Trouble Getting 1 Year Old to Sleep

I had the same problem with my son at 10 months (now 2). I would do my normal routine, then after I put him in bed I did the 5, 10, 15 minute rule. After 5 minutes go in get him to stop crying, then wait 10 minutes, and so on. First night he cried through the 5, 10, and the 15, but I didn't have to go back in after that. The next night I did the same, but the third night I didn't have to go in for the 10. Just listen for your son's tone of his cry. If it changes, go in, something else might be wrong. Start the routine over.
My son slept really well after that. If he wakes up in the middle of the night you can do the same thing. I didn't want to try this with my son, but I am so glad I did. It was taking us almost 2 hours to get him to sleep and after it took 15 minutes at most.

At one he should be able to self sooth himself to sleep, so i would do your normal routine and then put him in bed awake or asleep and walk out....if he fusses wait a couple minutes go back in rub his back tell him goodnight, and walk out again.. the next time just rub his back without talking and walk away..he may fuss the first few times but he will get the hang of it.
Im against total cry it out methods, but a little fussing will not hurt him.or you. I promise :) It took my son 3 nights and about 4x me going in. 30 min or so.
Also dont pick him up once hes in bed, it will just encourage him to get up again.

I still use this with my son at 2 and 6 if they get up.

Best of luck!

Oh I've been there! Sometimes it does take sooo long to put them down! There are so many reasons at that age. They can just be overstimulated and fighting sleep because they don't want to "miss out on anything", they could be teething, have a wet diaper, growing pains, or have gas or a tummyache from something new they just tried for the first time that day.

First, try to resolve all the usual suspects with tylenol or motrin, orajel, clean diaper, mylicon gas drops, tummy soother, etc...

Otherwise, at that age, he should be able to drink whole cow milk, which has more fats (good fats that they need) --- I was still nursing my daughter to sleep at that age, too, but a few months later was feeding her a warm bottle - and my daughter switched from her normal 5 oz milk to 10 oz, even 20 oz some nights! (so he may just be going through a growth spurt and is ready for the switch?)

It can still take an hour to put my daughter down to bed at 19 months, but these nights are getting further and further in between and she almost always sleeps through the night now.

Hope one of these ideas work for you! Otherwise, take comfort that there are many others out there who are dealing with the same issue.

Take care!

I always recommend Elizabeth Pantley for sleep problems:

http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth/

I used to nurse my son to sleep, too, and her books really helped me. Good luck!