Well after all this time and effort I thought Maggie would be going to sleep much easier, well it is getting worse. She fights it the whole way, no matter how tired she is. Everything that used to be a wind down for her has now been turned around into a tool of distraction by her. eg She liked to hold my water bottle between her legs (mimics the way she falls asleep in the pram), after awhile rather than just holding it and going to sleep, she would start playing with it and sloshing it about, so keeping herself awake.

I am at a loss at what to do, I am happy to put her to sleep by rocking, booby etc, but I just can't seem to get her into enough of a sleepy level for these to work. All the advise I have read does not seem to cover this, it always seems to assume that if they go to sleep on the boob, they do so easily and therefore you can break them of it. Nothing covers the getting of the bed and running away, the playing with the bedside lights, spending ages walking up and down the bed, playing peek-a-boo with the blanket. If all distractions are removed from her, she finds them on herself or on me. She takes of her clothes, plays with hair, pokes my face etc.

It doesn't matter what time she wakes in the morning or how busy her day has been, she still fights the same. Sleep time is becoming a frustrating, angry place, I really need some help to get her to wind down.

Note: this week I have set up the cot sidecar against the bed, this seems to be helping with the night wake ups a bit.