My 13m takes ages to fall asleep. I’ll put her down 10ish mins before she is supposed to be asleep. But she’ll just play for ages, sometimes over an hour.
How do I get her to fall asleep on her own. I used to be able to put her in her crib drowsy or awake, white noise on, comforter, dummy. And leave the room and she would be asleep within a few mins. But for the last 6 weeks, she’s been really hard. I can’t leave the room or she’ll cry. She wanted me to nurse her, hold her. And I’ve managed to get her to bd in her cot calmly. But she just won’t sleep.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you x
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Could it be that she’s just not tired enough at that time? X

Try make the nap cut off time earlier, and leading up to bedtime ensure theres an hour of intensive play. Where shes laughing alot and running alot or dancing.
she’s been awake for 6.5 hours and she’s just fallen asleep. I had to leave her to deal with my toddler as I’m on my own and she was crying for 10mins for me and then fell asleep 😔 xx
so she woke up from her nap at about 1:40pm. I tried to put her to bed at 6:50pm. Evenings are usually hectic, I’m rushing around cooking, cleaning, dealing with my 3 year old too, sometimes they play together. Sometimes they’re fighting. I’m so stressed xx

What is your goal sleep cycle? When my son was 13months he was going to bed at 8pm, waking up at 7am with 1-2 naps during the day. Now hes just gone 2 years old, hes still on the same routine just down to 1 nap anytime before 6pm usually lasting for up to 2 hours
I’m hoping for night sleep 7-7, one nap 11-1. She was on 2 naps but would fight her second nap and if she did have a second nap. Her bedtime would be really late. She’d be awake for about 5 hours. So I started 1 nap which has been better. But since she turned one and was teething. She’s been bad at falling asleep. She’s not teething now but I thought she’d go back to normal after teething. My 3 year old sleeps roughly the same. We maybe transitioning to 0 naps. If 1 nap it’s about 30mins he’ll sleep about 7:30/8 - 7am. I’m hoping for it to be similar where they can sleep themselves so I can get on with things to do around the house. My 3 year old needs me with him to go to sleep and I don’t want to be doing that for both especially when my 13m old has been so good previously. It just takes such a huge chunk of my evening when my day is already busy around them. It’s all non stop. Like a marathon and sprint at the same time if that makes sense xx