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Bedtime has become a nightmare, advice and suggestion needed

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Mareta · 05/10/2010 08:09

DD is 14 months old and until last friday bedtime has always been very smooth. Her bedtime routine is:
6pm dinner
7pm bath
7:30pm breastfeed and bed

This has worked pretty well since she was 2 weeks old and now suddenly it seems impossible to put her in bed. She will be ok until is time to put her in bed after her breastfeed and then she will start shouting and screaming and crying. Impossible to leave the room at all, at the moment I try to leave things will get even worse. Last night I managed to sleep her in my arms and put her in bed trying not to wake her up. Now also nap time has become a nightmare as well as putting her to bed after her breastfeed at 6am. Today not even putting her in bed with me has worked.

I am feeling very tired and at the moment I am running out of ideas of what to do to change things as they used to be. It was so easy that now it is just driving me mad. I don't know what I have done to suddenly change such a good routine. I don't know why she does not want to be in her own bed on her own. I have to say that she is walking since sunday and I don't know if this has something to do with her change in routine. What I do know is that I don't want her to get used to sleep in my arms as I don't think it is ideal. Also I just cannot understand this sudden change.

Can anyone help me please? I need to try everything to make things back to normal. Thank you in advance

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Mareta · 05/10/2010 14:38

anyone please? Sad

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nikki1978 · 05/10/2010 14:42

My lot became a massive pain in the bum at night time when they started walking. Don't know why but they would wake up loads and not settle etc. It is a major developmental phase and their little brains are going overtime I think! It will pass just keep with the routine. Put her down and leave her, go up every 10 mins to settle her but be boring and don't pick her up or take her out of the room. She will get back into it soon enough :)

Mareta · 05/10/2010 14:50

Hi nikki,

Thank you very much for your reply. DD does not have any problem once she is sleeping the problem is to put her to sleep at the moment.

I just feel like I have done something wrong and I am failling at the moment. I guess I am a bit tired and need a proper sleep.

Thank you again for your advice and I hope she will grow out of it soon. Smile

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