It's me again with the seemingly never-ending sleep problem which has now taken a new and confusing turn.
Briefly: Dd, 18 months, since 6 months has been an excellent sleeper, always in cot awake day and night and gone off with no problems, rarely woken in the night except when ill. Recently we had problems getting her down for naps and night time sleep and have done a 'sort' of cc, i.e. we leave her for 5 minute blocks, go in, pick her up and reassure her very briefly (I've tried not picking her up and she goes utterly crazy) and lay her down. It's gone from taking over an hour to about 10 minutes. I wish it didn't happen at all but this is better than it was.
But now she's started also waking in the night, sometimes once, sometimes twice. She stands in the cot saying my name over and over and will continue to do this for ages, not really crying, just calling for me and sobbing like she's afraid. I've been doing what I've done in the day, i.e. going in and out and reassuring her which works half the time. Other times I've just lay down with her on the portable bed in her room and she's gone to sleep immediately, though I sleep terribly as she's a fidget and the bed's uncomfortable.
Has anyone else experienced this night time calling out? What does it mean? I think it's an anxiety thing but I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to start co-sleeping at this point, especially as dp is a very noisy sleeper and we sleep in the lounge which is also noisy. I've got a night light, we have a v. successful put down routine etc. and now I'm just puzzled and unsure what to do next.