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Yeah, I guess if you haven't been wrapping from the get-go, might be hard to start now.
What's going on? You didn't really give many specifics. Is she waking up in the middle of night wanting to play (like it's daytime)? What does she do when you just put her down, kiss her goodnight and walk out of the room? Crying is hard to handle when you just want to go to sleep yourself...but sometimes, you gotta train the parents too. If all the basics have been met (not hurt, hungry or wet), you just gotta let 'em wail. We went with the 5-10-15-20 minute thing. Let 'em cry for 5 minutes (use a stop watch if you have to and keep each other/spouse from going in). Then, don't pick them up, but a quick comforting "shhhh, mommy's here" pat and a peck on the forehead and walk back out again. Up the timeclock to 10 minutes. Rinse, repeat, increasing the time block each time. Only once did we get to the 15 minute mark...but there were
lots of times I wanted to walk in at ~12 or 14...only to have it go suddenly...blissfully...quiet.
And, if it's a hunger (or apparent hunger thing), could be one of those growth spurts. Those were (and still are) killers! And I don't even have teenage boys! LOL
Does she sleep well on her back? I had a friend who tried darn near every thing (and gadget) to get her daughter to sleep on her back...but the little girl couldn't and wouldn't. Finally gave up, put her on her tummy, turned the monitor up loud, checked her fanatically the first few nights...and then just rolled with it.
Another friend has a child who likes to sleep in pitch dark and silence. They'd bought all these cute nightlights and mobiles. Gone. Room darkening curtains and white noise-obliviators in. Zzzzzs arrived.
So, my friend, a little experimentation in the environment might help. Warmer, cooler, more/less light, more/less/different music...but nail down that bedtime and stick to it.
But if it's something more on the serious side -- snoring, apnea or someother real disturbance -- time to chat up her docs. Sometimes I think people (in general) ignore sleep issues, fluff them off, but they can ruin your (and your spouse's
) life.