Crying when wakes up all the time

[InnocentRedhead]

My DSD is 2y1m and has something wrong with her sleep i think... I have asked advice on here before but not for this specifically...

The issue is that everytime she wakes up she cries, after every nap and every night sleep. She always wakes up around 6am and stays awake all day (she will not nap and by the time she wants one at around 3-4pm it is too late [if she has one at that time, she will not sleep until gone midnight and still wake up at 6am]). Any advice on that would be fab too...

It is really disturbing as some of the cries can be quite haunting. I know when she has night terrors as she will wake up in middle of night, but crying like that every morning... is this normal and what could cause it?

She sounds a bit overtired

Why will she not settle back to sleep though if she is overtired :(

Seems to be a vicious circle, that it's harder to get them to sleep when overtired, seems to be a phase they go through when dropping naps IME, can you let her have a 20 min nap at 3pm?

You say she won't nap in the day until too late. What do you do to try and get her to sleep? Many little ones need a bit more help falling asleep for day naps than at bedtime so maybe you need to assess your routine?

I'd get her up, and after breakfast take her outside walking or something active then home for lunch. After letting her lunch go down, read a story in her room with curtains shut etc and tell her it's nap time. Try cuddling etc. Try every day and see what happens.

Also does she watch much tv? Might be worth cutting anything out close to bedtime to give her mind a chance to rest.
Also build in down time in her day so she can relax a bit.

Being overtired means your brain is wired - you know that feeling when your mind is going but your body is exhausted? Vey hard to drift off.