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I keep trying to make a sleep routine but all my baby wants to do is play with me, I’ll try to read to her and she just rips the book out my hands, if I try to do the baby massage she just scream laughs the whole time. I’m at my wits end and now I just put a bottle in her crib and shit the door while she cries and screams for 15 minutes. But I want to stop giving her a bottle to sleep idk what to do

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It will take some time and consistency before the new routine starts to signal her body it’s time for sleep. I’d start with moving the bottle earlier in the routine. For example you could try bath, bottle, lotion, pjs/sleep sack (if you use one), the same 1-2 books every night. How were you putting her to sleep before? Rocking? Sleep trained?

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I was going through something similar , my son has a floor bed and he would wake up and come to our room next door and I was soooo tired of him sleeping with us. I never felt comfortable letting him cry and not knowing what’s going on in there after closing the door because like I said he gets outta bed lol. I got the baby camera and now when we put him to bed we still wait for him to fall asleep before leaving but after that we close the door and if wakes up at night we let him cry sometimes it takes 5 minutes sometimes it takes 15 minutes and ill wait till I hear him about to stop and then we will go in put him back in his bed and remind him this is his bed/his room and he has to sleep here now. It’s taken a couple of days to get use to but he now sleeps through the night and me and my hubby finally have our bed back😭

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Don’t feel bad you are doing everything you can and it will get better !! try a sound machine or only giving her less and less milk everyday until she learns to settle without it.

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