My 16 month old DD who used to be so happy to be put to bed and fall asleep on her own and then sleep through has been abducted by aliens and replaced with a screaming child who will only go to sleep if you stay in the room and sshh.
Then she then wakes in the night, every night now for about a month, for anything from half an hour to two hours +. Very occasionally she'll send herself back but mostly she's beside herself until you go in. Some nights it takes half an hour of patting etc, other nights, she's still awake tossing and turning two hours later when we both fall asleep from exhaustion.
She is clearly still tired as she doesn't want to play or anything but just cannot seem to get back to sleep (drops off for a minute and then wakes again) and if you try and sshh and leave, she cracks it.
I'm nearing my wits end but DH says controlled crying is cruel and keeps saying its teeth blah blah.
I've tried telling her that she doesn't need to cry when I put her down, telling her what's going to happen (we have a good bedtime routine) and she nods and I'm sure she understands but when it comes to it she just falls apart.
Anyone with any words of wisdom?
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16 month old good sleeper turned bad
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Maghag · 31/01/2013 23:01
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