My DD has always been very good at going to sleep from being 3 months but in the last few weeks she has started to play up at bed times. Refusing to go to sleep even though its clear she is tired. She talks to her toys or shouts & screams for mummy. This goes on for a couple of hours.
I have tried leaving her but the screaming and crying gets worse. If I go up she wants to play or stands up in the cot talking to me. She starts crying again if I put her down to sleep.
Once she finally settles we get about 4 hours peace before she wakes and screams out for mummy. She does settle after a minute or two but sometimes she wakes fully and is quite upset. This happens at least 2 times during the night and up to 4 times on a bad night.
For info, we've always had a good routine with milk at 6.30 followed by a bath and bed at 7pm with a story. She has most of her teeth and her teething signs are different to this problem. We have reduced her daytime nap to 3/4 hour as well.
Does anybody have any ideas? Is it just pushing boundaries or nightmares?