help 18 month old baby

[KIRSTYG]

<font color=#ff6666>its taking me at least 45 mintues to get my daughter to sleep. before it only took me 10 mintues. help any suggestions</font>

[KIRSTYG]

Hello. She normally falls asleep in my arms, bad thing i know but it works for me. When she falls asleep she sleeps downstairs as she is not settled in her cot she has never been from day 1. Yes she is taking so much longer to get to sleep, she has a nap during the day but i dont think she can cut it out, or she will want to go to sleep at 5!!!! i give her a bath, then change her into her pjs but she hasnt had a bottle of milk since she was a year old. also the past month during the night she is waking up for juice and consumes at least 2 bottles, which is causing her nappy to leak.

[jeepster]

   Giving her juice won't help(esp. out of a bottle-very bad for teeth) Just give her water ,if she is thirsty she will drink it.If not she will soon realise that water is not worth getting up for!

[stressed out]

I have a 16 month old little boy and since he was born he has NEVER had a proper bedtime routine, although i do believe this is paramount i find it much easier to just make him happy and not have him cry for ages! I guess i'm selfish and want a quiet life. What my point is, is that since a few months ago i suceeeded in getting him out of my bed and into his cot, the way i get him to sleep is by putting on his pj's, giving him a 9oz bottle of milk, and like you do with your little girl, holding him to get to sleep, more recently though i have tried taking him to my room (where the cot is and i have the hallway light on), laying him down and laying down beside him and pretending i am going to sleep too! Within 10 minutes he's asleep!!! Then i carefully pick him up and place him in the cot, if he does stir,  i sush him/offer more milk... And that's it! It has worked for me, i think moreso because the room is dark so he knows there's nothing exciting happening and succumbs to sleep!

This might not work for you but you have nothing to lose by trying. Good luck! x

[KIRSTYG]

The whole point im trying to make, is that she doesnt have milk anymore, she hasnt done since she was a year old. She dont want one. all i wanted to know is why is it taking so long. Should i cut out the nap