My 1 year old generally used to be ok going to bed at night. Normally this would mean a cuddle from me or her dad on the sofa, usually with the telly on quietly in the background (not kids' tv), until she is very drowsy and her eyes are closed, then carried upstairs to her cotbed in our bedroom and put down. She has a dummy but when she gets put in her bed she usually spits it out and grabs her Sleepytot bunny to cuddle and put one of the dummies from that in.
The last few nights she is just screaming every night at bed time. We are not sticking to a rigid routine and we do follow her sleepy cues so it's definitely not that we are trying to get her to bed at x time and she's just not tired. She is tired, she just doesn't seem to be able to switch off anymore, suddenly. We have tried putting her awake in her cotbed but this always entails hysterical screaming and I'm not willing to just leave her to scream and scream alone for ages. The last few nights it has taken 1-1.5hrs to get her to finally fall asleep and it has meant rocking her until she is completely asleep in the rocking chair and then transferring her to bed. I really don't want this to become a habit though.
She is close to 14 months. What is going on?? What should we do to stop her screaming so much and go to bed more peacefully?