We thought we'd had every possible sleep problem with DD and had a terrible time when she was a baby. Has been sleeping well since about 18months.
The last week has been horrendous. She's taken several hours to get to sleep at night, needing one of us to stay with her till she's fast asleep. She wants me but DH can manage if he's here and spends long enoug. Any attempts to leave her to cry a little bit lead to stripping all her clothes off and screaming so much we can't bear it.
In the night, if she wakes, it's a repeat performance. I've just cuddled her to sleep and she's back in her cot bed (woke up and screamed again but fell asleep when I said I'd stay till she was asleep).
Mornings are earlier than they were and she was happily playing in her cot for up to an hour on her own, now it's an instant cry/ scream for mummy.
I'm 30 weeks pg with DC2, which she is very aware of, so this obviously has some bearing on the matter. She's just had two weeks of me and family being wit her all the time over Easter and didn't settle back to nursery well this week (one day there, 2 with CM who she loves). I can solve the nursery problem I think, and I've only got 5 weeks left at work.
So I think it's all a separation thing. She is very eloquent and says she doesn't want to be left all by herself etc.
It will pass, I know, but how do we encourage it to pass quickly? Can't co-sleep and wouldn't want to now with new baby coming. I need as much sleep as I can get as awake so much in the night due to pregnancy anyway. And we need our evenings back as I want to be in bed by 9.30 anyway!