My 20 month old dd, is a rubbish sleeper. She was brilliant until she was 1 or so and since then things have gone to pot. At first I thought it was really bad teething or something, but it is now almost every night. She has a nap at lunchtime for 1 1/2 or 2 hours and I always get her up by 3 pm. She has no problem going down for nap or staying asleep. She then has bedtime around 7pm after bath etc. and on the whole goes down fine, but I might havd to go in and remind her it is bedtime a couple of times as she can scream a bit, but def. ready for bed. She then can wake throughout the night anything from 2 - 5 times, sometimes for an hour or two at a time. Her screaming just escslates and there is no calming her without proper cuddles from me. Daddy will not do. She will have a complete tantrum and shout for mummy until I get up and settle her. This can go on for hours. Have tried leaving her to cry and she just eorks herself up into a frenzy. She is sometimes so exhausted that I have to wake her in the morning at 8.45 to get my ds to nursery on time. she loves her morning lie ins! lucky her!! I can't believe this is normal behaviour, it is like having a newborn. I am exhausted and haven't had a proper nights sleep for 6 months. I don't understand how she was the perfect sleeper for her first year. We have the odd good week, but then it goes back to hell. My son has always slept well, we never have to get up in the night for him etc. It is like she is incredibly insecure and needs huge reassurance at night. She is quite clingy and highly strung in the day, but has a lovely, affectionate and amusing character. Everyone loves her and noone can believe how bad she is at night, especially as ds is such a great sleeper. She has a dummy, but no other comforter really, and dummies don't work when she is in a state, has no interest. She idn't hungry, doesn't get milk etc. i am at my wit's end, I am sorry for long post. Please someone help me!!!