My 19 month old has recently taken up a new bedtime routine. She goes to bed following the usual routine, settles down with her dummy and favourite toy then as soon as i go out of the room throws both out of the cot and then screams and cries and shouts dummy, dummy, mummy, daddy etc ad infinitum. she as yet has not slept without them so at first we were keen to return them to her so she could get to sleep but we have quickly realised she does it in a fit of temper tantrum to get us to come back. Tried controlled crying last night- was horrible but she did eventually collapse to sleep after 45 mins- we returned 5 ,10, 15 min intervals. Doing it again tonight-for 20 mins so far and still hysterical. she immediately lies down and is quite as soon as i open the door so i know she is just playing up. Anyone had a similar problem and did cc work? How long did it take, its really stressful!!! She up till now has been really good about going to bed but a recent bout of illness has knocked her all out of routine. Out of interest do you do the same intervals each night with cc or do you wait longer the first time before going in on subsequent nights?
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