The 18 month sleep regression may be the end of me

I would start a totally new routine if this is the same way you were putting her down when she was 2 months etc. When your body starts literally not being able to cope thats when you know you need to change something (like you say back pain thats what I mean, physically, I ended up ruining my wrist from rocking my baby and thats when I changed something too). So it will be hard at first and not work but what you're doing right now isn't working either. Perhaps one idea is to do a story time books lie down in bed together with lights off. I love this because I just feel I can relax even if my child isn't sleeping. I tell myself that theres no way my child will stay up for 24 hours so I relax about it and know that they have to sleep sometime. And I don't want bedtime to be stressful so we have fun laughing and being silly in the dark for a few moments before being quiet. I usually sing and lie down with him for about an hour and a half before he nods off. And it does not work everytime. Sometimes he is a crying mess if he is over tired and sometimes even after an hour and a half if I leave the room he starts crying probably cause my presence is too stimulating and kept him awake longer (even though I try to be very still and quiet). I hope this helps, it sounds really hard what you're currently going through and like you are doing such a good job for your daughter.

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