My 18 month old DD has always been a brilliant sleeper. We normally put her down in her cot, leave and she happily goes to sleep.
The last few days she suddenly started having absolute hysterics when put down. Today it too her 2 hours to go to sleep at lunch time although I know she was shattered - she was going to sleep in the car on our way back from toddler group.
She starts screaming (not just crying) from the moment she is put down in her cot. Today was on and off screaming/ crying/ chattering. In the end I put her down in her travel cot in another room. The same happened the last 2 days. I can't work out if she is frightened of smth in we room? I tried opening the curtains a bit so it's not too dark in case that's suddenly the problem, but it didn't help
Nothing really happened that I can pinpoint. We have just come back from a 2 week holiday where she slept fine, was fine for a few days after the holiday as well and then this suddenly started.
She is a Gina Ford baby and has always been in a perfect routine and thrived on it (although this hasn't really applied recently (6 months) as not much of a routine after I went back to work and she had to fit in with childminder's schedule. )
If anyone could advise what's going, I am going crazy here!
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18 month old screaming at bedtime
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Lala29 · 05/04/2013 16:12
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