DD (1) has always been a ropey sleeper but recently has a new trick. She is very cheerful in the evening, we have dinner and a fun bath then a good story routine, and a blackout blind (with cheerful nightlight option and so on). Usually she sometimes still bfs to sleep, which I know is awful at this age, and sometimes has her milk then rolls over in cot and goes to sleep herself.
..But recently she's been not falling asleep on the boob - v energetic pinch-scratchy feeding - then refusing to sleep in cot (keeps standing up, screaming if left) and also refusing to be rocked and sung to sleep which used to be her favourite treat! She now just screams blue murder. She is only happy at bed time if constantly on the move, pick up put down more milk put down etc. for about an hour or at least half an hour, when she eventually decided it's bed time and nods off.
She has had various bedtimes but always between 6 and 7. When we were less experienced we'd often let her come back downstairs til later if she was being tricky at bedtime but she always became chronically tired (and also never slept any later in the morning to make up for it).
She doesn't sleep much in the day. Always has one nap but at various times. We try to get her to have two but it's a struggle, as she does this routine every time sleep is on the cards, even when v tired.
Please help me!