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Well, you are not going to like my advice. As long as you are rocking her until she is all the way to sleep she will probably continue to wake. We went through the local Hospitals sleep center program after our son was home 2 months per our pediatricians advice. It was an excellent experience for all of us as we learned a lot. I totally understand your view on crying. I would however really recommend the book Solving your child's sleep problems, regardless of the method you use. It explains sleep patterns and the need to train sleep properly in children. It may give you better perspective on what's happening and ways you can avoid this for your family in which ever method you choose for you.

Our son was a rock me to sleep child. At first, this worked great and then he would wake every couple hours. The process would start again, rock, sleep, wake again. Once we broke this habit he has slept through the night with no issues 7-7. When he wakes, which is normal for all children, HE puts himself back to sleep. To this day if I rock until he is fully asleep he wakes and cries until I rock to sleep again, and again.

Our process now is to go up early enough to rock and have snuggle time until he is drowsy, not a sleep. Once drowsy I lay him down, tuck him in and off he goes. This process took us 3 nights to perfect. Anyway, I highly recommend the book, if nothing else to give you ideas to try and find a solution. I would also try to find a solution before the toddler bed. I couldn't imagine once they are mobile trying to regulate sleep patterns.

Good luck, hope it works out for you!