16month goes to sleep perfectly but wakes demanding to be in our bed after a few hours - help!!

[AvaRosePlusBabyOnTheWay]

My 16month baby is in a great bedtime routine and she goes into her bed awake and falls asleep herself. She has done this for as long as i can remember. She would wake at 5am and come into our bed for a cuddle - sometimes going back off to sleep, other times not and this was fine. until a few weeks ago......She now goes to sleep as normal but after 2-3 hours she wakes crying hysterically and the only thing that settles her is to put her into our bed. We really want her to sleep in her own bed and do not know how to achieve this - please help!!!
We have tried spending time in her room trying to settle her while she is still in the cot - this sometimes works but she will wake 10 minutes later and start all over again.
We also tried controlled crying but after she cried for 20 mins and started to lose her breath we couldnt cope with leaving her any longer.
Any help will be much appreciated, thanks x

Our son did the same. We ended up dropping his cot to bed level and putting a mattress on the floor creating a sleep room. We could lie in comfort and settle him and retreat once he was gone. This was from about 12 months.

Also bought a glo-clock.

A colleague told me her Dr had said this is about the time they start with nightmares.

We never did crying at all. Couldn't bare it. Sleeps eleven hours now unless poorly. Own room with glo-clock.

Hope that's useful.
:)

Thank you, will give that a try! It sounds a much nicer way of dealing with it than letting her cry. It doesnt seem to achieve anything in our house, just tears from Ava and tears from me!!

I was still feeding him and every time he cried my boobs hurt but I couldn't even contemplate crying of any kind from the minute he was born.

Buy this book - Dr Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution and do everything she says that works for you. Nothing we tried didn't work. Also remember we are the only mammal who 'abandon' our young so soon after they are born and expect them to sleep on their own - the only thing my MIL has ever said that I have paid attention to.