15 month old just started screaming at bedtime and naps
gwennec
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Help! We sleep trained when Lilly was 4 months old and ever since she has gone down fully awake in her crib. Now for the last week, she has been standing up and screaming and yelling a few minutes after I put her down for naps and bedtime. I usually have to go back in and pick her up and she immediately hugs me, lets out a huge sigh or relief and then calms down and I put her back in her crib. Tonight I had to go in 3 times. I waited longer and longer each time, but she just got louder. And by the 3rd time, she had gone potty, so had to change her diaper. I don't know what is going on or what I should do. Is this just a phase? She seems terrified and just needs reassuring. I put a nightlight in thinking maybe she had a sudden fear of the dark, but that didn't do anything.
This morning she was up at 5am, which is a first and would not go back to bed. She usually sleeps till 6-7am or so and goes to bed around 7pm.
She is 15 months old, anyone know what is going on and how long it will last? I can't just leave her in there screaming since she always seems to go potty and I obviously would never leave her in a dirty diaper.
Re: 15 month old just started screaming at bedtime and naps
My LO has just started doing this in the last 2 weeks. She used to get all excited when I put her in bed. She grabbed her paci and went to sleep. Not anymore. I think it's a combination of things. She is way more active and just likes to play. She sees nap time as an end to play time. She is teething (her molars) and she is, in general, exerting her will more.
I usually just leave her to fuss it out and she will go to sleep. I have tried going back in there but it makes it worse for her.
GL
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