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Oh I am sorry she is giving you such a rough time with sleeping, hang in there! I am glad she is starting to drink from a sippy though. A little before Logan was 1 he just started drinking milk from one and fortunatly never had to go back to a bottle. I hope you can get her to settle more easily tonight for both your sakes.
jamie-
seriously you have to stick to your guns and just let her be. Yeah she is gonna cry but she will stop and go to bed. its learned behavior. The only way she has learned to go to sleep is with mommy holding her. I had to break G a few months ago from me laying down with him because it turned into i had to lay down with him and then i had to stay with him or he wouldnt sleep.
So when i decided that enough was enough i put him into his crib and did CIO. It took 3 days. After that he pretty much goes down without a hitch although since the teeth he fights it more. In any case I hope you can do it and hang in there and stick it out 3-4 nights. Just lay her down and walk away. Take a walk at night or something.
I understand DH gets up early and all that. I'm thinking of going to a hotel for a few nights, seriously! Just so I can do this thing! She went down ok tonight...she ended up crashing out on me but I'll take it tonight. Last night sucked eggs!