Mine has been doing this on and off since she was 6 months (she's 18 months tomorrow)...15 mins...when I snuck in to check 30 mins later, she had found the dummy and was asleep with it....the bottle is her sleep trigger....so I gave her another trigger option...the dummy.  Took me forever to work it out LOL, but so far so good.  I make her leave it in the cot when she gets up, thats where it lives, it does not live out side of the cot......it's just a sleep aid.  God Luck, we all  go through it I think.

I went to sleep school on 3 occasions, and for that age they definitely teach control crying or you could try the supernanny technique of being in the room and slowly removing yourself, without giving eyecontact or recognition.  I would wait until Friday and try then, you will be surprised that if you stay strong the pattern should only take two nights to correct.

If you want to know more about what sleep school would do you can call Tweedle or the QEC and they call you back and you can talk to them about their recommendations.

Good luck.

Jodi

one thing that u perhaps could try is a non spill sipper cup as they have a peice in the lid that stops it from spilling that she will still have to suck on it as maybe the secerity bit is the sucking that she likes the most as thats what i had with my son. so thats just an idea that if you wanted to you could give it a try

hope it all works out for you

cheers to you

chins up

kylie

Mine did this, she wasn't hungry she was just used to eating at night and it relaxed her into falling back to sleep. If I were you I WOULD NEVER feed her at night and up her food during the day so that you have no doubts about her being hungry. I would check her diaper and check for signs of teething. Do whatever you can to make her more comfortable if she is teething, but if she is just having trouble falling back to sleep I would let her cry. Go in her room every so often to make sure she is ok, but don't pick her up. We have  a rule in our house, once the baby is in the bed, unless her diaper is soiled, we DO NOT pick her up. They will think of this as a reward and will cry until you pick them back up. Try to wear her out during the day, play a lot  of games, go outside, make sure you get her good and tired. You could also try putting her to bed later (up to 1 hour) if you try the controlled crying, this way she is very tired. DO NOT stand outside the door and listen to her cry. Set a timer for about 10 or 15 minutes to go check on her and do something else. Go outside, take a shower, watch tv, but do not listen to her cry for the whole time or you will go crazy. I know this will be hard, but she is old enough (and has been since 6 months) to go without food at night. She is old enough to sleep at night without needing you.

I have the same issue with my 3 year old except he slept through the night for 18 months and then stopped, but i think the reduction thing is a good idea i might even try that one myself, just so you know your not the only one with this prob.. good luck honey.. xox

hiya hun, we had the same problem with lucy (woh is also 2yrs old ) and woke 3 times during the night after awhile we were like walking cabbages lol like you we have another child who needs her sleep for school, so couldnt just leave lucy to scream as she would also rattle the safety gate on her bedroom door and let the world would know she was awake lol what we did was reduce the milk every few days and we gave lucy a bottle to goto sleep with so when she woke up it was we felt a comfort thing to get her back over, we reduced the milk in a bottle slowly taking about 2weeks in all and now she is fine  has the odd broken night but not that bad anymore, good luck hun xx