22 months old and refusing to sleep at all- help!

monkeypants23

Helppppppp! DD is 22 months old- will be 2 in April - she has been a great sleeper up until this week Normal day for her - wake up at 7am - naps at 1:30 for 1-2 hours depending if she's home or at daycare and then bedtime at 8pm We have a whole bedtime routine- turn on sound machine on ocean, put on stars light, change in to pj's and sleep sack- sit in rocking chair with a bottle- when she's done with the bottle she goes in her crib awake and soothes herself to sleep w a binky and her doll SO ALL OF A SUDDEN- she is refusing to sleep- no nap, and no bedtime- she says "no night night" and then she will just stand and scream bloody murder in her crib Please help me- any suggestions on what to do?? We gave her a new special night light - don't know if it's fear?????? It's nothing physical cause she is fine during the day and when she is screaming in her crib if I go to her she stops crying immediately and she will (of course) sleep in bed with us, which I don't want a habit of- We tried a form of cry it out- but she just keeps screaming- she actually was falling asleep standing up in her crib last night- she refuses to lay down Anybody else in the same boat- what are u doing?

ELF4321

DD goes through periodic bouts of separation anxiety, often coinciding with big developments like learning a new physical skill or a language burst. If your LO isn't cutting teeth or sick, it could be that. Often we end up rocking her to sleep until the stage passes, then usually have to re-do sleep training for a night or two to get back on track.

dmhrn13

If she's telling you "no night night" then it doesn't seem like an illness or teeth. Likely a developmental milestone, mine is having one too. Driving me nuts. 

monkeypants23

Nicb13 said:

I'm sorry, have to say it: A bottle? At 22 months old? I hope you brush her teeth afterward

How long has this been going on OP? DS is 23 months old and getting his 2 year molars. Sleep has been kinda sucky for a while.

If you are leaving her to cry sometimes and bringing her to your bed other times then she's just confused. She's waking for whatever reason: fear, teething, illness, what have you, sleep is getting messed up and IMO, you have to be consistent in how you handle this day after day. Either let her sleep with you or make her stay in her bed.

I say rule out illness or teething and then chalk it up to another phase and hope it passes quickly. Maybe instead of leaving her to cry in her crib, go in every 10 minutes or so and reassure her you are still there and have her lay down then leave again? That's what we do. Eventually DS lays down and goes to sleep.

Thanks for the sleep advice and the judgement on the bottle! Kick a mom when she's down-

monkeypants23

She's not acting like she's cutting teeth- put I'll keep an eye on that- I think separation anxiety- and I've tried to rock her to sleep- she will fall asleep and then who you get up to put her in the crib she wakes up and grabs on to you screaming ! It's heart breaking

monkeypants23

She's not acting like she's cutting teeth- put I'll keep an eye on that- I think separation anxiety- and I've tried to rock her to sleep- she will fall asleep and then who you get up to put her in the crib she wakes up and grabs on to you screaming ! It's heart breaking

thechickencoop

dmhrn13 said:

If she's telling you "no night night" then it doesn't seem like an illness or teeth. Likely a developmental milestone, mine is having one too. Driving me nuts. 

Yup, yup, yup.  We're going through this too and I think it's a developmental thing.  Since DS turned 1 he's been a great sleeper.  Great.  Goes down fine, sleeps fine, etc.  The last couple weeks he has been napping fine but refusing to go to sleep at night.  He used to go to bed around 7:30 but it's been around 9 lately which is driving DH and I insane  ANYWAY, he's having a bit of a language/communication explosion so I really do think it's this since we've kind of ruled everything else out.  I've been running him ragged the last couple days after his nap though and that has seemed to help tire him out a little better too!  

Hopefully it will pass!!!

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