7 Month Old Won't Sleep in Crib

You know the answer.
You have to put her in there and let her cry. EVERYTIME.
Consistency is what she needs. It is very difficult, there are going to be some sleepless nights and exhausted frustrating days, but you have to let her know you are not going to let her out. You can check on her and lay her down, but do not pick her up.

Rocking her to sleep is not allowing her to learn to self sooth. You will end up rocking her for years.

You need to make sure you have a night time routine.
In the evenings make sure to have a nice quiet dinner, no TV no Cell phone calls, keep the areas your child is in as calm as possible. Then a nice warm quiet bath with nice strong massage like bath strokes. The more you get her riled up, double that time to calm her down. She is more aware of all of the interesting stuff going on and does not want to miss out. If you make it seem boring, she will stay more calm.

Feed her while listening to quiet music or a book on CD.

How is her room set up? Does she have a fan, quiet music, night light? Does she have a lovey? Is her room dark enough?

When you get up to feed her at night, do it with the lights off, only work by the light from the night light.

Do not speak with her or engage her. Keep your face blank. Change her in the dark and feed her in the dark. Lay her down and walk out. Again she may cry, but just check on her, without comment.
Feed her and then lay her down and pat her on her back..

I have to agree with Laurie and the others on this one. She just needs to figure out that sleeping is not an option. :) One thing I would like to add is regarding night feeds. Yes, do it in the dark and don't really speak to her or engage her, just a straight up feed. It was suggested that you change her in the dark as well. I never changed my kids at night feeds, unless they were poopy. Wet can wait. Changing just wakes them up. Let her stay warm and cuddly. It shouldn't take more than a week of consistency to get the new habit established. Hang in there and be brave!
Also, start shortening the middle of night feeds. At 7 months she should be sleeping at least 7 hours at night, if not more. Aim for a quick tummy warmer then back down. One day she'll just sleep 10 hours and you'll wake up in the morning wondering what happened! :)

I've never really had this problem, but a couple of things did come to mind as I was reading. The first was one of those machines that make a heartbeat sound, etc. Or, if her crib is in her own room, maybe you can try moving the crib into your room and once she gets used to sleeping in the crib in your room, then move it into her own room. Like I said, I've not dealt with this situation, but these two things popped into my head while I was reading, so I thought I'd share. Good luck and congratulations on all the new stuff you've got going on!

You didn't mention how long this has been going on. You may want to have her checked out by her pediatrician for an ear infection. My kids rarely had temperatures with an ear infection but they would have a hard time sleeping. Just another thought.

She's playing ya, babe :) You are going to have to let her cry it out. It's a very VERY hard thing to do but it is the only thing that is going to teach her that she HAS to do what you tell her to do and not the other way around. If she gets super-upset and the crying starts building on itself, go in and calm her down but DON'T PICK HER UP. Just rub her back and talk softly enough to calm her down and leave the room again. This could take up to a week so be prepared and BE CONSISTENT. Just keep telling yourself that it's much easier to teach her this lesson now while she is in her crib than when she is out with her friends and you don't know what she is doing and/or where. Experience talking here :)

Try a device that has human heart sounds so she will think you both or near and get a warm fleece blanket. And if that doesn't work try putting a little bit of cereal in a bottle to provide a sense of fullness more so than straight milk.