Waking during the night

Hello, my little girl keeps waking up at night time, from about 2am she is wide awake and it lasts for 2-3 hours. I’ve tried everything, co sleeping but she’s obsessed with pulling my hair to go to sleep so it’s just painful and overstimulating for me for hours. I’ve tried a bottle and rocking her back to sleep and I’ve tried leaving her, she just screams blue murder.
I’m at my wits end, I am exhausted everyday and I’m working a full time job. I don’t know what else to do, has anyone got any advise?

Also, I’ve tried one nap in the day and two, it doesn’t matter she will still wake up and she goes to bed around 7:45pm.

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How long are her wake windows? About a month ago, literally overnight, our girl went from a 5 hour wake window before bed to needing 6 hours or she wouldn't sleep. She now has about 5hr15 wake window in the morning and 6hrs or a bit longer before bed (one nap). It wasn't gradual, literally just changed one day, so we couldn't figure out why she was fighting sleep until we adjusted it.

No help for sleep as my girl is the exact same, it’s a nightmare. She screams like someone’s hurting her if we leave the room.

May be a silly suggestion but could you buy her a soft doll with hair? Might help comfort her? My girl does the same except she uses a bunny comforter and strokes/plays with the ears x

https://smallkins.com/products/little-dutch-soft-cuddle-doll-evi-35cm-ld4666?variant=56353743929724&country=GB¤cy=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20269386689&gbraid=0AAAAAChfusCRaf17OkwiulJzGDcJyD9xN&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtfXMBhDzARIsAJ0jp3AQjXdS7XU-huJ0RD5GypWegRZHd_yLNVViq1-MdYdbpwP6qRyCCEUaAjIJEALw_wcB

I’m a sleep consultant, message me if you need any advice x

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