My daughter is 16 months old and up until recently went to sleep very easily at night. We would read a story, listen to a song while being rocked, and then lay her down in her crib. She would occasionally cry for a minute or two and then play quietly until she feel asleep, usually within half an hour. Now we follow the same routine, but the second we try to leave the room she stands up and screams. She continues to scream until we go back in there. I have never been a fan of cry it out. We do occasionally let her cry for up to 15 minutes before heading back into her room. When I go back into her room I sit in the glider (without talking to her) and she lays back down, but doesn't go to sleep. This evening it took her 2 hours before she finally fell asleep. When she does finally fall asleep, she's asleep until the net morning. I just don't understand what has changed. We did take a vacation a few weekends ago during which time she was getting one of her lower molars, but she slept fine for a few nights after returning before things went downhill. The other funny thing is that nap time used to be our problem sleep time, but now nap times are much easier while night time is not! Any suggestions on how to handle this change?
Lisa
Re: Sleep Trouble
Unexplained IF/RPL
TTC#1 2003 BFNs, 2004-2009 5 angels above
2010 IVF-PGS-FET#1, DD b. Aug-2011
TTC#2 2012 BFNs, 2013 FET#2, DS b. Nov-2013
TTC#3 2015 BFNs, FET#3 (my 6th and last angel above)
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Read this. It won't help you sleep but it will make you feel better. My daughter will be 18 months next week and we've been dealing with this for about 3 weeks. DH and I are both teachers and it hit the fan RIGHT when we got off for the summer. She would nap 2.5-3 hours at daycare but WILL NOT NAP at home, screaming from her crib, eventually falls asleep on me on the couch. It's been rough. She would scream at bedtime but we did CIO at 6 months so we revisited this and it worked. As PP said, once asleep for the night she's out until her normal 6:30. Good news is that it does get better. Today she slept in her crib for a 1.75 hour nap for the first time in weeks and she has gone down without a peep the past 3 nights. Hang in there mama, it's HARD, but things will go back to normal