My dd has always been a really good sleeper, we always did story and then it would be lights out goodnight. And she'd quite happily go off to sleep untroubled.
Recently she has started nursery a couple of days a week and her dad (my dh) has been abroard for 3 week stretches for work. Cut to now, a screaming banshee when she goes to bed, cries out, comes down stairs, totally different child. A friend of ours think she is having some seperation anxiety but I don't know how to tackle it. I was thinking about putting a stairgate on her door and just letting her cry it out etc, but I worry if she is feeling scared this is not the way to tackle it. Does anyone have a tried and tested technique for getting her to relax and go to sleep peacefully? Last night was 2 hours of up and down until I finally relented and stood beside her bed until she went off. She is totally exhausted from all this and my DH (now back from o/s) and I are really stressed. I've seen a bit of super nanny, ie move closer to the door every night etc, does this work? We've been ever so lucky till the point with her sleep.
Many thanks