My 12mo have coslept since she was 10 weeks old. We still EBF and I feed to sleep. Recently it doesn't matter whether it's a nap or bedtime, she will suddenly start screaming if I'm not there. She must instinctively sense I'm not there/that she's not touching me because I've watched her on the monitor and one minute she's perfectly still, and this comes out of no where.
Today she refused a second nap and so has gone to bed a lot earlier than normal. 45 minutes in and it's already happened. It also happened 30 minutes into her nap this morning.
It breaks my heart to see her so distressed because I've always responded to her and tried to make sleep feel like a safe place. It's not even like she stirs for a while and then cries, it's 0-100 in a second.
She's not in pain, I can tell from her behaviour it's panic. I have reason to believe she has bad dreams/nightmares too. I just don't know what to do to make her feel more secure.