Up until now, my 22 month old DD has, mostly, been good at going to sleep at night. Bath, pjs, bottle and into bed. She sometimes chattered away for a wee while before she fell asleep.
However, for the past week she has been resisting bedtime. Once she has her milk and we put her into bed she shouts and screams if we leave the room (was never a problem before). If I sit with her, she fannys about, jumping around, talking to me etc. I do all the usual stuff, no eye contact, lie her back down etc etc. I have tried walking away, but she just screams till she is sick (5 mins max!). She knows sleep time is coming and does not resist going into pjs and sleeping bag and milk, it just the going into bed and being left.
It is sometimes taking up to 2 hours for her to fall asleep. It makes no difference whether she has napped or not. She is tired, but for some reason can't switch off and won't be left alone to fall asleep.
I don't know what has changed. Anyone got any ideas how to tackle this?
Thanks