We successfully sleep trained LO when she was about 6 months old, but everything's unraveled after tons of traveling, teething, sickness, etc. I've been putting off re-training her, but at 11 months old, she needs to be rocked to sleep (sometimes up to an hour at a time) and she's waking up at all hours of the night. I'm tired, I'm cranky, I'm exhausted, and I'm at my wit's end.
Some questions for those of you that successfully re-trained an older baby:
1. Our bedtime routine currently is: bath, lotion, story, sleep sack, and nursing in the dark with sleep machine on to get her sleepy. I want to avoid nursing her to sleep, right? Does this mean I should reverse the order and nurse her first, and just directly put her into the crib after her bath?
2. How long can a 11-month-old go without an overnight feeding? If she's down by 7PM, should I not go back in until at least 5AM?