8 month old decided she doesnt need sleep! some advice please

[lilypaige]

Hi my 8 month old dd has always been a brilliant sleeper, until recently.
For some reason she is dropping off to sleep later and later to the point where she is still up at
midnight sometimes. Im exhausted! I have tried waking her earlier in a morning, but it seems the earlier she wakes the later she goes to bed. Ive tried dropping her afternoon nap but just end up with a very tired grouchy baby. If anyone has any magic tips id be very grateful!

I've had this the opposite way round with dd 7 mo - early morning waking and nothing seemed to make any difference but finally realised it was because she had 4 top teeth coming through. Could e something similar? What is her bedtime routine? Does she watch any tv in the afternoon/evening which might be over-stimulating her? Does she do it every night without fail or if you did something physical with her (e.g. Swimming) does it still happen?

Hi thanks for replying. It could well be teething, she doesnt have any signs and no teeth as of yet but first one could be on the way. She doesnt seem in pain or even distressed, its more like shes giggling and wants to stay up playing. Her routine is bath, feed, cuddle - she normally gets really sleepy with this and sometimes falls asleep. However as soon as I lay in her cot, no matter how slowly or gently, shes back wide awake blowing rasperries and kicking. She seems happy enough doing this so ive tried tip toeing out so she drops off herself, but she just screams when she realises ive gone ive tried taking any distractions out of her cot, mobiles, teddys etc and that has not worked. She ends up that tired she is past herself and seems almost wired. I can get her to sleep by laying her in my bed with me until she drops off and transferring her to her cot but its not a habit id like to get into, up until a few weeks ago she was dropping off in her own cot straight after her feed and sleeping right through. She still sleeps for a good 8 hours or so when she does finally drop off so I am lucky in that respect. and no tv either she only has 20 mins first thing in a morning while she has her nappy time

It could be teething but it could also be separation anxiety, especially as you say she screams when she realises you've gone. Try staying with her till she falls asleep. How many naps is she having? Most 8m olds are having a morning one (9ish to 10.30ish) and an afternoon one (12.30ish to 2.30ish) and then they're ready for bedtime around 6.30-7 or so.

It never occurred to me it could be seperation anxiety, come to think of it she has been really weary of friends/family members she doesnt see very often. I do stay with her until she falls asleep, cant bear to hear her cry! Like I said she does fall asleep when I lay next to her and pretend to be asleep myself.
She has 2 naps, but because shes falling asleep later, shes waking later which means her naps are later and its all one big cycle. Think im just going to bite the bullet and wake her earlier in the morning and have a very grouchy baby for a couple of days but will be better for her in the long run