, sometimes I just let her be, other nights I go over and put her quilt over her… this took a good while but it seems to be becoming a bit of a routine now xx

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