Dd (2) used to be a really terrible sleeper, she went to bed late would never sleep on her own, nearly every night ended up in beside me she wasn't an early riser so I learned to live with it. All of a sudden a couple of months ago she decided that she would go to sleep in her cot, for naps and bedtime at a sensible time. I was lost at night but everthing was great, however just the last couple of days she has started crying when I even take her into the bedroom (she is still in the room with me due to the terrible way she used to be it was the only way I could get any sleep, and I was just getting ready to move her into her own room now she was sleeping).
She does this in the afternoon and at night and has only just fallen asleep after and has been in bed since the back of nine. I'm worried as she has just started to get back into the way of things after Christmas and I think she is realising now that after she has a nap I take her to Granny's whilst I'm at work as she doesn't like going to the car and isn't too happy about being handed to Granny. She has always been fine with this and has never bothered that I've left her I usually never even get a welcome when I come to pick her up. Today she fell asleep whilst we were out shopping and when she woke up I had gone to work Dp says she woke up looking for me and tonight has been worse than normal not letting daddy read her story or put her PJ's on he persisted but I had to go in and cuddle her after the first hour of tears as she was showing no signs of giving up. This never works as she won't now sleep with anyone but she calmed done a bit although didn't settle for at least another hour.
Has anyone else managed to nip this kind of behaviour in the bud. She has never been a clingy child and need some way of reassuring her that I come back from work for her. I can't stop the afternooon naps as if she doesn't sleep she can't last till eight o'clock when I finish work and I don't want to have to bring a sleeping child home and risk waking her up. Any help and suggestion greatly appreciated.